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LIFE-SAVING SOCIETIES. LITTLE PUBLIC SUPPORT. (By Tderrafth.—Press AssooUtfoa.) WELLINGTON this day. An announcement that he intended to ask the Government** assent to the preparation of legislation placing lifesaving societies in the same category hs fire brigades for finance was made by the Minister of Internal Affair*, th* Hon. W. E. Parry. swimmer is a. potential lifesawr, whose work is done, not from any spijrii of heroism, but from a spirit of . humanitarian ism." eaid Mr. Parry. "The work of life-navers ia noble and necessary, but what practical public support do they receive? From my knowledge many of these men need their own personal resources with which to equip their stations. That should not be and must be rectified."
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Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 22, 27 January 1939, Page 9
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