THE CIVILIAN BLIND

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21308, 30 October 1934, Page 4

THE CIVILIAN BLIND

♦ MEETING OF CHRISTCHUIiCH COMMITTEE Tile Christchurch committee of the Sir Arthur Pearson Fund for the Blind met yesterday afternoon, when there were present Messrs H. Holland, M.P. (chairman), A. Williams, W. T. Woods (secretary), and Miss C. Campbell. Apologies were received from the Mayor (Mr D. G. Sullivan, M.P.) and Mesdames Bean and Anderson. The secretary of the New Zealand Institute for the Blind wrote conveying the recommendations of the board of the institute concerning three Christchurch blinded men. Referring to one case, Mr Woods said that at one time the man, with the assistance of a boy, had made £2 a week selling tea from door to door, but latterly, because of the large number of canvassers, he had not been able to earn that amount. The recommendations of the board were endorsed. In a fourth case, the board offered £5 to purchase clothing, and it was decided to ascertain what clothing was required In a fifth case, the board agreed to the extension of its grant of 10s a week for 12 months. The committee decided, in another case, to recommend the board to renew its grant for six months. Referring to the reception to blind persons during Sir lan Fraser's stay in Christchurch, the chairman said that it had been a brilliant success in every way. Mr Woods agreed, and said that more persons had attended it than usually attended similar functions.