ONE-ARMED JEWELLER
DisabilityOvercome
“The Press” Special Service WELLINGTON, Dec. 27. The loss of his right arm has proved no disability to Rangi Stafford, who has completed his apprenticeship in paua jewellery. Mr Stafford, a Maori, aged 21, who lost his right arm in a milking machine accident, said that with his functional arm he was able to do almost the same as anyone who had both arms. Mr Stafford has been at the Disabled Servicemen’s Reestablishment League in Wellington since 1961. In the league’s workshops he has learnt all the skills of his delicate trade.
From the grinding of the paua shell, to the polishing of the finished article, Mr Stafford, with his artificial arm doing a lion’s share of the work, has become an expert. He also plays Rugby football. With the functional arm wrapped in foam rubber, “to i protect the opposition,” he I regularly plays in the No. 8 position for Marist’s junior first team. In the summer he [goes skindiving.
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Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30944, 28 December 1965, Page 10
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