GUIDE DOGS
Woman’s Visit This Week Mrs N. Gedye and her ;uide dog, Honey, will arrive in Christchurch on Thursday. The visit is part of an attempt by the Round Table and the New Zealand Foundation for the Blind te encourage the use of guide dogs in the South Island. Mrs Gedye will speak with city councillors, doctors, opticians, and many others who come in contact with blind people. She will address a meeting in Christchurch on Thursday night Mrs Gedye received her schooling with the help of the foundation, and was trained as a dictaphone typist. She worked in Auckland for six years, travelling to and from the suburbs. Three years ago Mrs Gedye was married, and managed her job and her home for a year before she went to Australia to be trained with Honey. The foundation supplied the dog and paid all expenses for the training at the National Guide Dog Centre at Kew, Melbourne. The New Zealand Railways Department has allowed guide dogs to travel in trains and buses, and the National Airways Corporation has permitted dogs to accompany their owners in passenger cabins as an experiment.
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Press, Volume CV, Issue 31060, 16 May 1966, Page 5
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