Sea-Sickness
Sir,—The report in Friday’s edition of “The Press” stating that the deaf children on board the Maori “were perhaps the least affected (by sea sickness) ...” is- quite misleading. Of the three teachers helping to escort these children I was, 1 am sure, the only one interviewed by a reporter. Introducing himself as a reporter from the “Dominion,” he asked if I would allow myself to be quoted as saying that the children were “very good during the voyage.” This comment had apparently come from other passengers on the Maori. I said that the children had been “very well behaved” and that he could quote me as saying this. The children were all very well behaved and showed considerable cheerfulness in trying conditions. This display of cheerfulness did not, however, prevent something like 80 per cent of the children being sick at one time or another during manoeuvres.— Yours, etc., UNQUOTE. May 10, 1969.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 31985, 12 May 1969, Page 12
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