The community services director of the Pegasus Rotary Club, Mr Dennis Brown, instructs a paraplegic, Roily Crichton, in the use of the “aqua-lift” chair which the club has presented to the Christchurch City Council. The pneumatic platform has been designed to lower handicapped people into the water. The $l2OO cost of the unit was raised from a fashion parade organised by the club. It was presented in memory of the club’s first president, Mr Max Palmer, who died recently.
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79The community services director of the Pegasus Rotary Club, Mr Dennis Brown, instructs a paraplegic, Roily Crichton, in the use of the “aqua-lift” chair which the club has presented to the Christchurch City Council. The pneumatic platform has been designed to lower handicapped people into the water. The $l2OO cost of the unit was raised from a fashion parade organised by the club. It was presented in memory of the club’s first president, Mr Max Palmer, who died recently. Press, 25 November 1982, Page 11
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