Little hope for ‘fools’
PA Welling No amount of taxpayer money would stop “foob” from drowning this summer said the Minister of tionand Sport, Mr Moore yesterday. \ ' s. Speaking at the launch of; the Wellington Surf Life*' Saving Association’s surf and beach awareness campaign, he said the Govern* ment had put more than 1150,000 extra into the i water safety effort this ’ year, taking the total to - more than 6982,0 ft). The drowning toll was now more than 165, compared with 141,f0r last year. Mr Moore said pressure would have to be put next; year on local bodies and the'! insurance industry to play a? greater role in water safetj ■ ■ ■-‘jl “Ultimately, no amount of t cash is going to stop tw horrow. It’s a matter ate individual responsibility "ht said. :
“No-one can save Stod who gets drunk and wears jeans into the surf in : unpatrolled area, -Mr Moore said. , Similar campaigns to tin one he was launching would be made nationally, he said.' ■ •
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Press, 23 December 1985, Page 8
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