SIR ARTHUR PEARSON MEMORIAL FUND.

Dunstan Times, Issue 3137, 2 October 1922, Page 8

SIR ARTHUR PEARSON MEMORIAL FUND.

At the (iftli meeting o-f tlie New Zealand Committee of the Pearson Fund to aid tlie blind people of the Dominion, the Chairman (Mr Clntha Mackenzie. .M.P.) reported that steady progress continued and that the amount ni : money known to have been collected in various centres was on August Hist C 20.207. an increase of t'2.710 on the previous month.. Temporary and permanent investments wvvv being made as speedily as suitable stock is offered. Tlie final constitution of the fund is be\\\<i draw n up with tlie trustees of the ■ lubi.iee Institute tor the Blind. and the benefits of the endowment., for the active assistance of the blind, should start heiiiK available by the middle of next year. All the districts which have been so far organised have contributed most generously, the imijorii\ giving.well beyond their (piota and in some eases doubling and trebling it. . Masterton fSI-2 los Id and NYbangarei C 748 were the principal additions oi' the month. Nearly all the districts, which have not yet instituted an active campaign, have indicated their willingness to do

no as s(M)ii u.s it may Ik> convenient for (In] Chairman in pay an visit. Tlic ireneniil will in guess of everyone; to assist lias cousi«toiit].v marked tin' appeal, and the Now Zealand Coininittco is most grateful for all tliat has hoon given ami done. Sir Thomas Mackenzie. Mr Charles Rhodes and Mr Joint Fleming have hoon added to the Committer, and th; l?ev. .lames i ngs has resigned. Preparations arc being made for the. complete registration of all the blind

people iii flic Dominion, together with Llif lull circumstances of their «iises. This is ,-i nocosHArv preliminary in the proper supervision of the blind. During February .Mr 11. S. Alpo. of Christohurch. well known in iithlt'tie eircleis a* ;i walker and' nho eolkuctod a considerable sum lor patriotic funds while on w; 11 kin ll' loin* during the war, intends making a round (our on foot from (liri'stchurch through .Marlborough. Nelson, and Westl-and, rci liming to Chrislehureh over the Olira I'ass. He is being accompanied by two blinded soldiers and a bugler in a motor and (be part\ arc being accommodated I rcc <v!' charge ;\i nuwt of flic tfeltleiiK'iid- and' Inuiis on (lie journey.