CARE OF THE BLIND
COMMISSION SITTING AT CHRISTCHUECH. $ (BI TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.) CHRISTCHURCH, This Day. The Commission regarding the care of the blind sat to-day. Evidence was given by C. A. Bloomfield, who has been blind for twenty years. He said he had no training since he lost'his sight. His application for training at the Jubilee Institute was declined 20 years ago, without any reasons ' except that, there was, no provision for adults He believed he could have been admitted if he had paid the fees. The Jubilee Institute was a private charitable institution. In 1910, he bought a cottage at Invercargill and commenced hawking, but was advised to -apply to the Charitable Aid Board for help as it was inadvisable that his seven-year-old daughter should assist him in his work. When'he applied he was told his home would have to be sold and his daughter committed to an industrial home, as no relief could be granted to anyone possessing property. The blind had difficulty in obtaining employment even when trained
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Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 132, 5 June 1923, Page 7
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170CARE OF THE BLIND Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 132, 5 June 1923, Page 7
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