Need for Care of Crippled Children

Horowhenua Chronicle, 11 July 1935, Page 8

Need for Care of Crippled Children

SOCIETY PREPARES FOR ACTION (By Telegraph—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Last Night. For the purpose of reaching decisions regarding the future, activities of the New Zealand Crippled Children Society, delegates from branches throughout the Dominion met in Wellington to-day for the first conference of the society. Eepresentatives were present from branches in Auckland (including Hamilton, Rotorua and Whangarei), Christchurch, Dannevirke, Dunsdin, Gisborne, Hawkc's Bay (Hastings and Napier), Hawera, Alas terton, Marlborough, Manawatu, Nelson, New Plymouth, North Otago, Southland (Jnvercargill and Gore), South Canterbury, Wanganui and Wellington. His Honour Mr Justice Smith was elected the first president of the society.

Tho following definition of a crippled child was adopted: —"A child not mentally defective which had a defect causing or tending to cause deformity or interference with normal functions of- the bones, muscles or joints, the defect to be conganital or acquired but not due to defects of vital organs."

Arrangements for disposing of the annual revenue and annual subscriptions between the branches and the society were mads, the branches pledging themselves to pay 10 epr cent, of their revenue in the first year to tho society.

A suggestion was adopted that subscriptions collected by Mayors to supplement the gifts of Lord Nuffield should be'paid into the Nuffield Trust, which would then allow half the amount colllectcd in each district to the'branch concerned.

The following officers were elected: Patroness, Viscountess Galway; prssident, Hon. Mr Justice Smith; secretary, Mr Malcolm Fraser; treasurer, Mr E. W. Hunt; executive, Sir Alexander Roberts, Dr. A. Gillies, Dr. F. T. Bowerbank, Messrs H. E. Anderson, F. Campbell, J. M. A. Ilott (Wellington), S. L. P. Free (Masterton), W. G. Black (Palmerston North), and B. .K. Dobbs (Wanganui); auditor, Mr H. Nankervis.

It was announced that the following branches had been formed: Auckland (including Hamilton, Eotorua and Whangarei), Christchurch, Dannovirke, Dunedin, Gisborne, Hawke's Bay (including Hastings and Napier), Hawera, Masterton, Marlborough (Blenheim), Manawatu "(Palmerston North), Nelson, New Plymouth, North Otago (Oamaru), Southland (Gore and Invercargili), South Canterbury (Timaru), Wanganui and Wellington.