FREE TRAM PASSES
BLIND INSTITUTE REQUEST CONSIDERATION BY BOARD A suggestion that blind persons should be granted free tramway passes was made in a letter received by the Auckland Transport Board yesterday from Mr. A., J. Hutchinson, chairman of the board of directors of tho New Zealand Institute for the Blind. Mr. Hutchinson said the finances of the institute had been adversely affected. Tho Government had taken away its subsidy and subscriptions. Donations had dropped very severely and investments were showing much reduced returns. In addition, tho Government had imposed tho sales tax on goods manufactured by blind workers.
"We arc now depending to a very considerable extent on our accumulated capital," continued the letter. "Another most unfortunate feature is the fact that a number of bequests that have been made to the institutfe during the past 10 to 15 years are uncollectable. In a number of cases the amounts that were expected by the institute have disappeared entirely. Mr. Hutchinson contended the request for free passes was not one that would affect to any great extent tramway revenue.' Ho felt confident the application would meet with approval.
The letter was received, consideration being deferred.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21577, 23 August 1933, Page 8
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