LORD NUFFIELD

Otago Daily Times, Issue 23130, 4 March 1937, Page 10

LORD NUFFIELD

GIFTS TO THE DOMINION TRIBUTES TO GENEROSITY PURPOSE OF BENEFACTIONS HELP FOR LESS FORTUNATE (Per United Press Association) ■ WELLINGTON, Mar. 3. Tributes to the generosity of Lord Nuffield were paid by speakers at a dinner tendered to him. Mr C. J. B. Norwood referred to the gifts Lord Nuffield had given in various parts of the world. Lord Nuffield, in reply, said that much praise had been given to him at Home and overseas for what he had been able to do, but it was his idea that everyone should do all he could for those who were born less fortunate than himself. There were many people in Britain, New Zealand and Australia with far more money than they knew what to do with, and they still hung on to it. He suggested that when they died their minds would be far more easy if they spent a little time thinking of those not so fortunate as themselves. ' The Mayor (Mr T. C. A. Hislop) thanked Lord Nuffield for his gift to the city of Wellington, which had appreciated it deeply and sincerely. The Minister of Health (Mr P, Fraser) apologised for the absence of the Prime Minister (Mr Savage), i who, he said, had asked him to convey the thanks of the Government and the people of New Zealand to Lord Nuffield for his further generous gifts to New Zealand. Much as they appreciated-and admired his great gifts, Mr Fraser thought they appreciated even more the spirit in which the gifts were given. New Zealand appreciated the gifts Lord Nuffield had been pleased to bestow. No country was better equipped to appreciate them than New Zealand, because no country had done more in the way of humanitarian legislation than New Zealand, particularly where the child life of the community was concerned. One of the great results of the gifts for crippled children had been the revealing of the extent of the problem. He doubted if even medical men realised the extent of the problem until a survev had been made. The community, Government circles and private employers had a responsibility to those handicapped, and the Minister said he was pleased to state the Government departments realised this responsibility and were doing everything possible to find situations for crippled children, so as to give them an opportunity to perform useful work. Very shortly, Mr Fraser added, a national appeal was to be launched at the request of the Imperial Parliament. It was to take the form of a King. George Memorial Fund for the purpose-of placing the health camps of the Dominion on a permanent basis. v Lord Nuffield, returning thanks for the hospitality extended him by the people of New Zealand, said he hoped to return for still another visit as soon as possible.