WARM TRIBUTES

Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIII, Issue 20667, 4 March 1937, Page 5

WARM TRIBUTES

GENEROSITY OF LORD NUFFIELD IDEA BEHIND THE GIFT By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, To-day. Tributes to the generosity of Lord Nuffield were paid by speakers at a dinner tendered him by Mr C. J. B. Norwood, who in his speech referred to the gifts Lord Nuffield had given in various parts of the world. Lora Nuffield, in reply, said much praise had been given him at home and overseas for what he had been able to do, but it was his idea that all should do all they could for those who were born less fortunate than themselves. 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 ~g. 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 appreciated it deeply and sincerely. The Hon. P. Fraser apologised for the absence of the Prime Minister, who, he said, had asked him to convey the thanks of the Government and 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 gift 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 survey was made. The community, Governmental circles and private employers had a responsibility to those handicapped, and he was pleased to say 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 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. Lord Nuffield, returning thanks for the hospitality extended to him by the people of New Zealand, said he hoped to return for still another visit as soon as possible. APPLICATIONS FOR A SHARE By Telegraph—Press Association DUNEDIN, March 3. The Mayor stated this morning that he was already receiving applications from societies for a share in the £6300 coming to Dunedin from Lord Nuffield’s gift. He added that those societies which can show that they have some building nrogramme in hand will naturally receive first consideration, because they w’l! . e helping to relieve distress by the proposed works.