A NUFFIELD CHEQUE

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 55, 7 March 1939, Page 7

A NUFFIELD CHEQUE

£7500 FOR CRIPPLED NEW ZEALAND CHILDREN TRIBUTES TO VISITOR’S GENEROSITY 1 Pti Plfcse AseUtiallon.J WELLINGTON, March 6. A cheque for £7500 was handed tonight to Sir Charles Norwood, chairman of directors of Dominion Motors Ltd., by Viscount Nuffield for the Trustees of the Nuffield Trust to assist the crippled children of New Zealand. This was announced by Sir Charles at the dinner he tended Lord Nuffield at Hotel St. George and attended by Cabinet Ministers, leaders of commerce and industry and repre- I sentatives of local bodies and professions. Sir Charles said that since the great calamity of the fires in Australia, in the alleviation of which Lord Nuffield had assisted, he had decided that .something must be done for New Zealand. Lord Nuffield was very pleased by what had been done by the 16 branches of the Crippled Children's Society in the Dominion and he had decided that this gift should be handed to the trustees of the Nuffield Trust. “I know you will agree with me when I ‘God bless Lord Niiffield,’ ” said Sir Charles. The Minister of Public Works, Hull R. Semple, said he regarded Lord Nuffield as one of the greatest livin s Englishmen. “He has a heart of gold and realises that we are all trustees of a great heritage in the world,” said Mr. Semple. On rising to reply to the toast to him. Lord Nuffield was greeted with sustained applause and musical honours. "I can only assure you of the very great pleasure it gives me tc come to this great little country of yours again and do what 1 can in a small way to help,” Lord Nuffield said. “Sir Charles Norwood and Mr. Semple have said many kind things about me. I feel I have only doncthat which I should have done.” Lord Nuffield added that during a business career one should at any rate try to do his very best for his workmen, and many people had done that, but it was not so long ago that he had a surprise when the workmen of the Wolsley Company, which he owned, subscribed in shillings to buy the boss a motor-car. “Gentlemen, that has meant more to me tnan many things in this world —that my workmen like me, and I can say in return I am very proud of them,” said Lord Nuffield. The Minister of Finance, Hon. W. Nash, replying later in the evening to the toast of Parliament, also paid a tribute to the work and generosity of Lord Nuffield. “On the evidence I have,” said Mr. Nash, “he has already given away more than £10.000.000.”