Giving evidence before the Departmental Commission set up by Cabinet to enquire into the provisions made for the blind in New Zealand, the young daughter of a blind man stated that the fact that she had a blind father had been used as a term of reproach by her fellow students. On one occasion a boy threw a stone at her and cut her face and said, “There’s a penny for your blind man.” The fact that she had a blind father, she considered, had had a most extreme effect, on her life. Her father had not been able to provide her with the ordinary home that young people were accustomed to. The witness gave further evidence, of a confidential character, to show that her life had been detrimentally affected owing to her father being blind.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2595, 19 June 1923, Page 4
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136Untitled Manawatu Herald, Volume XLV, Issue 2595, 19 June 1923, Page 4
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