A BLIND TAIHAPE CITIZEN

Taihape Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3548, 9 August 1920, Page 4

A BLIND TAIHAPE CITIZEN

Q A good citizen. of this t.ow.Vn-.-has, in {pursuit of his ordinary occupation, lost the sig-hi.'of both his-'veyos.3' By this misfortune he is i'en(l'erecl ntferly incapable of suppox-tinghiinself; ,He" is eviilcntly a. brave man‘ who bears his trouble \x'ii.hdut ' comp'ain‘iug,‘ for‘ ifeiv ‘people. are aware of the dreadful S"U'Bii‘s into which ‘ such misfortune ‘could only place :1. man_ It is understood that Mr Botfield lost. the sight “of one oT~' his eyes whiie \'.'ork.inglin £1 quzirry for tho .BO»1'(}-llgh. Council, the ‘sight of the other eye was lost. while ‘in ].~l'i\':li‘e employment. While Mrs. IBL-lfio,l(l lived she uxicouiipliiiiiingglv slip» ‘ported her sighttlessr husband, but in ‘doing lwr uhn«)sl‘ to help others in the 'g‘-'«-:11 influenza plague. of 19.18, she ‘(e<nlll':luto.4l the inl'ec’t.i.n and lost her .W’f‘- llioreby. This man and xvonmn ‘ szimificeél While in the pul'sllit‘ of l'h(~il' '(_lu:_\' The wom:m's‘lif(‘. and the .~=igllf of the man. It does not appear that Mr {B<>‘rfiold. sought any legalcompensation forhis very sad loss, but occasion {has arisen for public notice. irilerost inml help. Ur. Bolfil-l<l’s sister lulu’ giconm all the w:l_v from Eiiglaml in see Qfllill hm‘ brother is not left lr.;lnll_\' \\'itlHrnl help. UIll.l(‘l‘ l'ol"rain (-il'(3nm—--31510098 she will take Mr Botfield .b“"k 1“ -‘ho family home in l‘}n_;_rl:ulcl.

}l:m(l wi-t'lm-uf: (10111): Hm p<.w:-plo of Tai{ll:\}.(,‘ will r4?:lli.s'(‘ that hvro i-** 1‘ "‘~**° 3WOY‘iII.V to an ext:-onm of their generluus rv(-ngniticn. The Deputy ;\T:l_\fol'. ‘Mr ‘T. R. Cunningham, has ‘VolC‘“«‘d his .~;ylnpntlly and has- cnnfriblll‘(><l 'fiV'o I_p«mnr,ls fowrmls 21ssis‘tir1,‘-1' Hfis Iml"m'fun:'..‘o nlmnlu-r «.1? HlO 'l‘:\i"lmpv ('Ulnmun‘Hy. We are aslwrl l)_v the D<‘?llf‘.V'I\lr«_vur to invite tlnnzufions frmn HM‘ pmplv. {incl 31 lg r:~.-.»~ gr.-9;}: plr‘:-..<ur'.-= to do as I'eqllesled. All zunmmts sent‘ to Mr. Cnnniuglmm ms to this Office will be :2«?1<110\\'l(-«l;;‘€ed through tho r-lolumns of ihis my-.~vspu.pox'. It mu-11<.-sfiy }10p(-H’. (~‘[,,,’, this :1pp(=:1l will mer-f with 2x. _::on(.-rolls I'os;u,msn: aml that: ill: will not be said :1 nvmjly mun 109l"§£ hi-S sight in the town was oallonsly Sent Out int:-_: the world C-mply-Imlldod. Mr. Bnl~fi(3lf{ and his sistel' propose l.env?ng far Englnru«l in about a fortnight from to-day. thorofore flhose ‘who feel (lispnsod in lwlp in this very urgent case are asked to send their donafions in at the :~.n,:-‘,-f.~.~'f «?om‘ei3iellt momo.n.~,_ A, hon'l'l},' and generous response is earnestly hl-n;)e«] for.