Deaf Folk Conquer their Handicap
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Deaf Folk Conquer their Handicap

On a recent Saturday, I was lucky enough to meet members of the Auckland Deaf Society at a working bee they were holding to improve the grounds of the city’s Deaf Welfare Centre. The centre, incidentially, is a very fine building – it has the biggest sports hall in Auckland with a floor area 110 by 60 feet.

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Colleen Norris (Cary)
Colleen Norris (Cary)
Jace Bates
Jace Bates
Jennifer Brain (Shearer)
Jennifer Brain (Shearer)
John Hunt
John Hunt
John McRae
John McRae
Laurie Schischka
Laurie Schischka
Norman Norris
Norman Norris
Pauline Sedon
Pauline Sedon
Rex Chester
Rex Chester
Robert (Bob) Scott
Robert (Bob) Scott
Sen (Stewart) Smith
Sen (Stewart) Smith
Terry Siviter
Terry Siviter
William Biddle
William Biddle

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Taonga source:
Auckland Deaf Society
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1964-004
Bibliographic source:
The Weekly News, 25 March 1964
Author:
Dorothy Wiseman
Copyright status:
This work is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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