Hostel for deaf out of funds, faces closure
Balmoral’s Deaf Welfare Centre will be forced to close its hostel next week unless it gets financial help.
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Taonga source:
Unknown
Reference number:
SignDNA – Deaf National Archive New Zealand, A1975-001
Bibliographic source:
Unknown, 22 July 1974
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