NZ Deaf News: Winter 1965 (Vol. 2, No. 4)

Some of the items featured in the 1965 Winter Issue of ‘NZ Deaf News’ (Vol. 2, No. 4):

Christchurch Deaf Club advertises its upcoming opening of its new clubrooms, to be on Saturday 23 October 1965, with a picnic on Sunday, the day afterwards.
District ‘Round-Up’ from Auckland Deaf Society, Christchurch Deaf Club, Hawkes Bay Deaf Club, Dunedin Deaf Club, Manawatu Deaf Club, Waikato Deaf Club and Wellington Deaf Society.
St Dominics enters a float in the Fielding Queen Carnival. The theme was ‘Today’s children of our united world’. It’s 22 pupils dressed in costumes of various countries.
An article is written by Patreena Bryan, titled ‘Auckland Deaf Girls See World’, with stories of their trip to Europe.

Can you help?

Dennis Cunniffe

Dennis Cunniffe

Jean Monk

John Hunt

Laurie Schischka

Laurie Schischka

Maree Carroll (Ward)

Maree Carroll (Ward)

Margaret Coutts

Margaret Coutts

Marlene Rush

Patreena Bryan

Suzanne Hanson

Reference number:

DN1965-2-4-MJN

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