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Rand Has No Lodging for This Crippled Boy“SUNDAY TIMES REPORTER[' OUTS .1 OR DA A N. aged 12, -*J was sitti 11 sr in his wheel chair on a Johannesburg balcony gazing wistfully at the traffic through a pair of field glasses when f called on him yesterday. His ambition at the moment isSER’S”EAUER STEEL BODIES.of truck for every purpose.TRAILERS, CARTS. TROLLIES Ht SPARES,OF TRUCKS. CARS. ETC.EERING WORWST, FLORIDA LAKE.—— P.O. Box 2339930to become a drummer in a cadet band — but lie won’t, unless h( can get his legs mended.Young Louis has suffered from leg ailments since birth, but they have got worse In the last few years. To-day he cannot walk at all.In company with his aunt, whc is looking after him, he arrived from Kimberley last week tc undergo treatment which it is hoped may cure him. But they couldn't find any suitably-priced accommodation, and had to put up at an hotel, which began eating heavily into their slender resources, so that they may not • be able to stay in Johannesburg long enough to complete the treatment.NO RESPONSE TO B.E.S L.APPEALThey finally called at the National Headquarters of the South African Legion of the British Empire Service Leag'ue, because Louis’s father had once been a soldier. The Legion inquired into the case, and advertised in an effort to secure cheaper quarters for Louis and his aunt.There was not u single response.Louis therefore looks like having to go back to Kimberley with his wheeled-chair, unless somebody with reasonably-priced accommodation tells the B.E.S.L, about it at 103/108 uulhnan Buildings, Johannesburg, (tele-
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Sunday Times
Johannesburg, Gauteng, ZA
Sun, Dec 02, 1945
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