"YOU'RE A WOWSER!"
WOULDN'T SELL CIGARETTES.
PESTERED BY YOUNG MEN
"You're a -wowser! That's the last penny I'll ever spend in your shop!" These, and similar sentiments, Trere frequently voiced by young men when he refused them cigarettes after hours, said F. Dickens, confectioner, of Devonport, when charged in the Police Court to-day with having failed to observe a halfholiday.
It was stated by the Labour inspector that, since defendant kept tobacco and cigarettes in stock, he was required by law to observe a half-holiday. During the week ending March 1 the shop had not been closed on any afternoon, despite the fact that Dickens had been warned.
told Mr. J. W. Poynton, 6.M., that he was always being pestered by young men who wanted cigarettes. They caused him a lot of annoyance. If ke did not oblige them with cigarettes they called him a wowser.
"I'm afraid you'll have to put up with being called a wowser!" returned his Worship, chuckling. ''Fined 40/, and costs."
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Auckland Star, Volume LV, Issue 75, 28 March 1924, Page 3
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