CLAIMS OF NATIONALITY.
ENGLAND THE WORST OFFENDER.
(To the Editor.)
It seems to me that your correspondent "Englandere" plaint is an example of "strain, ing at a gnat and swallowing a camel." Cer. tainly, to not a few people, the mere thought of an Englishman getting all worked. °u ? because Mr. Chichester, of flying fame, ha« been described as a New Zealander must prove highly diverting. Any intelligently observant person knows that in the matter of claiming ceiebrities as their own, no matter from what part of the Empire they may hail, Englishmen are in a class by themselves. tinguished men and women from every Dominion, as well as Ireland and Scotland are impudently labelled "English" in the mast persistent manner; and the Press, although by no means the only offender in this respect, is, in my opinion, by far the worst. It is an offensive practice that might, with great benefit to inter-Empire relations, be discontinued. BRITISH.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 82, 8 April 1931, Page 6
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