USE OF WORD "POMMIES."
VIGOROUS PROTEST VOICED. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day. It makes my blood boil when I hear immigrants referred to as pommies,"] said Mr. A. Leigh Hunt at a meeting of the English Speaking Union last night. What were our mothers and 'fathers if they were not pommies?" lie asked.! I would like to see the use of the word j made a penal offence." '
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 173, 23 July 1936, Page 5
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69USE OF WORD "POMMIES." Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 173, 23 July 1936, Page 5
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