BETTY BRIGHT AND N.Z. CHORUS
Sir, —The opinions of certain New Zealanders living in England, as reported this morning, were as ignorant as Betty Bright’s. No doubt I must bow to the knowledge of New Zealanders, who have lived in London for periods of six months to four years; but having lived there more than 14 years, I could tell of the differences between the English and New Zealanders. As Lord Beaconsfield once said, “Never apologise, never explain.” Miss Bright referred to “corruption and dishonesty” in New Zealand. Had she ever known her own country, those are the two subjects she would never have mentioned. Before I left England, these were the words of an Englishman to me: “This country is rotten to the core.” Much could be written about this subject, but to me the Lynskey Tribunal was symbolic of England.—Yours, etc., NEW ZEALANDER. February 28, 1949.
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Press, Volume LXXXV, Issue 25742, 2 March 1949, Page 6
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