WOWSERS WHA HAE
MAYOR WRIGHT'S DEFIANCE. (Special to “Star”). WELLINGTON,' June 16. “They call me a‘wowser’”, said the Mayor (Mr. R. A. Wright, M.P.), at the annual meeting of the, Bible Society last night. “I tell them Ido not know wiial thd word means, but 1 am sure it is something good oi they w. uld not use the term. If it means a man, or a woman, that stands foi things’of God, then we are ‘wowsers’ every time. I have no time for the in n or woman ashamed of their colours whatever they may be. They do not realise or understand their position in the community. We admire the men who stand for what they believe, although they may be wrong, i>vl pe -: ie who arc eve:L.stingly wobbling with no more spine than a jellyfish, who' run at the first sign of criticism, are not worthy of consideration. ” .
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Greymouth Evening Star, 17 June 1922, Page 6
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