THE GERMAN TONGUE
A FORBIDDEN LANGUAGE CANADIAN TOWN'S ACTION The Canadian namesake of Leamington, New Zealand, has come into the news by reason of the fact that its Town Council has forbidden the use of the German language in public and the teaching of it in private and public schools for the duration of the Avar. In Leamington, which has a population of 3000 and is part of (Ontario, thd German language is heard frequently on the streets* since the community is in the centre of a large settlement of German-born neople. There have been several fights among individuals reccittly. The Town Council instructed the police to prosecute vigorously ;r" violations of the ban.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 200, 16 August 1940, Page 6
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114THE GERMAN TONGUE Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 2, Issue 200, 16 August 1940, Page 6
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