WHAT IS A "WOWSER"?
A DEPUTATION AND A RETORT. Speaking at a luncheon in Melbourne on March 22, the president of tho United Licensed Victuallers' Association, Mr, A. A. Farthing, said: "I want to give mv definition of a wowser, My idea of the meaning of tho word wowser does not apply to all the clergy or to all Rechabites, as I consider there are innnv teetotallers and clergymen who aro wholly free from the taint of wowsorisin. (Hear, hear.) The real wowser, 1 tako it, is a. hypocrite—a man who is in the religious business tor place and pay—one who seeks notoriety, and would deny the pcoplo all innocent amusement in order to intercept the threepenny bit on its course from tho pocket to the collection box. He is not a true religious man, but was simply an individual who wanted to make capital out of the game." A Ueelialiitc, as reported in (lie "Ago" of the following day, replied as follows; — "Wowser" or no "wowser," the publio will soon regard it as a term of honour, and not opprobrium. Soon they will sing: 1 would lie a wowser,
And with the wowsers stand; A crown within my pocket, And a Farthing in my hand.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1090, 31 March 1911, Page 4
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206WHAT IS A "WOWSER"? Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1090, 31 March 1911, Page 4
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