NOT A GERMAN

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2383, 12 February 1915, Page 7

NOT A GERMAN

GOVERNMENT OFFICER SLAN-v ■ DERED. The fact that the Rotorua BnlneoloEist is tho possessor of a German namo Eas apparently 6xercise<i 6ome of thoresidents of the Hot Lakes District, who have not been sparing in their in-, dignation of the presence of a "German" -in a highly-paid post in the Dominion. " The.,matter was mentioned yesterday morning to tho Hon. R. H. Rhodes, Minister in Ohargo of the Tourist Department. . 'Mr. Rhodes said he was glad the question had been raised at the. time him, as it enabled him to remove a wrong impression. As a matter of fact, Uot only Dr. Woblmaim, but his father end' grandfather wero English born. Ho married .in English woman, and his family had for inany generations been .settled in England. He understood that the questio had been raised at the time pf Dr. Wohlmann's appointment many years ago, and the thon High Commissioner (Hon. W. P. Reeves) had cabled to the Government that Dr. Wohlmann's family had been English for 200 years. He personally was very sorry that Dr. Wohlmaim had been subjected to annoyance on the question of his nationality, and after, this pronouncement tne Doctor, if the annoyance continued, would be prepared to take 6teps to put a stop to the malicious statements being made regarding him. ■