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Horowhenua Chronicle, 21 July 1911, Page 3

Under the- heading " AVha-t is aAYoAyser" tho Age says there is &, section of tlie Mastertnn pommunity Avliieli uses the term "wowser" with impuniy. It is evident that it does not know the meaning of till© >wcrd. A "wowser" is a Chinese expression. In the land of Confucius it signifies an individual of high standing, integriy and , probity tof leiiaracter. -The "anti-wowser" olement in China is the- low, uneducated ignorant criminal class. The Mas tertoiii yoßiiig man wlio uses tlie expression, glibly .should remember therefore, that he. not only pa.vs compliment to the person Ire "calls a. "woAVser," but he places himself in tho category of tho low-type-Gliina-man.