New Name Wanted
& have been able to read in The Listener and elsewhere, a good deal about the activities of the British Council, which is now proposing to favour New Zealand with its offerings-films, art exhibitions, music, ballet, Shakespearean productions and so on. The Main National stations gave us, the other evening, the opportunity to hear its aims expounded by word of mouth by the Director of the Council’s Empire Division. Apart from the novel pronunciation of his name heard earlier in the day (Sir Agnes Jillan) there was nothing actually new, but what made the talk well worth hearing was the patent sincerity and friendliness. which came through with the speaker’s voice-some-thing the printed word can hardly convey. One question: could not some better phrase than "we U.K: British" be found? "Dinkum Aussies" by all means, "O.K. Americans perhaps, but "U.K. British" -Heaven save the mark! =e
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 314, 29 June 1945, Page 9
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148New Name Wanted New Zealand Listener, Volume 13, Issue 314, 29 June 1945, Page 9
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