FRIVOLOUS USE OF A NAME
Sir,-Yesterday evening I heard part of a frivolous song over 2YA. It went something like this: "You’re tops, you’re Mahatma Gandhi, you’re a Napoleon Brandy." The use of Mahatma Gandhi’s name in this way must have been offensive to many besides myself and the Indian community in New Zealand. I realise that the Broadcasting Service cannot keep a check on all the words of all the songs broadcast, but I am sure it will wish to prevent a repetition of such an item when attention is drawn to’ it.
A. C.
BARRINGTON
(Lower Moutere).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 503, 11 February 1949, Page 5
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99FRIVOLOUS USE OF A NAME New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 503, 11 February 1949, Page 5
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