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Show IMPOLITE New Yorkers Have No Regard for a , Stranger New York, Feb. 17. New Yorkers are the most Impolite people In the world, according to Col. W. W. Rock, an Australian, who Is in America for the first time. Col. Rock is editor of the Hansard, the journal of the Australian Aus-tralian parliament, which corresponds to our Congressional Record Giving his impicsslons to an interviewer, Mr. Rock said: "New Yorkers aro brusque and curt in manner and inclined to be uncivil. Nobody seems to have any time for you, and a stranger will save himself much discomfort If he tries to flud his owa way about without inquiring. It Is not wise for him to ask questions. ques-tions. This rudeness struck mo all the more because I had Just come from London, where people will go out of their way to put you ou your road." |