When Politics Were Impolite
The Provinces had to go, but they had served a good purpose. Politics would have been much duller without all those little Parliaments. B: They took themselves seriously, and what rows they enjoyed-TI think the right word is "enjoyed." A: And so did the local Editors who took sides. One of the Marlborough papers wrote of its rival "vomiting forth a quantity of venom on to a white sheet."
B: And the rival could hit back equally well? A: Of course. I’ve kept a cutting of the answering leading article. The brightest bit-let’s see, here it is-This Editor retorted: "Our pity is like that one naturally feels for a filthy intoxicated specimen of humanity who appropriates the public kennel for the purposes of a bed. "
B: Good heavens! Where was the law of libel in those days? A: Nobody observed it. B: Neither in the Press nor in debate judging by the violence of the current language? A: That’s so, but in the provincial Parliaments they took themselves seriously, and ran affairs as nearly as possible on House of Commons lines, Quite a. pompous lot, from what I have heard.
-(Prof.
Leslie
Lipson
and
C. E.
Wheeler
"Back-
ground of New Zealand: Politics and Statesmen. A
Discussion in 1876,’ 2YA September 16).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 68, 11 October 1940, Page 5
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216When Politics Were Impolite New Zealand Listener, Volume 3, Issue 68, 11 October 1940, Page 5
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