The Speeches Were Good
TATE luncheons are exclusive functions, but thé broadcasting of the speeches that followed the reception to Mr. Eden made the more important part of the occasion available to everybody who cared to listen. And the speeches were worth listening to, if only because it is seldom that we have a chance to hear the country’s leaders speaking in sweet unison, and no cries of "Shame,
shame!" in the background. Mr, Fraser’s voice is not as good as his words, Mr. Holland speaks with a trace of Mainland, but Mr, Tirikatene’s English was as impeccable as Mr. Eden’s, English Which the King would not have been ashamed to call his. own. Yes, the speeches were well-delivered and _ sincerely felt. The singing was another matter. A centrally placed microphone seems fated to pick up wisps of diffident sdund that sidle towards it from all parts of the hall, and these wisps, either sharp
or flat, seem unable to combine to form a natural. For They are Jolly Good Fellows was bad enough, The King was infinitely worse. To improve the standard of singing at public functions would be a long and difficult task, so that, much as I disapprove of Celestial Choirs, I think it would be an excellent thing for the NZBS technical staff to have a recorded version of one such on tap, to be dubbed in at the appropriate moment.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 505, 25 February 1949, Page 9
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235The Speeches Were Good New Zealand Listener, Volume 20, Issue 505, 25 February 1949, Page 9
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