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on Dees ety se ee VE have recently had much to console us for the fact that Parliament is no longer on the air. And how different our Members appeared as they presented themselves for their brief halfhour at the microphone. As candidates, they were on their best behaviour. They came before the electors with clean faces and clean hands, their I’s were dotted, their P’s and Q’s minded, their aspirates all\in place. How different from the rough and tumble of the House, when the Speaker’s shouts for OrDER,
Oren serve but as the report of the cannon bringing to the surface the primitive emotions which civilisation has almost succeeded in drowning. The broadcasting of candidates’ public addresses gave us
something a little nearer what we are used to, but could the disarming "If my friend in the back row will ask his question at the proper time I will do my best to answer him" proceed from the same gentleman whose tongue in the House is trigger-quick and razor-edged? And a vague hint to technicians: Would it be possible to ensure that microphones at public meetings are placed during the singing of the National Anthem, immediately in front of those who sing
in tune?
M.
B.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 545, 2 December 1949, Page 11
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209Echoes Dving New Zealand Listener, Volume 21, Issue 545, 2 December 1949, Page 11
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