Starts and Stops
\V HEN the Duke of Wellington had his famous victory at Waterloo in 1815 The Times reported it four days later with a Downing Street communiqué which began: "The Duke of Wellington’s despatch dated Waterloo the 19th of June states that on the preceding day Bonaparte attacked with his whole
force the British line. . ." This news story carried the heading "Official Bulletin." That is one of the beginnings quoted by Alan Mulgan (above) in a series of four talks, Beginnings and Endings, which is to start from 2YC at 8.15 p.m. on Thursday, January 21, and which will later be heard from other National stations. Today, Mr. Mulgan points out, the practice in newspapers is to save Teaders all unnecessary trouble and to tell the essence of the story in the headings and in the beginning of the report. From the newspaper story Mr. Mulgan goes on to consider other kinds of | beginnings, in plays, novels, and short stories, Then, remarking that it is often easier to start something than to stop it---one of the chief reasons, he thinks, for the low standard of public speaking in New Zealand-he turns to an examination of the art-of ending. Here, as with beginnings, he quotes a number of examples.
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 756, 15 January 1954, Page 18
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213Starts and Stops New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 756, 15 January 1954, Page 18
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