"MR SPEAKER."
GUEST OF PRESS GALtERY. UNUSUAL RELATION. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Tuesday. The Speaker of "the House "of Representatives, the Hon. W. E. Barnard, was entertained this evening by members of the Parliamentary Press Gallery. The chairman, Mr. C. G. Noble Campbell, said that the Speaker and members of the .gallery were related in a curious manner in that both, had to do their work without disclosing any political opinion.
The Speaker, in reply, agreed with that view of the exceptional position of Parliamentary reporting and said that within the short period of his experience members of the gallery had done their work without any effort to disclose their political opinions. Mr. Barnard assured members of the gallery that so long as he held the position of Speaker he would maintain the traditions, privileges and rights of the Press gallery.
Among those present was Sir James Hutchison, editor of the "Otago Daily Times," and opportunity was taken to congratulate him upon his knighthood. In reply Sir James said he regarded the honour conferred on him as a tribute to the profession of journalism rather . than to himself.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 106, 6 May 1936, Page 12
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