Wife Would Help

Press, Volume CIII, Issue 30631, 23 December 1964, Page 13

Wife Would Help

(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright)

SYDNEY, Dec. 22.

The wife of the Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly, Mrs Ray Maher, said today: “I wish I could get into the fight and help my husband.

Interviewed at their home in North Sydney, she told reporters: “I’ve stood beside him throughout his political career and seen him overcome the most impossible odds—including an illness which has limited him phvsically.

“This time, though, it’s a case of his having to stand alone. I have no doubt it will all come out to Ray’s advantage. “But it’s most unfair that a person of such integrityshould have to suffer this worry and indignity. He will win because he is a good fighter. “I've always said that Ray’s got a lot of the Irish in him and that makes a very good fighter. He has not only fought for himself but for others too.” Describing her reaction to the charges against her husband Mrs Maher said: “You can’t explain numbness and shock unless you’ve really ex-i perienced them.”