"TALKING BIRDS"
"It is generally jupposea that a member of Parliament has a great deal of power. That is not so; he can't bring in a Bill involving money," said Mr. R. A. Wright,'lndependent candidate for Wellington Suburbs, speaking at Northland last evening. "The only power he has is to vote and talk, and people wonder why members' talk so much. 'It's practically the best thin<* they can do."
"A lot of them can't even talk," replied one of the audience.
"My experience is that the average member of Parliament is a 'talking bird,'" replied Mr. Wright.
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Evening Post, Volume CXX, Issue 112, 7 November 1935, Page 11
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