A WELCOME DECISION.
THE new Speaker of the House of Representatives, the HonF. W. Schramm, will have public support in his decision to stop the under-current of talk which takes place in Parliament when members are addressing the House. The undercurrent frequently becomes an unseemly attempt to jam the wireless reproduction of speeches, and constitutes an intolerable irritation to listeners who wish to hear what speakers have to say, In pre-radio days, members of Parliament were able to chatter without inconveniencing speakers, and legitimate interjections were clothed with a certain amount of weight. Now, however, conditions have changed. Microphones are placed at different points of the legislative chamber, and it is quite possible for even sotto-voce comments jby members adjacent to a microphone to be heard by listeners much more distinctly than the speaker who is addressing the House. When interjections and cross-talk are indulged for no other purpose than to unsettle a speaker and confuse listeners, irritation is correspondingly increased. Listeners are well aware that certain members of the House are prone to this abuse of privilege, and there will be a general hope that Mr. Speaker will put into early and forcible effect the threat he has made. It will be in the interests of everybody.
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Northern Advocate, 13 March 1944, Page 2
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208A WELCOME DECISION. Northern Advocate, 13 March 1944, Page 2
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