PARLIAMENT'S DIGNITY
EFFECTS OF BROADCASTS GIVING FALSE IMPRESSION f< A CHEAP VARIETY SHOW [BY TELEGRAPH —SPECIAL REPORTER] WELLINGTON, Tuesday "I think that we should have another thought- about the broadcasting of the proceedings of this House," 6aid Mr. T. D. Burnett (Opposition—Temuka) during the financial debate in the House of Representatives to-day. "I know that everyone would agree that the proper dignity of this House is in capable hands in your hands, Mr. Speaker, but I find that the majority of the people of the Dominion have an entirely- false conception of how this HoUse is being carried on." Mr. Burnett explained that he" had recently listened in to the House and had been amazed at the false impression he had gained. "It gave the impression that it was a Donnybrook and brought me back about 40 years to an up-country race meeting night in the pub or a dog trial night, and I was expecting, to hear a shout of 'A bob in'," Mr. Burnett continued. He said the House was a deliberative body, and members did not want it to appear a cheap variety show.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23432, 23 August 1939, Page 12
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