GOVERNORS AND SPEECHES

Taranaki Daily News, 8 June 1931, Page 7

GOVERNORS AND SPEECHES

SIR ISAAC ISAACS’ CAUTION.

MAN WHO STEPS WARILY.

The Governor-General of Australia and Lady Isaacs are withstanding the strain of official duties very well. Sir Isaac Isaacs steps warily at all public ■gatherings. His long experience of the Law Courts and the training in meticulous care demanded of judges in dealing with facts make him one of the most guarded speakers Sydney has known. The Governor of New South Wales, Sir Philip Game, is careful, but not in the manner of the Governor-General. Probably if he uttered one of those things which are better left unsaid, says a Sydney correspondent, he would hastily remark brightly, “Slips. Let us have that over again.” Sir Philip’s speeches, like those of the Governor-General, are carefully prepared. Rear-Admiral Evans had a system of his own, which he frankly revealed to journalists. “J. prepare my speech,” he said, “have it written out, and then say anything that comes up. But I keep the written speech as proof of what I said.”