MR. BROADFOOT’S WIT
THE HOUSE LAUGHS. WELLINGTON, Aug. 1. A recent slip of the tongue by the Prime Mipister, Mr. Fraser, led during a debate in the House last night, to one of the brightest quips heard there for a long time. The member responsible for the sally was Mr. Broadfoot. (Opposition, Waitomo), and the House accorded him full marks for his wit by shouting with laughter. For the second time during the debate, Mr. Broadfoot had recalled that during a recent sitting of the House, Mr. Fraser had referred inadvertently to Mr. Lee (Democratic Labour, Grey Lynn) as "the member for Lee.” He was interrupted at that stage by the Speaker, Mr. Barnard, who said he must ask Mr. Broadfoot not to refer in that way to the member for Grey Lynn. “I am sorry, Mr. Speaker,” Mr. Broadfoot said. "I am afraid I have become tangled up with that phrase.” Mr. Fraser: The phrase seems to have caught your imagination. “It wasn't the phrase,” Mr. Broadfoot replied quickly. "It was the phraser." Mr. Fraser joined as heartily as any in the laughter that followed.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 84, Issue 180, 2 August 1940, Page 4
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