Speeches and broadcasts

Start Date
01 January 1963
End Date
31 December 1963
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MS 4936-Papers of Sir Robert Menzies/Class. Original Consignment/Series 6/File 184

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SPEECH BY PRIMMINISTER  

st July, 1963 EDINBURGH  

Luncheon  

LORD PROVOST OP EDINBURGH  

LORD PROVOST LUNCHEON. EDINBURGH. SCOTLAND  

.UL July.» 1963  

Saeegh by thePrime Minister, the Rt. Hon. ¿ir Robert Menzies  

Lord Provost, Lady Provost  

When you were telling us of this highly erudite  

note that you wrote to your then girl-friend, if that isn't  

debased expression, was delighted becMuse it reminded me of  

the most famous maiden speech ever made in the House of Commons  

and that was made, of course need hardly say, by F,E. Smith  

who was the only Conservative, think, at the great election  

of 1906 to win seat* That meant something. And he found  

himself as new Member but, like myself, heavily endowed with  

impertinence (Laughter), ana there he saw on the other side  

among other people, David Lloyd George, and Lloyd George had  

been attacking the Tories in the election and explaining that  

if they were voted for, Chinese slavery would break out in  

the Welsh hills because, strangely enough, most elections are  

conducted on what are subsequently rather amusing issues really.  

Anyhow, the Liberals won and the Tories were in  

opposition and hope you have all read you should Birkenhead....  

well, Smith's maiden speech, because the Speaker in due course by  

arrangement called on Mr. Smith, and four gentlemen stood up.  

This is. of course, one of the disadvantages of having name  

like Smith, If it had been Menzies or Mingles, it would have  

been different. But, anyhow, am not going to repeat to you  

the entire speech, but he did end up by quoting little Latin,  

as you did, Sir, He said all this, having attacked Lloyd George,  

having attacked the idea of Chinese slavery in the Welsh mountains.  

He ended up by saying ”Proxime ucalegon ardebat." And then  

he added, as you didn't Sir, "For the benefit of those educated  

at Ston, will do this into English," (Laughter) and he did it  

into English, And he said "Proxime ï 'in the adjoining  

county,* of course, Ucalegon 'the right honourable gentleman  

from Carnarvon Burroughs*. Ardebat 'was letting off Chinese  

crackers'" (Laughter) And have always liked this because with  

my rather scanty knowledge of Latin. have always been delighted  

to know that there was once politician who produced the right  

tense for the word "ardebat". And so listened to you, Sir,  

today with great pleasure and thought, "Well, classical  

learning is not dead in Edinburgh,"  

Now the next thing want to say is that this chronic  

argument goes on about how to pronounce my name, can remember  

when was small boy. hearing my father say in rather  

expostulating fashion το people, "Look, please, my name is  

Mingles," but they wouldn't have it. It's M-e-n-z-i-e-s,  

therefore it is Menzies. And last Friday, lunched here with  

the College of Physicians and was assured by four physicians  

out of five that Menzies was the right pronunciation and that  

Mingles was an Edinburgh affectation, (Laughter)  

But years ago, had this matter conveniently settled  

for me in London, You know, in London, when they have big  

patriotic dinner those things at which poor, wandering  

Colonial types like myself have to make speech they have  

an Imposing gentleman in red coat and he announces everybody,  

ending up where possible with the pregnant phrase "Justice of  

the Peace" (Laughter) which am not. This old boy had got  

rather tired. He had produced all these things, time after time,  

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