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JOURNALISTS 1 CLUB 25TH ANNIVERSARY DINNER
Fix this textSYDNEY. N.S.W,
Fix this text^1st JULY. 1964-
Fix this textSpeech by the Pruine Minister, the Rt» Hon, Sir Robert Menzles
Fix this textSir,
Fix this textIt is a very difficult and dangerous thing for a
Fix this textpolitico to make a speech to newspapermen· (Laughter)
Fix this textSomething you said reminded me of the fact that quite a number
Fix this textof years ago, but after the occasion to which Ken Slessor
Fix this textreferred, I was given a dinner - this seems most improbable
Fix this textbut still it's true - by some newspapermen when I was in
Fix this textMelbourne. It was a very, very, good dinner, and there was
Fix this texta certain amount of lubricant (Laughter) available and I was
Fix this textno doubt adequately lubricated, but others were more so, and
Fix this textat a certain stage in the night I remember a well-known
Fix this textnewspaperman coming along and standing over me as I sat in an
Fix this textarmchair and saying, "You know." and he was rather tedious
Fix this textabout ¿his* He kept on· (Laughter) He kept on, he kept on.
Fix this textIt was like a slipped disc· (Laughter) "You know, the trouble
Fix this textwith you is that you don't suffer fools gladly," (Laughter)
Fix this text(Applause) Much to my credit, I found myself saying, "And
Fix this textwhat do you think I’ve been doing for the past fifteen minutes?"
Fix this text(Laughter )
Fix this textWell, the Press and I have always understood each
Fix this textother. We’ve always been a bit hostile. (Laughter) We’ve
Fix this textenjoyed a certain amounc of hostility. We've loved it, and
Fix this textevery now and tiien I found myself reading one of my favourite
Fix this textcolumnists and I've read him and I haven't dared to say how
Fix this textgood he was because I knew that in that field, for every friend
Fix this textyou make, you make three enemies, (Laughter)
Fix this textBut I'm delighted to be here, I had forgotten that
Fix this textit was twentyfive years ago that as a young and promising man.
Fix this textbut perhaps not so promising as I am now,(Laughter) (Applause)
Fix this textI'd gone to Pfahlert's Hotel...., Do you mind if I tell you
Fix this textsomething about Pfahleru's Hotel? (Laughter) Not that I
Fix this textpretend to qualify as an extremely bibulous creature, but many
Fix this textyears ago, as it seems to me now, I was a great friend^ I am
Fix this texthappy to say, of Lionel Lindsay and I had met Norman Lindsay
Fix this texta few times and we had a natter about this and that and there
Fix this textwas a dinner of some learned society - you know, the artists
Fix this textand architects and what- have -you, at Pfahlert's - and I was a
Fix this textguest. That afternoon I was around talking to Norman Lindsay,
Fix this textHe wasn't a guest, and I having that degree of impudence that
Fix this textmakes a man a Prime Minister (Laughter) said, "Norman, you must
Fix this textcome tonight to Pfahlert's hotel, "Oh, no," with the well-
Fix this textknown Lindsay voice, "But", I said, "You must come. Norman,
Fix this textyou must, Lionel is going to be there," (Laughter) And he
Fix this textsaid, "Oh, well, yes, old man," and I dragged him along.
Fix this textWhoever was presiding at this dinner, he was as kind
Fix this textas he could be. Ho just put it down to the eccentricity of a
Fix this textpolitician, and I arranged with him that I would sit here and
Fix this textNorman would sit there and Lionel would sit there. Well, now,
Fix this texttruth be admitted, they hadn't spoken to each.other for about
Fix this textfive or six years, and I had an idea about this, so there they
Fix this textwere. With a suitable interjection by me ? like a fellow putting
Fix this texta rather stupid question at a press interview (Laughter), (you
Fix this textall know what I moon by that) (Laughter) they got cracking.
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Fix this textIt's easy and takes two shakes of a lamb's tail!
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