The Young Chronicle (NSW : 1902 - 1910; 1913 - 1915; 1924 - 1934; 1936 - 1940) Tue 3 Jan 1928
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CORRESPONDENCE
CORRESPONDENCE
MAJOR REID'S VOCAL POWERS.
(To the Editor.)
Sir, — In your issue of December 23,
under 'Town Topics," I notice you
state that Major Reid spoke quickly
and hurriedly at his welcome and that
the listeners at times found difficulty
in gettinng the gist of his remarks, and
added that no doubt with more prac-
tice he would overcome these slight
faults.
As one who listened I can say I did
not find it difficult to follow his every
word, although I am quite elderly, and
my hearing is not so good as when
younger.
Major Reid has the rare gift of be-
ing able to think quickly, and also to
put his thoughts into words quickly
which is fortunate for him and for us.
Had he not been able to think quickly
and act quickly when at the front, and
cut off from part of his regiment, he
would not have been alive to-day.
That also was one of the topics spok-
en of at his welcome.
Surely Major Reid has had more
practice of speech-making than most
men of his age, seeing he has been a
public man all his life and an alder-
man at the age of 21 years. His
friends predict that he will be quite
capable of making the gist of his re-
marks understood at Parliament
House without further practice, and
I trust that those who are opposed to
him now, with a little more experience
of his worth, will be his friends. —
(Mrs.) C. MAYDWELL Snr. Mai-
muru.
