From http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/column-8/column-8-20101022-16xq8.html
''Today I was perusing Hansard for the fifth federal Parliament of 1913,'' writes profoundly omnivorous reader Chris Patten, of Roseville. ''I was checking up on my great-great-great-uncle, Robert Patten, newly elected member for Hume. On August 13 he asked the minister whether the best use was being made of the water resources of the Murray River, although to be honest as a farmer he wanted more water extracted from the river, not less. On November 26 the Postmaster General was asked about the lack of availability of the telephone service in the bush. However, his follow-up question was a real beauty: considering the difficulties involved, would the Postmaster General investigate the possibility of providing a wireless service for the bush in place of the normal telephone service. Who was it who said, 'Those who forget history live to repeat it'?''
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