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<response><item key="0"><transcript-id>123</transcript-id><title>Grant to Adelaide Arts Festival Committee</title><prime-minister>Menzies, Robert</prime-minister><period-of-service>19491219 - 19660126</period-of-service><field_date>22/10/1959</field_date><release-type>Media Release</release-type><document>https://pmtranscripts.pmc.gov.au/sites/default/files/original/00000123_0.pdf</document><subjects></subjects><content><![CDATA[<p>P. M. No, 40/ 1959</p>
<p>GRANT TO ADELAIDE ARTS FESTIVAL COMMITTEE</p>
<p>The Prime Minister announced today that a Grant of 7,000. had been given by the Commonwealth towards the Festival of Arts which is to be held in Adelaid in 1960.</p>
<p>The Prime Minister said that in so doing the Commonwealth recognised the contribution the Festival would make in focussing attention on Australian cultural achievements.</p>
<p>Canberra, 22nd October, 1959.</p>
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