P. M. No. 90/ 1962
The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, announced this evening that His Excellency General Sir Dallas Brooks, Governor of Victoria, who holds a dormant Commission from Her Majesty The Queen, will be sworn in as Administrator of the Government of the Commonwealth of Australia at Government House, Melbourne, tomorrow, Wednesday, 21st November, 1962 at 12.30 pm. The prescribed oaths will be administered by the Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia, the Rt. Hon. Sir Owen Dixon, in the presence of the Rt. Hon. John McEwen, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, The Leader of the Opposition, the Hon. Arthur Calwell, and Commonwealth Ministers will also attend.
Sir Dallas Brooks will act as Administrator during the short period that His Excellency the Governor-General is absent from Australia.
CANBERRA,
20 November, 1962.