FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 75/ 1969
ROYAL VISIT 1970
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
When The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh visit
New Zealand and Australia next year they will be accompanied
for some of the time by The Prince of Wales and The Princess
Anne. Exact dates will be released in due course, but
it is probable that Prince Charles will have to return to the
United Kingdom before the middle of April to resume his studies
at Cambridge.
CANBERRA September 1969

FOR PR SSS: PM. NO. 74/ 1969
HIGH COURT JUDGMENT ON STAMP DUTY
EXCHANG3 OF CORR ESPONDENC3 BETWEEN PRIME MINISTSR
AND SIR HSNRY BOLTS
Following are texts of the letters exchanged between the P ime Minister, Mr.
John Gorton, and the Premier of Victoria, Sir Henry Bolte, in regard to the High
Court judgment on stamp duty: 2R September, 1969
" The Righ: Honourable John G. Gorton, M. P.,
Prime Minister of the Commonwealth.
Dear Mr. Gorton,
I %; riteto you on behalf of all the State Premiers, who have met

FOR PRESS PM. NO. 73/ 1969
COMMONWEALTH GRANTS COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS
Statement by t e Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton
The Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton, announced today
the reappointment to the Commonwealth Grants Commission for a period
of one year of Mr H. J. Goodes, CBE, and Mr W. R. Lane.
Mr Goodes has been a member of the Commission since
1965 and Mr Lane has been a member of the Commission since 1966.
CANBERRA, 28 September 1969

HIGH COURT JUDGMENT ON STAMP DUTY
Extract from speech made by the Prime Minister, Mr-'
John Gorton, in the Boothby Electorate, South Australia
27 September 1969
( The Prime Minister handed over a cheque for $ 200, 000 as a Commonwealth
contribution to Adelaide's Festival Hall).
" Of course, this is not going to solve by any means the
problems that your Premier and all the other State Premiers have just
recently run into. You will recall, all of you, that a short time ago there
was a High Court Judgment which cast doubt on the legal validity of the

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH BY 2O2* C T~ 9
The Rt Hon. J. G. GORTON, M. P.
ON
POWER HOUSE FOR CENTRAL QUEENSLAND
( Minlisterial Statement)
[ From the ' Parliamentary Debates', 26 September 1 969]
Mr GORTON ( Higgins-Prime Minister)
-by leave-In September 1968 the Premier
of Queensland wrote to me concerning
negotiations between the Queensland
Treasurer and industrialists interested
in major development in Queensland. The
Queensland Government intended to build
a power house in central Queensland to

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALl I ,1
SPEECH
The Rt Hon. J. G. GORTON, M. P.
ON
COMMONWEALTH AND QUEENSLAND SUGAR
AG REEMENT
( Ministerial Statement)
[ From the ' Parliamentary Debates, 25 September 1969]
Mr GORTON ( Higgins-Prime Minister)
-by leave-The negotiations between the
Commonwealth and Queensland governments
for a new sugar agreement have
been satisfactorily concluded and the basis
on which that formal agreement can now
be drafted has been arranged. The agreement
between the two governments will be

COMMONWEALTH OF. AUSTRALIA
SPEEC JA
BY
The Rt Hon. J. G. GORTON, M. P.
ON
F Ill AIRCRAFT
( Ministerial Statement)
[ From the ' Parliamentary Debates', 23 September 1969]
Mr GORTON ( Higgins-Prime Minister)
-by leave-This House will know that the
Government recently sent a high level mission
to the United States of America to
discuss matters concerning F1 11 aircraft.
That mission has now submitted its report
to the Government and the Government
has considered it. However, before detailing
the matters discussed and the

I
FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 72/ 1969
V IS IT BYAPOLLO_ 11 ASTRONAUTS
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
The Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin
Aldrin and Michael Collins will visit Sydney on Saturday, 1 November
in the course of their world tour embracing over 20 countries.
The astronauts, accompanied by their wives, will reach
Sydney from Bangkok late on Friday night ( 31 October) and will leave
for Guam early on the Sunday morning.
It is unfortunate they cannot spend more time in Australia

AUSTRALIAN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE LUNCHEON
Hotel Canberra, Canberra, A. C. T. 19 September 1969
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr. John Gorton
Group-Captain Nicholls, Mr. Buchan, Distinguished Guests, Mr.
Ambassador:-I think the first thing I would like to say to you is that I
welcome this opportunity on behalf of the Government to welcome the new
Ambassador from the United States, Mr. Rice, and his wife. We hope
that their stay in this country will be thoroughly enjoyable for them and

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRILUA
SPEECH BY
The Rt Hon. J. G. GORTON, M. P.
ON
OVERSEAS INVESTMENT IN AUSTRAIA
( Ministerial Statement)
[ From the ' Parliamentary Debates', 16 September 1969]
Mr GORTON ( Higgins-Prime Minister)
by leave The importance to
Australia of a strong and continuing inflow
* of overseas capital has never been ques-
'. tioned by my Government. During the years
-after the end of World War II, the accumulated
total of private overseas investment
ini Austral) ia has been about $ 7,000m. With-