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EXTRACT FROM PRIME MINISTER'S REMARKS
TO THE CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE RECEPTION
PERTH, W. A. SEPTEMBER 1968
There is just one other point I would make.
There was some discussion the other day as to action
which was taken over preventing an insurance company known as the
MLC from being taken over by capital from abroad. Some questions
were asked as to whether this meant there was a nalteration in the
Government's policy about overseas capital inflow. Well, it doesn't.
Our policy for a long time has been predicated on the

68TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF
WEST AUSTRALIAN CHAMBER OF MANUFACTURES
PERTH, A" er~ ISEPTEMBER 1968
Speech by the Prime Minister, _ NfC16n Gorton
Mr. President, Mr. Premier, Colleagues and Ladies and Gentlemen:
This, I think, is the fourth, or possibly the fifth address
that I have made today in my visit to Western Australia. It will consequently
not be very long and, for those of you who may have been attending any of
the other occasions, I daresay it might tend to be a little repetitive.
First, Sir, may I say this. In the course of an address to

P. M. No. 79/1968 

The United States Communication Station at North West Cape will be renamed next month in honour of the former Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt.

The ceremony will take place on 20 September, within a few days of the first anniversary of the official opening of the Station. ( This was attended by Mr. Holt on 16 September 1967.

Dame Zara Holt will be Guest of Honour at the renaming ceremony, and will unveil a memorial designating the station as the " United States Naval Communication Station, Harold E. Holt".

FOR PRESS r
9 OCT 1968
-8RARI PM, No. 84,1968
DEATH OF SIR NORMAN BROOKES
Tribute by the Prime Minister, Mr john Gorton
Sir Norman Brookes was one of those rare men
who become a legend in their own lifetime. His name has been a
household word synonymous with sporting achievement for as long as
most Australians can remember.
His skill as a tennis player helped establish
Australia's sporting reputation, and he continued to make a contribution
to sport throughout his long life. He was an outstanding Australian whose

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH By
The Rt Hon. J. G. GORTON, M. P.
ON
F Ill AIRCRAFT
Ministerial Statement
[ From ihe ' Parliamentary Debates', 26 September 19681
Mr GORTON ( Higgins-Prime Minister)
-Mr Speaker, I lay on the table certain
documents pertaining to the purchase of
* Fl111 aircraft and -ask leave of the House
to make a statement concerning the samne.
Mr SPEAKER-There being no objection,
leave is granted.
Mr GORTON-Mr Speaker, I have told
the House that the Government wishes to

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH BY
The Rt Hon. J. G. GORTON, M. P.
ON
DROUGHT RELIEF
Ministerial Statement
[ From the ' Parliamentary Debates', 26 September 1968]
Mr GORTON ( Higgins-Prime Minister)
-by leave-I recently received representations
from the Premiers of New South
Wales and Victoria requesting the continuation
of Commonwealth reimbursement of
State expenditures on drought relief measures.
The Premier of New South Wales
asked for a continuation of Commonwealth
payments for drought relief measures in the

FOR PRESS (~ OT16 P. M. NO. 83/ 1968
AMENDMENT TO A. C. T. COMPANIES ORDINANCE
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton
There are market repoirts of unusually large purchases of
shares in an Australian life insurance company M. L. C. Ltd. Shares so
bought have been registered in the names of nominee companies. They now
represent approximately 36 per cen~ t of the total issued capital of the
Company and the rate of purchasing has recently risen so dramatically as
to suggest the possibility of a " raid" designed to take over the Company.

RENAMING OF U. S. NAVAL COMMUNICATION
V00 4f AT NORTH-WEST CAPE, W. A. SEPTEMBER 1968
Speech by the Prime Minister, Mr John Gorton
I must begin, your Excellency, by thanking the President of
the United States, through you, for the message, which through you, he
delivered to us today. It is a unique thing for a United States Naval
Communication station of this kind to be named after the national of another
country. But I thin'k for a number of reasons, it is entirely fitting that in
this case it should be so.

1i JOINT COMMUNIQUE ISSUED BY HIS EXCELLENCY PRESIDENT PARK
CHUNG HEE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA AND THE RT. HON.
J. G. GORTON, PRIME MINISTER OF AUSTRALIA
At the invitation of His Excellency the Right
Honourable Lord Casey, G. C. M D. S. O M. C.,
K St J Governor-General of Australia and the Lady Casey,
His Excellency Park Chung Hee, President of the Republic
of Korea and Madame Park arrived with their ( aughter,
Miss Park Keun Hye, in Canberra on September 16, 1968, for
a four day state visit to Australia. His Excellency the

2 5SEP 1960
STATEMENT BY THE PRiME MINISTER, THE RT. HON.
J. G. GORTON IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
CANBERRA
19TH SEPTEMBER 1968
AUSTRALIAN LOAN IN GERMANY
The Commonwealth Treasurer, Mr McMahon, today comple~ ed
a successful round of negotiations and signed a loan agreement in
Frankfurt, Germany, with the Deutsche Bank for the issue of DM 200 million
6 million) Commonwealth securities maturing in 1974. The Deutsche
Bank will arrange for the private placement of the securities with fina ncial