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TEXT OF RADIC/ TV COMMENT BY THE PRIME
MINISTER, MR HAROLD HOLT, IN LAUNCHING
THE " FITNESS AUSTRALIA" CAMPAIGN 7TH -AUGUST, -1CZ~ 7
" FITNESS AUSTRALIA"
Australia does not have enough people all the more
need for us to be fit people. Good health is an obligation of good
citizenship. If more people gave as much attention to keeping their
bodies in good working order as they do their motor cars, they would
feel a lot better and enjoy life a lot more.
For most of the 70 per cent of Austral ians living in

PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE,
PARLIAMENT HOUSE,
CANBERRA. 3rd August, 1967.
PM's VISIT TO THE WEST PRESS ARRANGEMENTS
In order that I can assess requirements, I would
like to know how many news organisations would be interested in
sending representatives to cover the Prime Minister's West Australian
tour in September, including the opening of North-West Cape.
As I see it at this stage, transport arrangements
will probably be similar to Mr Holt's recent Asian visits, with the
participating media contributing to the cost of a special press aircraft.

PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE,
PARLIAMENT HOUSE,
CANBERRA.
3rd August, 1967.
PRIME MINISTER'S PROGRAMME
Mr and Mrs Holt left for Bingil Bay today. The Prime
Minister will return to Canberra next weekend Sunday 13th August), unless
circumstances make it necessary for him to come back earlier.
It will be a " working holiday' for the PM. A special
phone has been installed for official calls from Canberra, and documents
and papers will be delivered regularly to Bingil Bay. Two members of

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FOR PRESS: LBR PM. No. 81/ 1967
PRIME MINISTER TO VISIT W~ ESTERN AUSTRALIA
The Frime Minister will inspect a number of centres
concerned with the development of natural resources, particularly
mining, when he goes to Western Australia in S1eptember for the official
opening of the U. S. Naval Communication Station at North WVest Cape.
The itinerary, which is still in the planning stage, will
be designed to enable Mr Holt to see projects that he has not previously
vis ited. He will probably go to the mining town of Kambalda

r I FOR PRESS: PM. No. 8C/ 1967
END OF TRANSITION TO DECIMAL CURRENCY
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr Harold Holt
Tomorrow will see the end of the transition to dollars
and cents. Reports reaching me show that the public and the business
community generally are already reaping benefits we had anticipated from
conversion to decimal currency.
There is, however, some danger that the greatest
benefit that of simplicity in our money dealings may not be fully
realised for a time because we find some still showing the value of

EMBARGO: 8 p. m. Monday, 31st July, 1967 Q. t~ 6
DEAKIN MEMORIAL__ LECTURE
Title :" ALFRED DEAKIN.-HIS LIFE AND OUR TIMES"
" The Liberal Tradition in Australia"
INAUGURAL LECTURE DELIVERED BY THE
PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. HAROLD
HOLT, CH, MP, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
MELBOUR NE 31ST JULY, 1967
When Alfred Deakin died, the Commonwealth of Australia was
not quite twenty years old. It was peopled, in Deakin's phrase, by a little
more than " five million Australian Britons" and had just emerged in the flush

FOR PRESS: PM. NO. 79/ 1967
TALKS WITH UNITED STATES MISSION
The Frime Minister tonight described as " very valuable
and informative" the talks held today between representatives of the U. S.
Government and senior members of the Australian Cabinet.
The talks, which were held at The Lodge, ran from
11 a. m. to 6 p. m. The U. S. group comprised Mr Clark Clifford, General
Maxwell Taylor, the United States Ambassador, Mr Clark, Mr R. C. Steadman
of the U. S. Defense Department, Mr H. Freeman Matthews, State

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PM. No. 78/ 1967
VISIT OF U. S. MISSION
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr Harold Holt
President Johnson's special representatives, General Maxwell
Taylor and Mr Clark Clifford, arrive in Canberra tomorrow morning.
Accompanied by Ambassador Clark, they are to commence talks with me
and some of my senior colleagues at the Lodge at noon. We will have a
working lunch and continue our talks through the afternoon.
If necessary we shall meet again in the course of Sunday.

FOR PRESS: PM. No. 76/ 1e67
CCRIO BY-ELECTION RESULT
Comment by the Prime Minister, Mr Harold Holt
Labor has had a good win in Cor'o and Mr Scholes s ent* tled
to his congratulations. No doubt some electors felt they could give the Government
a knock without the risk of changing it, and there were some local factors
contributing to the swing from the Government.
In a by-election, voting usually runs against the ruling party
but 4s a notoriously unreliable barometer to voting at a general election.

FOR PRESS: PM. No. 77/ 1967
VISIT BY PRESIDENT OF ITALY
Statement by the Prime Minister, Mr Harold Holt
It gives me great pleasure to announce that the President
of the Republic of Italy, President Giuseppe Saragat, accompanied by the
Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Amintore Fanfani, will a
State Visit to Australia later this year.
The President is expected to arrive in Canberra on
Monday, 25th September. Before leaving Australia on Sunday, ! st
October, he will go to Melbourne and Sydney.