PM No. 93/1966

The Prime Minister is continuing to make satisfactory progress.

Hoowever, as viral pleurisy normally takes five to seven days to run its course, Mr. Holt will have to remain in bed for a day or two yet. He is hopeful that he will be back in Parliament during the week out this will depend on his further progress. 

His doctor gave him a thorough check-up today and confirmed that there were no complications.

PM No 92/1966

The Prime Minister is feeling a little brighter today but still has the pain associated with viral pleurisy.

The doctor examined Mr Holt again this morning and is satisfied with his progress. The virus is runing its normal course and there are no complications.

Canberra 
24 September 1966

PM 91/1966

Apart  from a dealing with a few pressing ceremonial matters from his sick bed, the Prime Minister has had a restful day.

His doctor examined him again this evening and found that the virus was taking its normal course.

He has prescribed sedatives to ease the chest pains that are a sympton of viral pleurisy.

23rd September 1966

 No. 789
STATEMENT BY THE ACTING TREASURER
THE RT. HON. HAROLD HOLT, M. P.
ISSUE OF SPECIAL BONDS SERIES N
CONVERSION OFFER TO HOLDERS OF SPEC7IAL BNDS SERIES B,

A new series of S3pecial Bonds  - Series N  - will be on sale from Monday, September 26 in the form of either Bonds or Inscribed Stock, and will continue to be available for subscription until further notice. The new series will replace the present Series M Special Bonds, which were first issued in February 1966.

 P. M. No. 90A/1966

The South Australian Premier today placed oefore us his State's request for finance necessary to install a natural gas supply pipeline.

Mr. Walsh is not contemplating a direct loan from the Commonwealth but did want various possibilities examined  point made in briefing only and not for attribution..... Most practical course, if acceptable to other Premiers, would be a special allocation under the semi-governmental programme)

66/ 135
FOR PRESS P. M. No. 90/ 1966
DEATH OF SIR JOHN ALLISON
Tribute by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt
Sir John Allison had for many years been a leading
figure in the life of Australia.
He had given much valuable voluntary service to the
Australian UJovernment and had been prominent in an honorary
capacity in many fields of community service.
He was a warm, strong personality, and his practical
good sense made him a natural leader among men. His views and
guidance were frequently sought and valued.

PRESS, RADIO AND TV INTERVIEW GIVEN BY THE
PRIME MINISTER, MR. HAROLD HOLT AT MASCOT
AIRPORT, SYDNEY. ON HIS RETURN FROM THE
PRIME MINISTERS' CONFERENCE. LONDON 19TH SEPTEM3ER. 1966
Well, gentlemen, as you will have gathered from my comments
in London, the conference I have just attended was a very remarkable
one. I don't expect ever to attend another like it and certainly
I have never attended one like it before. M11r. Wilson, when he was
commenting on the conference said that it had come through the flames

PRESS CONFERENCE -GIVEN BY THE PRIME MINISTER
MR HAROLD HOLT AT THE SAVOY HOTEL, LONDON.
16th September. 1966.
We've i: ust concluded~ a remarkable Conference perhaps an
historic one. To take the brightest view of it one could even speculate that
this marks another milestone in man's long search for peaceful collaboration on
a basis of multi-racialism but that is. i repeat taking the optimistic view of
things, and this could only be confirmned by subsequent expe'~ iences in which the

P. M. No. 88/ 1966

The Acting Prime Minister, Mr. McEwen, conferred this afternoon with the Premier of Queensland Mr. Nicklin, together with the Federal Treasurer, Mr. McMahon, the Queensland Treasurer, Mr. Chalk, and the Minister for Primary Industry, Mr. Adermann.

The conference arose as a result of negotiations for a loan initiated by Mr. Nicklin on behalf of the sugar industry with the Prime Minister, Mr. Holt, several weeks ago.

ROYAL COMMONWEALTH SOCIETY LUNCHEON
LONDON 8th September 1 966.
Speech by the Erime. Ministeir Mr Harold Holt
Your Grace, Ladies and Gentlemen
Our Chairman and I have attended a number of Commonwealth
gatherings, usually uncomfortable, but by no means as agreeable as this
meeting we have in company with you today, and I speak a little feelingly
because I think I've spent one of the more uncomfortable of my mornings
in the service of the Commonwealth this morning at the Prime Minister's