dUTll ; LUkI; ñ ON AT 1EDT-L ILLILY,
TOWPSVILLL, QUEE. NSLAlJ 29TH JULY__ 1966
Speech by the Prime Minister. Mr Harold Holt.
M'r iayor, . Mr Premier, Ministerial and Parliamentary
Colleagues, Chief of the General Staff, Miss De Lacy and Gentlemen,
This is a very happy thought on the part of the
1' ayor, a very generous and hospitable thougft, to have so
representative a gathering of the To. insville strength, plus the
r. any visitors who have coie here for these two functions, at this
pleasant luncheon gathering here today, and I do appreciate your

S) pech by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt,
at the Higains Electorate Dinner July, 1966.
Alan and my friends from Higgins:
This is a very memorable night for Zara and myself.
indeed it is made the more mnemorabl e for us because Alan, with
that genius for organisation which you possess, you've selected
for this celebration the room hallowed by the fact that we held
our wedding celebration here nearly twenty years ago. And, as
I have very happ recollections of that occasion, obviously

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FOR PRESS P. M. 71/ 1966
PRINCE LEAVES FOR HONE
The Prince of Wales will leave Australia next week at the
completion of his two terms at the Geelong Grammar School.
Before returning home he will fly to Jamaica to join the
Duke of Edinburgh, who is opening the Commonwealth Games.
Prince Charles will leave Sydney aboard a Qantas flight
at o'clock next Monday ( 1st August), accompanied by Squadron-
Leader David Checketts. He will fly by way of New Zealand,
Tahiti, Acapulco and Mexico City, and is due in Kingston,

FOR PRESS 11CX.
-WORLD COURTI JITDGIhZNT
Comment by the Prime Minister, Mr. Harold Holt
I deplore and condemn the attacks reportedly made on
Australia by named African spokesmen arising from the recent
World Court judgnent.
The fact that they were made while the United Nations
Trusteeship Council was conmiending Australia for the general
econoic progress it has promoted in New Guinea underlines
their lack of justification.
The criticisms against Sir Percy Spender are also
deplorable and unwarranted. Sir Percy's long and distinguished

FOR PRESS 70/ 1966
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE BY AUSTRALIA TO NEV ZEALAND
Statement by the Prime inistZr. Mr. Harold Holt
Following discussions with the Prime Minister of New Zealand
( Mr. Holyoake) when he was in Australia last month, and discussions
in Cabinet, ithas been arranged that the Reserve Bank of Australia
will extend a credit of up to U20nto the Reserve Bank of New
Zealand. The credit will help New Zealand in its present balance
of payments difficulties.
As additional facility of up to $ Al~ m. will be made available

66/ 093
FOR PRESS P. M. No. 68/ 1966
UNITED KINGDOLI ECONOIEC 1EASURES
Comment by the Prime Minister, I1r. Harold Holt
It is obvious that the inrmediate purpose of the United Kingdom
measures is to strengthen their Balance of Payments and thereby
improve the position of sterling.
The measures are designed to do this mainly by achieving what
M r. Harold Wilson called a " shake-out which will release the nation's
manpower, skilled and unskilled, and lead to a more purposive use of
labour for the sake of increasing exports and giving effect to other

FOR PRESS
66/ 41 DEVELOPiVIENT OF CHRISTiASISLAND PHOSPHATE DEPOSITS
( Statement by the Minister for Territories,
The Hon. C. E. Barnes, 1VIP.)
A development programme designed to raise the output
of phosphate on Christmas Island from its present level of
780,000 tons a year to 1.6-K tons a year by 1968 had been
approved by the Australian and New Zealand Governments, the
Minister for Territories, Mr C. E. Barnes said today.
A study of the possibility of raising annual
production to more than 2.5M tons would continue, he said.

ADDRESS TO A2TIONAL P ESS CLUB, CANIHEiH
ON PRIIE : INIS'iER'S ETU. N FiROI VISITS
TO THE UNITED STATES AND BRITAIN 18th July, 1966.
Mr. Chairman, Your Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen:
It doesn't seem so very long ago that I was talking to
another National Press Club, in Washington, and I w-as able to say
to that gathering that an invitation to speak to the National Press
Club in ' ashington had become a sort of status symibol in the life
of the potential statesman. I think the way you are shaping, Ir,

FOR 9RESS 65/ 1966
PRE-BUDGET DISCUSSIONS
Statement by thle -Prime Minaister,
Mr Harold Holt
Members of -the Economic Committee of Cabinet had discussions
today with a group of national organisations representing industry
and commerce, and had separate meetings with representatives of
the Manufacturing Industries Advisory Council and the Export
Development Council. The national organisations which participated
in the discussions were the Associated Chambers of Commerce of
Australia, Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia,

PRII1 INISTER'S VISIT TO U. S. ATND U. K
__ Prme SSr ta arod olt
at ' fscotA irport on his return from overseas 17th July, 1966.
It is very good to be back in this crips air of Australia
once more and to feel that I can say " mission accomplished" with
a full heart. I think you've had a very good cover of all that's
been happening with me, from what I gather from the papers that
have reached me. Perhaps the only . matterw hich w: ouldn't have
been dealt with in any detail up till no-by the press was my