COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH BY
The Rt. Hon. SIR ROBERT MENZIES,
M. P.,
ON THE
SECOND READING
OF THE
STATES GRANTS ( SCIENCE LABORATORIES)
BILL 16
[ From the " Parliamentary Debates," 18th May 19651
kSir ROBERT MENZIES ( Kooyongrime
Minister) move-
That the BUi be now read a second time.
This Bill seeks authority for the Government
to continue, during each of the next three
financial years, grants to secondary schools
for the construction and equipment of
science laboratories. Such grants were first

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FOR PREISS: THE WINSTON CHURCHILL ~ M0IJhaL TRUST
Statement by the P~ jme Minister. the lit. Hog3
The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, presided
at the first meeting of the Uinston Churchill Memorial Trust
held at the Australian National University this morning.
Representatives from all States of the Commonwealth, and
from the Northern Territory and Papua-New Guinea
were present. The purpose of the meeting was to set in train
arrangements which would enable fellowship holders to be
selected before the end of this year. The problems of

141UiL iij AT PAkiitU" 4 JJij
Sir and Ladies and ( C. ntlemeti s
I mabout to essay a task proposinZ your health,
Sir, Nov I don't think you were around the precincts this afternoon
but if YOU had WOODS YOU might haVe gathered that there wre som
differenoes between ^ rthur Qklvell and ayseif. ~ iV the effluxion
of tim and the athusiasm of the axment w are mw an the one
avetengtho Isn't that right, Arthur? C ~ ughtr) ivrything I
says he will ape. with, will add to and wiil adorn*
M~ w my task tonight is to Propose the toast of Ris

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH BYv
The Rt. Hon. SIR ROBERT MENZIES,
M. P.,
ON
VIETNAM
MINISTERIAL STATEI ~' 1 C i3Cf~ I"~
l1
rVIENTd
[ Fromn the " Parliamentary Debates," 4th May 1965]
Sir ROBERT MENZIES ( Kooyong-
Prime Minister) Speaker, I have
listened to the speech of the Leader of the
Opposition ( Mr. Caiwell) with acute depression.
' It seemed to me to demonstrate
an approach to these great and vital
problems that I would hardly ' have expected
to hear described in this place. Indeed, he

INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS ON HUMAN RELATIONS
HED T 11LBOURNE. VICTORIA 3JF MAY. j96
Speech by thePe ' M4iister,,, t~ ien Sir RobertMenzies~
Mr. Chairman Such are the infirmities of human memory that I was
all ready to address you as Mr. President. ( Laughter) I am
very glad or sorry as the case may be to be reminded that
I am the President, though I fear I won't be very conspicuously
present for a very long portion of the proceedings. However,
I am here to open them.
The first thing I want to do is to read to you, wiith

FOR PRESS P. M. No.-43Z1965
ADDITIONS TO THE NATIONAL ART COLLECTION
Statement by thePrjme Minister; the Rt. on. Si Robert Menzies
The Prime Minister announced today that, on the advice
of the Commonwealth Art Advisory Board the Commonwealth had
recently acquired a number of important paintings for the
National Collection. The first of these comprise the considerable collection
of Australian paintings which belonged to the late Mr. Richard
Paul of Sydney* The Commonwealth has been able to acquire this

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH By
* The Rt. Hon. SIR ROBERT MENZIES,
M. P.,
ON
VIETNAM
MINISTERIAL STATEMENT
[ From the " Parliamentary Debates," 29uth A pril' 19651
Sir ROBERTI MENZIES ( Kooyong-
Prime Minister).-by leave-The House in
recent weeks has conducted an important
debate on foreign affairs in which the situation
in Vietnam was fully and anxiously discussed.
My colleague, the Minister for
* External Affairs ( Mr. Hasluck) devoted a
large part of his statement to Vietnam, explaining

FOR PRESS. Statement by the Rt. Hon, J. McEwen. Deputy Prime
Minister, Minister for Trade and ind~ ustry, Leader
OF t Australian Uountrv Party, at the Annual
Co erence of the Aiustraiñ an Uountr ar Queensland,
DROUGHT RELIEF
A concerted effort to make better provision against
the effects of drought was called for today by the Deputy Prime
Minister and Minister for Trade and Industry, Mr. J. McEwen.
Mr. McEwen, the Federal Leader of the Australian
Country Party, was addressing the annual conference of the Australian

FOR PRESS P. M. No. 2/ 1965
Statement by the Prime Minister. The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
His Excellency the Governor-General, Viscount De L'Isle, V C.,
K. St. J., will relinquish the office of
ujvernor-General of Australia on 6th May, 1965, when he will leave
Australia to return to the United Kingdom.
His Excellency Sir Henry Abel Smith, K. C. V. O.,
K. St. J., will be sworn in as Administrator of the
Commonwealth on 7th May, 1965.
CANBERRA 27th April, 1965:

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FOR PRESS: The Prime Minister, the Right Honourable
Sir Robert Menzies, announced today
that the Commonwealth Government would be represented at
the main Anzac Day Ceremonies and Church Services throughout
Australia by the following
CANBERRA April
10.30 a. m. Commemoration Service
at the Australian
War Memorial The Right Honourable
Sir Robert Menzies, M. P.
SYDNEY 21 st April
1.15 p. m. Anzac Commemoration
Service at St. Andrew's
Cathedral, followed by
Dedication of Field of
Remembrance Mr. W. J. Ashton, M. P.