EMBARGO NOT TO BE RiIEEASED BEFORE 10 PM ( EST) 26/ 11/ 65
FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 92/ 1965
NE14 ARRA1NGE1MZ: NTS FOR QUJEE14 MOTHER' S DEPA RTURE
Statement by the Prime Minister. Sir Robert Menzies
Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, is to
leave Australia by air instead of in the Royal Yacht
" Britannia" at the end of her visit in Mliarch/ April next
year. It had been intended that Her Majesty should
embark in " Britannia" in Melbourne to sail to New Zealand.
Now that plans for the tour have been advanced, it has

OPERING OF THE MILLS CROSS RADIO TELESCOPE
HOSKI ! STO'N, N. S. W. 19TH NOVEMBER. 1965
Speech by the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies
Chancellor, Mr. Ambassador, Vise-Chancellor, Ladies and
Gentlemen I think I ought to begin by congratulating the
Vice-Chancellor on the astonishing fact that although he was
taught Latin in the same place as myself, he has since
acquired, in the reading of it, an Italian accent. ( Laughter)
Another thing I would like to say to you; it has
been coming into my mind steadily while all these people who

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FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 91/ 1965
FURTHER DROUGHT RELIEF FOR NEVI SOUTH WALES
Statement by the Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies
The Premier of New South Wales, Mr. Askin
informed me yesterday that because of the failure of the
harvest in the northern areas of the State, it was urgently
necessary to transport wheat to those areas for use in the
manufacture of stock feed.
I sent Mr. Askin a telegram today to let
him know that the cost to his Government of freighting
this wheat will be accepted by the Commonwealth Government

UNIVERSITIES ( FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) BILL 1965
Second Reading Speech by the Prime Minister,
the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies, M. P.
House of Representatives 18th November, 1965
This is the third occasion on which the Government has
proposed amendments to the Universities ( Financial Assistance)
Act in order to provide additional funds for State universities
during the 1964-1966 triennium. With this Bill we are recommending
Commonwealth grants for capital works at medical teaching
hospitals of œ 1,555,850 and further grants of œ 184,900 for the

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
SPEECH BY
The Rt. Hon. SIR ROBERT MENZIES,
ON
RHODESIA
Ministerial Statement
[ From the Parliamentary Debates," 16th November, 1965]
0 Sir ROBERT MENZIES ( Kooyong-
Prime Minister).-by leave-Mr. Speaker, I
propose to make a statement to the House.
When I have finished it, I will table some
relevant documents on Rhodesia. Those
dcments contain a verbatim account of
the communications between Mr. Ian Smith
and the Prime Minister of Great Britain. I
am happy to say that there will ' be enough

FOR PRMSS P. 1., 11o. 90/ 1965
VISIT BY ARGJUTINE MINISTER
Statement by the Prime Minister, 3ir Robert Menzies
The Minister for Agriculture and Livestock
in the Argentine Government, Mr. , dalter Kugler, will
visit Australia next month.
He will be a guest of the Australian
Government for two weeks, beginning on Saturday, the
4th of December. In Canberra, he will spend three days meeting
appropriate Ministers, and will then leave for a tour
of ew South ' ales Queensland and Victoria. Mr.
Kugler will have discussions with Commonvealth and

STATES GRANTS ( RESEARCH) BILL 1965
SECOND READING SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTE~ R, THE RIGHT HONPURABLE
SIR ROBERT MENZIES, Q_,
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 12TH NOVEMBER, 1965
The purpose of this Bill is to establish machinery which
will enable grants to be made to the States for the benefit of
individual research projects of particular merit. Under the
authority of this measure the responsible Minister will have power
to approve Commonwealth grants to selected research workers in the

DTR IF HONOUR OF SIR CHARLES BIC TON
BCKBURN, RHACELLOR F2ERITU UIVERITY
Uip SYDR'.. JYDfm 12th NOVEMBER. 1965
Speech by the Prime Minister. Sir Robert Menzies
Chancellor and Ladies and Gentlemen
. Then I was born, Charles Bickerton Blackburn was between
twenty and twenty-one years old, and as I have a firm conviction
that all happiness will be mine if I can attend his 100th
birthday, I have a very great privilege tonight to be allowed to
speak about him.
But before I speak about him, could I tell you that my

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FOR PRESS P. M. No. 88/ 1965
DROUGHT
Statement by the Pri. me Minister, Sir Robert Menzies
I received a deputation today representing the
Australian Woolgrowers' and Graziers' Council, The Graziers'
Association of New South Ialesand tho N. S. W. Country Party
to discuss the drought situation. My colleagues, the
Treasurer, Mr. Holt, and the Minister for Primary Industry,
Mr. Adermann, joined me in these discussionsd
The deputation gave us details of the current
drought situation, particularly in Northern New South Wales