FOR PRESS PM. No,, o6!
DEVTLOPMENT OF NOCRT \ Nf ATUSTRALIA
Statement by the Prime Min.... ister. the_. Hon. ir obert Menzies
Today the Prime Min. ster and Commonwealth Ministers
met with the Premiers of Queensland and Western Australia to
discuss means of achinvij.: Lg closer co-operation in the development
of Northern Australia. The Comonweal c Mini. sters in attendance
were Mr. McEwen, Mr. Holt, Senator Sir William Spooner and Mr.
Barnes. The Premiers expressed their full support for the

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
SPEECH BY
Rt. Hon. SIR ROBERT MENZIES,
M. P.
ON
, DSTATES GRANTS ( Science Laboratories and
Technical Training) BIll 1964
3) SECOND READING
[ From the " Parliamentary Debates," 7th May, 1964.]
Sir ROBERT MENZIES ( Kooyong-
Prime Minister) [ 11.181.-1 move-
That the bill be now read a second time.
This bill will carry into effect a promise
,-de by the Government that, if returned
Jpower, it would provide annual amounts
of œ 5,000,000 for the provision of science

COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
SPEECH BY
Hon. L. H. E. BURY, M. P.
ON
HOMES SAVINGS GRANT BILL 1964
SECOND READING
[ From the Parliamentary Debates," 5th May, 1964.]
Mr. BURY ( Wentworth-Minister for
Housing) [ 8.54.-1 move-
That the bill be now read a second time.
The purpose of this bill is to help young
married couples obtain a home of their own
by authorizing payment to them by the
Commonwealth of tax-free grants to supplement
their own savings. It is designed to
increase the proportion of national resources

OPENING OF NEWT CLINICAL SCHOOL BUJILDINGS
ST. VINCENT'S HOSPITAL, SYDNEY
3RD MAY, 1964+
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Mengies
Mr. Chairman, Your Eminence, Mr. Sheahan, Mother Rectress and
Ladies and Gentlemen My simple function this afternoon is to declare
the Clincical School and the Students' Residence open. If
somebody will be good enough to remind me at the right time,
I will do that. In the meantime, I take leave to tell you, as you
have already discovered, that here is a sort of port of last

FOR PRESS P. M. No, 20/ 1964
MES3AGE FROM P ESID ENT JOHNSON
The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, released
in Canberra this afternoon the text of a message wh. ich he had
received from the President of the United States of America.
The President's message is as follows
" Twenty-two years have passed since we
fought the decisive battle of the Coral Sea and it
is deeply reassuring that the enduring bonds of
co-operation and friendship between Australia and
An.. rica remain firm.
The Coral Sea eng ge :-ent in which

OPENING OF ARTS BUILDING, UNIVERSITY OF
JESTERN AUSTRALIA, PERTH, W. A.
29TH APRIL, 1964
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
Mr, Chancellor, Mr. Dean, Mr. Court and Ladies and Gentlemen
I see considerable changes since I was here last.
On the last occasion, as you have been reminded, I opened a
building belonging to what I suppose might be called the
Students Union. I received a very merry reception ( Laughter)
which I enjoyed, having led a few of them in my own time.
Today I am astonished to find the docility of the

CONFERRING OF THE HONORARY DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF
LETTERS UPON THE PRIME MINISTER. SIR ROBERT
GORDON MENZIES, KT, CH. QC, MPP AT WINTHROP HALL,
UNIVERSITY OF VjSqRPN USTRALA
29TH APRIL, 1964+
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
Mr. Chancellor, Mr. Pro-Chancellor, Ladies and Gentlemen
Never in my life have I permitted myself to
make a speech with my hat on and, therefore, in breach of
all the rules, I take it off,
I have been having a most fascinating time
tonight. My mind went back to the several occasions when I

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The Pr-; ie Minrister, Sir Robert Yenzies, to-day sent
the folowinp rLiec ,& ge
CCOOITf! G. IPT. T', TU I", L'IONSi ON YOT -R GREAAT I. TI
SIHOUL01D DO !. UO/ H TO P: R'OV. Fj, I-F PROOF BE ZI: FnD
THAT J! TLjYJLP iA T7UE iOLTTTJ: AI. tZ\'* TITY ANT
THA T YOU Ic22IAK FOR IT VITH THL AUTHORITY Oa:-ITS
PEOPLE.
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OPENING OF SIR LESLIE MORSHEADWAR VETERAN
HOE. CN3~-A, A C To
26TH APRIL. 1964
Speech by te Prim,; stn~ cer, ',_ tfnS. Robert Me-7APe
Mr. President, Lady Morshead and Ladies and Gentlemen
I rather think. that the ' resident made a slight
understatement when he said that without the women this
organisation culd not exist, because the simple truth, o0
course is that without women, none of us would be here.
( laughter) This is a truth of universal application,
Now, I regard this as a siLngular honour to be allowed

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STATMENT Y TI'E P MIFNISTEP
THE FIGHT HONOURABLE SIR ROBERT KYTE, NZCIHE, S , Q0, MP.
MINISTERIAL APPANGEMENTS
I announce the appointment of The Honourable
Paul Hasluck as Minister for External Affairs and
Senator The Honourable Shane Platridge as Minister for
Defence. Mr. Hasluck.. replaces Sir Carfield Barwic
whose resignation to take up the position of Chief Justice
of Australia was announced yesterday, and Senator Paltridge
takes over the Defence portfolio vacated by Mr. Hasluck.