INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONAL
" OMN'S BOARD MEETING HELD AT CANBERRA ON
APRIL. 1964
Speech by the Prime Minni: te. r L Rt, Hon, Sir Robert Menzies
Madam President, Mr. Byrne, Your Excellencies and Ladies
I feel completely unnerved ( Laughter) by two circumstances.
The first is that when I was cajoled into coming here
I use the word " cajoled" though I might have said " ordered" or
" compelled" ( Laughter) I was under the slight misapprehension
that this was a board meeting. Well, it is the biggest board of

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FOR PRESS P. M. No. 26/ 1964
COMMITTEE OF INVESTIGATION INTO
TRANSPORATION COSTS IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, today
announced the appointment of a Committee to investigate
transportation costs in northern Australia. In announcing the
terms of reference and the composition of the Committee, the Prime
Minister recalled that in his policy speech prior to the recent
general elections for the House of Representatives, he had

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FOR PRESS P. M. No. 25/ 1964
The following message has been received by
the Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies, from President
Johnson of the United States of America
" THANK YOU FOR YOUR KIND TRIBUTE TO
THE MEMORY OF GENERAL DOUGLAS MicARTHUR,
THE WORLD WILL LONG REMEMBER THE CONTRIBUTION
THAT HE MADE TO HISTORY WITH THE HELP OF OUR
AUSTRALIAN ALLIES. SINCERELY,
LYNDON B. JOHNSON. I:
CANBERRA, April, 1964.

PRESENTATION OF A~ dARDS TO SCHOOLS OF ART
AND ARCHITE'CTURE ROYAL MELBOURNE INSTITUTE
OF TECHN6LOGY, MELBOURNE APRIL. 1961
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies.
Sir and Ladies and Gentlemen
I am pretty good at giving things away, but I regret
to say to those who are waiting to get the awards in their
clutches that they have to l~ isten to me for a few minutes first.
This seems to be the drill.
When you said, Sir, just towards the end of your
remarks that you hoped the day would never come when a lot of

FOR PRESS P. M. 23/ 1964
AUSTRALIAN REPRESENTATION AT MacARTHUR
FUNEA
Statement by the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
The Prime Minister ( Sir Robert Menzies) announced
today that Australia would be represented at the funeral of
General of the Army Douglas MacArthur by the Australian
Ambassador to the United States, Sir Howard Beale, K. B. E.,
the Rt. Hon. FM. Forde and General Sir John Northcott,
K. C. MG., C. B.
The Head of the Australian Joint Services Staff
in Washington, Major General C. Long will represent

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FOR PRESS P. M. 24/ 1964
FUNERAL OF GENERAL MacARTHUR
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert
Menzies
The Prime Minister has directed that as a
mark of respect, the flags on Commonwealth buildings
throughout Australia are to be flownat half mast on
Saturday, the day of General Douglas MacArthur's funeral.
CANBERRA,
8th April, 1964.

FEDERAL COUNICIL, LIBERAL PARTY OF AUJSTRALIA
HDEA T HOTEL CAN15ERRA, CANEERPA
Srjech by the Prime Ministerj w) Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Men~ ies
Mr, President and Delegates
I have been reading with considerable pleasure
over the last few days the reports made to this meeting from
the Branches and I am most gratified by the references in themn
to myself. I am even more gratified by the references made to
my wife and on her behalf I want to thank you very sincerely for
them. ( Applause) You know, I w~ ant to take you back quite a few

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FOR PRESS P. M. No. 21/ 1964
DEATH OF GENERAL MacARTHUR
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
The late Douglas MacArthur was undoubtedly
one of the great soldiers of the recent war. He was a
man of remarkable talents and personality and he has an
assured place in Australian history.
CANBERRA, 1st April, 1964.

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RESIGNATION OF CHIEF JSTICE
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt., Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
The Prime Minister announced today that he had
conveyed to the Governor-General the resignation of Sir Owen
Dixon from the Chief Justiceship of the High Court of Australia.
" The resignation will be effective as from
midnight on April 13th, 1964 said the Prime Minister,
" The Full High Court will sil in Melbourne on the morning of
that day, so that Sir Owen may be farewelled in the presence

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FOR~ ESTRY AND TIMBER BUREAU
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
The Forestry and Timber Bureau, formerly under
the control of the Department of the Interior, has now been
transferred to the Department of National Development. This
transfer is in keeping with the Government's intention to
concentrate the work of the Department of National Development
on the assessment and development of Australia 1s natural
resources. The management of forests in the Australian