COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
' SPEECH : BY
Rt. Hon. Sir ROBERT MENZIES, M. P.
. ON
ADDRESS-IN-REPLY TO THE
GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
[ From the " Parliamentary Debates," 5th March, 1964.]
Sir ROBERT MENZIES .( Kooyong-
Prime Minister) am grateful to
the House for giving , me 40 minutes. ' I
hope I will notneed to employ it all. However,
there are some things : that I would
like . to say in the -course . of this debate on
Im otion for the adoption. of the Addresseply
to the . Governor* General's

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13th Annual Conference
March 2-6, 1964 KEYNOTE ADDRESS
by The Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies, M. P.,
Prime Minister of the Common-ealth of Australia.
Well, Sir, Ladies and Gentlemen, they say that confession is good
for the soul. I wiant'to admit at once that I don't know just what
a " Keynote Address" is. I think this is an importation from the
United States of America, but I don't mind declaring the Conference
open. There I amn on the home ground as you might say. Of course,

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PRIME~ MINISTERtS LETTER-U0i SOVIET PREMIER
The following letter has been sent to the Soviet
Premier, Mr. N. S. Khrushchaev, by the Prime Minister, Sir Robert
Menzies, in reply to a New Year letter from Mr. Khrushchev:
" Dear Mr. Chairman,
I have given careful and close attention to your
message of 31st December, 1963, -the receipt of which I
acknowledged in my last brief message to you. I should

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE.
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER.
VISIT OF HER ROYAL HIGHNESS PRINCESS MARINA,
DUCHESS OF KENT.
The Prime Minister announced in Canberra tonight
that the following statement had been issued from Kensington
Palace Quote Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent, has been
invited by the Government of the Commonwealth
of Australia to visit Australia in the autumn,
and has accepted this invitation with great
pleasure. The Princess will arrive in Australia towards
the end of September, undertake a short visit

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BRITISH EXHIBIT: ON IN SYDNEY
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
I am delighted to have been invited to act
jointly with Sir Alec Douglas-Home as President of the
British Exhibition. Aust'alia 1964+, and I am looking forward
to opening the Exhibition in Sydney in September. My colleague,
the Minister for Trade and Industry, has agreed to be Vice-
President jointly with Mr. Edward Heath and Mr. Duncan Sandys.
This will be the first British Exhibition to be

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PREMIERS I CONFERENCE
Statement by th~ e Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
The Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies.
announced today th-at a Premiers? Conference will be hield
in Canberra on 12th and 13th March.
The principal. business of th-e Conference will
be a discussion of Commonwealth proposals for Commonwealth-
State financial arrangements concerning roads, to replace
the existing arrangements which expire on 30th June.
CANBERRA, February, 1964.

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FOR PRESS LETTER FROM MRS. J. F. KENNEDY
The Prime Minister has received the following
letter from the widow of President Kennedy: January 31, 1964+
" Dear Sir Robert-,
My children and I arc extremely grateful
for the kindness and understanding which you and
the people of Australia displayed in the messages
and other manifestations of sympathy which we
received after the death of my husband. The
generosity and openhearted sincerity of Australians,
acting individually and in groups, helped to provide

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ECON OMIC CONSUILTATITONS
Statement by the Prime erTh 1-1 Hon. Q3. i-r Robert Menzies
This afternoon the Prime Minister and a committee
of Ministers held a general discussion of the econom'ic situation
with representatives of national organisations. The Prime
Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, said that this had been a further
meeting in the series held over the past two years under a
practice which the Government intended to continue.
Today's meeting had been arranged by the Government

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TRADE P} 3ACTIGES DEPUTATION
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
This afternoon, pursuant to the Government~ s
general invitation to industry to offer its views, a deputation
representing the Associated Chambers of Commerce of Australia the
Associated Chambers of Manufactures of Australia the Australian
Council of Retailers and the Federal Chamber of Automotive
Industries met a Committee of Commonwealth Government Ministers
and discussed with them a joint sutmission on behalf of those

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ROYAL C( OMiIS io, ON NAVAL DISASTER
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Hon_ S. ir Robert Menzies
We have decided that the investigation of the
" VOYAGER" tragedy should be conducted by a judicial Commissioner
appointed under the Royal Commission Act, thQ Hon.
The Commissioner will be/ Sir John Spicer the
Chief Judge of the Industrial Court: There is no provision
under the Royal Commission Act for the appointment of assessors.
The Commissioner will be assisted by Counsel who will, of course,