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MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
Statement b he Minister the Rt Hon, Sir Robel-t Menzies
His Excellency the Governor-General has authoris, d me
to make a statement this evening about the new Cabinet arrangements.
I propose to ask Parliament when it meets to amend
the Ministers of State Act to permit of the appointment of three
additional Ministers. This will make the total number

NEW ENGLAND GIRLS' SCHOOL, ARMIDALE. N. S. W.
Speech by the Prime Ministe_ the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
Well, my Lord Bishcp, I want to begin with a personal
explanation as we say, I have been misrepresented, I have
been in Armidale before. I even suspect that I made a speech,
but I know it was a long time ago, Long forgotten and, I hope,
long forgiven. ( Laughter)
The second sort of personal explanation I want to
make is that when the Headmistress was reading her report, I
misheard one word. Let me see I must look it up. I

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The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, made the
final bid of his campaign at Geelong today when he addressed two
lunch-hour meetings of employees of the Ford works at Geelong.
These two meetings have been a feature of every
election since 1949 when the Minister for Shipping and Transport
won the Corio seat from Labour. He has held it ever since.
Sir Robert Menzies' campaign has taken him into
every State, including two trips each to Queensland and New South

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FINAL BROADCAST: BROADCAST BY THE PRIME MINISTER THE RT.
HON. SIR ROBERT MENZIES, OVER NATIONAL
STATIONS AT 7.15 P. M. ON WEDNESDAY, 27th
NOVEMBER, 1963.
This campaign began with contests in the fields
of foreign affairs and defence, contests which continue in full
vigour and political significance. We then moved into domestic
problems particularly housing and education about which
I will say something. But, quite late in the campaign, Mr. Calwell has
produced a brand-new item of policy, of tremendous importance.

27th NOVEMBER, 1963.

Well, ladies and gentlemen, this time I think perhaps you ought to feel a little sorry for me because I have to try to sum up an election camapaign in four and a half minutes and that's pretty difficult.

But I would like to say this to you that I tiaink that three issues at least have been disclosed in the course of this campaign,

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BROADCAST BY THE PRIS MINISTER TIE RT. HON.
SIR ROBERT PINZIES OVER ABC NAIIONAL STATIONS
AT 8 P.* 11. ON TUESHiLY, NOVEMBER 26, 1963.
D E F E 11 C E
The purpose of a foreign policy is to enter into
arrangements for friendship and the common defence of freedom
and security; to keep the peace without surrender of vital
principles, without appeasement or retreat.
In this world, bedevilled by governments which use

The present Government is a composite one LIBERAL PARTY, COUNTRY PARTY.

We represent town and country. We recognise that Australia's export income still depends primarily on our successful export of wool and meat and wheat and sugar and canned and dried fruits, and of butter and cheese, and so on.

Now export depends on holding the cost level. If world prices stood still, and local costs rose, primary exporting industries would be crippled.

This is a shocking tragedy. A personal tragedy for Mrs. Kennedy; a national tragedy for the United States of America; and for the rest of us a world calamity.

President Kennedy had great courage, ability and personal attraction. He had already made a notable mark on world events and on the relations between the Soviet Union and the Western World. His decisiveness and success over the withdrawal of Soviet Forces and weapons from Cuba was, I believe, one of the crucial events of the last three years.

FOR PRESS ROYAL VISIT 1964
It was announced in Canberra today that Her Majesty
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother had been pleased to approve
the appointment of Mr. M. R. Lamshed, Assistant
Editor of the Adelaide " Advertiser", as the Commonwealth
Public Relations Director for her visit to Australia next
year. BACKGROUND NOTE:
Mr. Maxwell Robert Lamshed was born in 1902 at
Mt. Gambier, South Australia. He received kks education
at the Mt. Gambier High School and later at the University
of Adelaide. Mr. Lamshed was Chairman of the Press, Radio and

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SIR ROBERT K. NZIES, OVER ABC NATIONAL STATIONS
AT 7.15 PM 0 THURSDaY, NOVE113" R 21ST, 1963

Our housing policy has been very successful, Of all the dwellings in Australia today, no less than 36% o have been built during our term of office, i. e. since 19 But there are two special problems.