MEsBAUB TO HATIORIA CUIRIdNTION IN
CASERHA OF TID9 AUSThA-iAll JUNIOR
CHAEnLR OF COMMERC ON OLCTO8R 209
1963
1 aend oordial greetings to delepmte
to the National Convention of the Australian Junior
Chmber of Cowre.. It is fitting that you he e chosen
to met in the National Capital and 1 trust that
your discussions wii be most fruitful,
kRIt** HINiSTUR4

63/ 123
OPENING OF ADDITIONS TO WAVERLEY CHRISTLN
BROTHERS COLLEGE SYDNEY ON
OCTOIER, 1963
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt, Hon., Sir Robert Menzies
Mr. Chairman, My Lord Bishop, Mr. Headraster, Your Honours,
Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys, and in particular, Captain Bernard
Jones, the Captain of the School
As I am constantly being warned that the habit of
speech grows on a man as he gets older and that he therefore
sometimes forgets I at once declare these building additions
open. ( Laughter) ( Applause)

63/ 137
SPEECH BY THE PRIM~ E MINISTER THE RT.
HON. SIR ROBERT MENZIES, ON IELEVISION
NETWORK TCN, GTV, QTQ NWIS TVW AND TVT
ON SUNDAY) 20TH 6CTOBE'R, 1963
Ladies and Gentlemen:
This is not a policy speech. That, no doubt is
a pleasure to come. What I want to doain this occasion Is to
answer a question which is being fairly widely put as to why
we are to have an election now when the Parliament, theoretically,
has another twelve months to go. I want to answer that
by reminding you of a few things.

Statemet ~ r th Primo Minister, the Rt.
Iak. Sir Robert Menajes
lord Hi has a remarkable record in offie*.
All of us who had much to do with him when 1w ws
Secretary of State fbr C aminolth Beitions felt sure
that there had never beon a better man in that pot.
We & a1l pt to know is notab1O qualities of integrity,
oourtwte, wulerstanding pentrating intellience and
peat strength of character and decision* These
qua. itioop of course, he brought to the Foreign Qftie
with Immnse distinctioa.
I suppose that it may be said that 3kitish

18th October. 1961
Speech by the Prime Ministers th~ Rt. Hon. -Sir Robert& Meze
Well Sir, I am bound to say that this is a
singularly unbalanced audience. If I look at that part of it.
I have to turn my back on the others, so I will address mysell
to a most dubious collection of Parliamentary colleagues in front
of me. I am bound to say that I envy my colleague the Minister.
He has publicly stated that he has a split personality. All I want
to tell him is that that will come in mighty handy if he is ever

SECOND READING SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER
( SIR ROBERT MENZIES)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
UNIVERSITIES ( FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE) BILL 1963.
Introductory
This Bill and the States Grants ( Universities) Bill,
which will follow immediately, are related and for convenience
and clarity my speech now will refer to both the Universities
( Financial Assistance) Bill and the States Grants ( Universities)
Bill. The report of the Australian Universities Commission
covering the period 1961-66 and the consequent legislation now

FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 8V/ 1963
TEXT OF MESSAGES FROM THE PRIME MINISTER,
TRE NT. HON. SIR ROBET ZIE
To Dr. Erhard: " PleaseQ accept my congratulations upon your
election to the important position of Chancellor of the
Federal Republic of Germany and my best wishes for a long
and successful term of office. I am, confident that you
will boar with groat distinction the heavy responsibility
of dealing with common world problems which confront us,
and I look forward to a further period of closo co-operation
between our two Governments."

FOR PRESS P. M. No. 83/ 1963-
COMMON4EALTH GRANTS COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert
Menzies
The Prime Minister Sir Robert Menzies,
announced today that the Government had re-appointed
Mr. P. D. Phillips) as Chairman of the Commonwealth
Grants Commission for a further period of three years from
1st October, 1963, and re-appointed Sir Alexander Reid,
as Member for a further term of two years
from 1st October, 1963.
Mr. Phillips has been Chairman of the Commission

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COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
SPEECH BY
Rt. Hon. SIR ROBERT MENZIES,
M. P.,
ON
PARLIAMENTARY ARRANGEMENTS.
[ From the " Parliamentary Debates," 15th October, 1963.]
Sir ROBERT MENZIES ( Kooyong-
Prime Minister)-by leave-Sir, at the last
general election in December, 1961, the
M'Government's majority was reduced to
which meant one after the election
of a Speaker. It is therefore not surprising
that the Government has, throughout
the life of the Parliament, been under
repeated pressure by the Opposition to go