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DMATE OF H1 J. dWtD
The death of r. Jard removes from iarliament
a man who had von the honour of Cabinet offioe Ie
two Labour Prime KInisters. Io and I were at the
opposite pass politically, but I would like to pq
a tribute to his inoessant inMustry and his stznmi
devotion to the beliefs which he held. The eletors
of Bet Sydney returned his almost oontiaously for
more than thirty years as a strong advooate of their
interests and their political fbith* He wa
= ndoubtedly one of the lively personalities in the

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Staeebyhe Prie Mi nis ter. tiaeRt Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
Th~ e Minister for Customs, Senator Henty,
will act as Minister for Trade during Mr. McEwents absence
overseas, CANBERL, July, 1963.

FOR PRESS P. M. No. 60/ 1963
It will be recalled that at Surfers' Paradise
last week ( Thursday), the Prine Minister, Sir Robert
Menzies' node of dress came under criticism from a
speaker at the Federated Clothing Industries Council
Meeting. The Prime Minister has received the following
verses from a Mr. Nornan Munro of Elsternwick, Victoria
" My dear Sir Bob, why don't you choose
Some pointed long and bright red shoes;
Sockettes to match; of radiant hue.
' There's pink and blue and primrrose too.'
Your baggy pants they're quite a fright.

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FOR PRESS P. M. No. 52L1963
MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT KENNEDY
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert
Menzies
The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies, tonight
received the following message from the President of the
United States of America, Mr. Kennedy
" I am pleased and gratified by your
prompt and forthright statement of July 26
in which you called the nuclear test ban
agreement an important stop in tha right
direction. Obviously I share your view.
I also welcome warmly the announcement by

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R. W. MILLER TANKER
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir
Robert Menzies
" The matter of the conditions on which a
foreign-built ship should or should not be permitted
to be licensed under our Navigation Act to trade on the
Australian coast raises quite a number of difficult
questions including the future of the Australian
shipbuilding industry," Sir Robert Menzies said in
Canberra today. " Several of my colleagues will be
submitting papers to Cabinet on various aspects of

FOR PRESS P. M. No. 57/ 1961
NUCLEAR TEST AGREEMENT
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir
Robert Menzies
The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzies,
said today " Without having seen the precise
terms of the document, all that can be said
is that it is an important stop in the right
direction. Great credit must go to the
United Kingdom and the United States for the
patient and persistent manner in which they
have sought a nuclear test ban for years.
Indeed, I recall that the achieving of this

OMIING OrTi . S A. 3ANK C& NMIRL, ON
26tUkL Y91963,
I dont thinjE that r ought to be thAnked in
qparti ua~ r wpy for aagnS he". this afternoon because the
UgS truth is that we have just finished oscoocting a M pt and
somme of You may think* vele that's anl rigtato The % XY4Tis
AU oase Is am lifted from XY ShbOUJAews until Auawt 13th,
or to be more ppeciae, Augut 1th,, when the xkwsp Vws a1Ipeaw.
( Lu~ e) hmt the truth is that this is a rather ppy 1nem
beeaue what happens vhunt a gem k is starting to oncoct AL

OPENING OF TIM ORD RIVER DAM AT KUNUNURRA.
NORTHERN TERRI-TORY ON 20TH JULY, 1963
Speech by the Prime Mlinistrtht. Hn Sir Robert Menzies
Mr. Acting Premier, Parliamentary Colleagues and Indies and
Gentlemen In mny family, we have a little family joke. I
have to open th-.. ngs occasionally and every now and then I get
up and make a pc.-. wcrful speech, of course, and forget to perform
the opening ceremony. So I am now under firm instructions by
my wife to get the job over and talk afterwards. So I declare

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ORD RIVER DAM
The following message from Her Majesty
The Queen was read by the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon.
Sir Robert Menzies when he opened the Ora River
Diversion Dam at Kununurra, Western Australia, this
afternoon " I am so much interested to know
that you are opening the Ord River Diversion
Dam today. Both my husband and I have the
happiest memories of our visit to Kuriunurra
last March and we send our good wishes to

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FOR PRESS P. M. N~ o. 56/ 196-3
ORD RIVER DAM
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Menzios accompanied
by Dame Pattie Menzies, will fly from Canberra to the
Kimberleys tomorrow to open the diversion dam at Kuriunurra
on the Ord River. The Kuriunurra Dam is the first stage of the
Ord River Irrigation project a scheme which is aimed
eventually to develop large tracts of land in the far
north of Western Australia.
The Deputy Prime Minister, Mr. McEwen and three