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am Is that I Amv to oat ba& to see that my Wcllea, the
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the leoto and ur wife is aw. te ot~ imeastle drivers of a

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FOR PRESS: P. M. No. 5+ i6
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA'S WEDDING GIFT
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. SIr Robert
Menzies-
I have today received the following letter
from P~ rincess Alexandra, acknowledging the wedding gift
of the Australian Government and people to the Princess
and her husband, the Honourable Angus Ogilvy
H Thatched House Lodge,
Richmond Park,
Surr-ey.
July 1st, 1963.
My Dear Prime Minister,
We are both overwhelmed by the magnificent
wedding present that you, the Members of the

FOR PRESS P. M. No. 51/ 1961
INDUSTRY COINSULTAT IONS
Statement by thte Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
The Prime Minister, Sir Robert Monzies and a group
of Cabinet Ministers today met representatives o1 Australian
manufacturing, commercial, banking and primary producerst
organisations to hear their views on trends in the domestic
economy and to obtain a first-hand account of current and
prospective developments in various sectors of the economy.
This meeting was the fourth in a series of discussions with

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063 at3* pm
MR, J. B. COMMINS
PRIESIDENT OY'
IZL'!-ENTAP. Y
JtRESS GA'LLERY
PRIME MINISTER: Welcome " ho1me, Sir Robert, and we congratulate
you on yi instcllat icn in the Order of the
Thistle. NowV tolme little mor-e rmundane
things Eir. You spoke in fairly general
t ermns yeisterday,, Could you give us something
more specific on your talks with Mr, MacMillan
and Pr-esideat Konnedy?
I was wiordering what procedutre would suit

The Battle For Freedom
JEFFERSON ORATION
By SIR ROBERT MENZIES, The Prime Minister. of Australia

It is a rare privelege for the Prime Minister of a nation of something under eleven millions of people to be invited be invited to speak, in the United States of America, on a day which commemorates the Declaration of Independence and, 50 years later, the death of its draftsman, Thomas Jefferson.

WBD PROWOST'S WI~ I~ f INWB~~
Lord Provost~. a drW rovest a
Whn you wre telling as of this highly eradito
note that Y" wo to yo thmen o if that Isun't a
debsed ezpwesilem I was delighted it imiW e me of
the met fbm~ smM alden Speaesh m made I& a t1 ] buse of Comms
vho ws the only 6Q; nsewtIm, I thiimft'h e great electin
of 1" 6 to win a meat That immat n bee tifgo und
himself as a am Member Met like mrslt, hely endowed with
Impertinenc ( Laught.) a there heam ao the other side
I~ otber p4I411 David Usyd Goge and Usyd George boA

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER THE RT. HON. SIR
RCERTMrTNZIES, ON T1IE OCCASION OF A GoADITATION
CEiEMONIAL C0ITFELRTUG ON ! IIM THE HONODLARY DEGREE
OF DOCTOR OF LAWS, AT THE UNIVERSITY OF
EDINBURGHq SCOTLAND ON ! st JULY, 1963
Your Royal Highness, Mr. Chancellor, My Lords and Ladies
and Gentlemen This is every bit, as His Royal Highness said, a
tremendous day in ily life. You know, in Australia we address
our political people with a certain amount of offensive good
humour. Nobody who leads a party or leads the Government in

CEREMONY AT ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS,
EDINBURGH SCOTLAND, ON 28TH
Y 3NE, 1963
Speech by the Prime Minister..-the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert-Menzies
The fellow who lives my kind of life, Sir, moves
along in a kind of rakefs progress. Itm invited to come here
I'm greatly honoured I'm told that I will in effect take an
oath to be a law-abiding citizen not for tile first time, Then
when I say, " This, of course, will be a highly agreeable occasion
with no speeches" the answer is, " 1Well we would like you to say

FOR PPEh,: S, ~ 964
D1 C4, i. T ION TO VTSLT
SHY L~ SI
Statement b~ y the . Autify Prinic Minisfex., The % THon. John
McE woen
Tho>~ in rmeMini'ster and MvinisE; ter fr Trade,
4r Twethis morning announccd ' tat t Poatmnstcv-
Gencra]-, Mr. -Davidson, will lend a Joint -Parlimcntf. ry
delogft on to Thail. and, 1Thamma figace Malaya, Indone sia
and the Philippincs.
Thc de-legation will lo-Lve on Saturday, June 22, and
wilbc , ib,; nt * for cpproxianately three v. ecks,
In addition to Mr. David,-son, who is Dep, Uty Lea-derL of

FOR PRESS NO.
BRITISH BUTTER MARKET SITUATION
( Statement by the Acting Prime Minister and Minister
for Trade, Mr. J. McEwen)
The Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Trade,
Mr. J. McEwen, commented today on the British Government's
announcement of the immediate action it was taking to increase
supplies of butter in the British market over the next few
months. Mr. McEwen recalled that imports of butter into
Britain were regulated under a quota system which was designed
to ensure that butter was sold in Britain at reasonable prices