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Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon,
Sir Robert Menzies, in the House of Representatives
on Tuesday, 1h-th May, 1963.
I do not propose to take very long to deal with
what I must say is one of the most half-hearted attacks I
have heard my friend, the Leader of the Opposition ( Mr.
Colwell) make. Indeed one might weJ~ l be pardoned for
speculating why this matter was brought before this House
when it is coming before the Commonwealth Conciliation and
Arbitration Commission on 28th of this month. Is the idea

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Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir
Robert Menzies,
I have decided that I should, in the
coming Parliamentary recess, pay a brief visit to
Britain and the United States in response to invitations
which I have received from the Governments of those
countries, I will have the opportunity of personal
discussions in London with Mr. Macmillan and in Washington
with President Kennedy. I am in touch also with
Mr. Pearson, the Prime Minister of Canada, in the hope

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MINISTER FOR SUPPLY TO GO OVERSEAS
Statement by-the Prime Minister. the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert
Menzies
The Minister for Supply the Hon. Allen
Fairhall, is to visit the U. K. and the U. S. A. on
Departmental business during the Parliamentary recess.
The Prime Minister said today that following
a London meeting of the Joint Project Policy Committee
dealing with the future programme of weapons trials at

FOR PRESS: P. M. NO. 39/ 1961
DEATH OF NEW ZEALAND HIGH COMMISSIONER
Statement bv Hon SriotJb ert Menzies
The Government of the Commonwealth of Australia
has sent the following message to Mrs. Johnson
" ON BEHALF OF THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT
AND PEOPLE I EXPRESS TO YOU OUR DEEPEST SORROW
AT THE DEATH OF YOUR HUSBAND THE HIGH COMMISSIONER.
HE HAS BEEN A DISTINGUISHED REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS
GOVERLNME& NT AND HIS COUNTRY AND HIS PASSING WILL BE
A GREAT LOSS. AUSTRALIA HAS ALSO LOST A TRUE FRIEND.

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DEATH OF NEW ZEALAND HIGH COMMISSIONER IN
AUSTRALIA
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert
Menzie s
I heard the news immediately after my arrival
in Melbourne this morning and I was deeply shocked by it.
Mr. Johnston was a splendid representative
of his country, well-informed, easy and friendly. It is
a tragedy that he should be cut off in the middle of his
service to our sister country at a time when he seemed to
have many years of public-spirited life left to him.

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CCMI'. ON-AI TH PO STGRADUJATE SCHOLARSHIP S
Statement by the Prime Minister,
The Rt, Hon. Sir Robert Menzies.
The Commonwealth in 1959 began a scheme of
postgraduate awards designed to encourage the training of
research workers in Australian universities. The scheme is
administered by the Commonwealth Scholarships Board in
co-operation with the universities. In each of the first
three years 100 awards were available. In 1962 the
Comonwealth Scholarships Board advised that the quality

GREY BY-ELECTION MEETING HELD AT PORT
PIRIE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA
ON 6TH MAY, 1963
Speech by the Prime MInIster, the Rt. Hong Sir Robert Menzies
Sir Mr. Premier, Parliamentary Colleagues and Ladies and
Gentlemen I want to say how indebted I am to the Premier
( Interjector " Speak up") Can't you hear me? ( Laughter)
I am very indebted to the Premiei who was this afternoon ssfroray
from here as Mount Gambiev for having come up here tonight
they tell me that he knew the road so well that he drove
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FOR PRESS P. M. No. A51961
SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL'S RETIREMENT
Statement b-y the Pring Ministers the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert
The announcement that Sir Winston
Churchill will not recontest his House of Commons
seat is perhaps not entirely unexpected by those who
know him. But when the period of his membership of
the House terminates, it will be the end of a remarkable
parliamentary era.
Sir Winston has been essentially a great
parliamentarian with a profound low of the House of
Comons and many lively memories of the battles he has

FOR PRESS P. M N3 96
S. A. RAIL STANDARDIZATION
Statement by the Prime Minister. the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert
Menzies
Agreement which will allow an early start
to be made on initial work on the Port Pirie/ Broken
Hill railway standardization was reached at a conference
in Canberra today between the Prime Minister, Sir Robert
Menzies, the Premier of South Australia, Sir Thomas
Playford and the Commonwealth Minister for Transport,
Mr. Opperman. In a statement after the meeting, the Prime
Minister said that the Railways Comm. issioner for South