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HANDING OVER BY THE PRIME MINISTER TO THE
CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL OF THE NATIONAL
LIBRARY OF AUSTR. ALIA OF HER MAJESTY'S GIFT
OF COOK'S VOYAGES.
During her recent visit, Her Majesty Queen
Elizabeth presented to the Prime Minister as " a gift to
the Government and people of the Commonwealth of Australia"
a complete set of the original editions of Captain James
Cook's Three Voyages to the Pacific and round the world

OPENING OF TIE AUSTRALIAN GUARANTEE
CORPORATION BUILDING, SYDNEY, N. S. W.
ON 24+ TH APRIL, 1963.
Speech by the Prime Minister, 1 the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert-Menzies
I think I ought to make a personal explanationwe
do that occasionally in Parliament to explain why I am
here. When I received an invitation signed in a somewhat
truculent signature by Hector Clayton, my secretary, who
looks after my interests with loving care, said to me, " This
surely is one that you can refuse," ( Laughter) and to her

MEETING OF REPRESENTATIVES OF WOMEN
ORGANIZATIONS ARRANGED BY THE 4OMEN'S SECTION
OF THE LIBERAL PARTY IN BRISBANE ON
23RD APRIL, 1963.
Speech by the Prime Minister_ the Rt. Hon Sir Robert Menzies
I've never discovered quite accurately how one begins
Madam Chairman is that right? ( Laughter) There is a certain
ambiguity about that, but still, wetll let it pass,
I want to thank you very much, in the first place, for
having congratulated me on this event that has recently occurred
in my life. The truth of the matter is that any properly

" ROUND TABLE" TELEVISION INTERVIEW~
VJITH THE RT. HON. THE PRIME MINISTER,
SIR ROBERT MENZIES, ONQTu CHANNEL 9
TELEVISION STATION, 7 BRIS3AINE ON
23RD APRIL, 1963.
Members of the Panel : Dean Baddeley
Ex-Senator Condon Byrne
Mr. H. J. Summers,
( News Editor ( QTQ9)
DEAN BADDELEY:
PRIME MINISTER Mr. Prime Minister, may I say how much I adore
every minute of the four and a half years I have
been in Australia. One of the things which I find
awfully fascinating here is to see the sort of

PUBLIC MEETING AT FESTIVAL HALL BRISBANE
ON RDAPRIL, 196.
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt, Hon, Sir Robert Menzies
Mr. Hulme and Ladies and Gentlemen
The acoustics in this hall are not half as good
as the audience because I have been sitting behind my friend,
the Chairman, and I didn't hear a word that he said but I did
hear a few glancing references to " Pig-iron" so that I knew
my old friends, the Commos, were hereo ( Applause)
Now, I just want to offer one piece of advice to
all of you in the audience if you want to register into my

PRESS CONFERNC GIVEN BY Tni PRI14E MINIS TER, THE
RT. HON. SIR ROBERT MENZIES AT LENNONS HOTEL,
BRISBANE, ON 22ND APRIL, 1963w
QUESTION: PRIME MINISTER: Q. P. M. I was wondering, Sir, whether you felt satisfied
that the special assistance in loans and the
grants for public works given to Queensland in the
past year or two are bearing fruit. Do you feel
they are having the desired effect?
Oh, I think there are plenty of signs of improvement
in the result, because when it came to the
non-repayable grants to stimulate employment, as

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AUBSTRLUA 1 WEDDING oT TO IR ROYAL HIGIIESS
PRINCESS ALEXANDRA OF X[ UT AND THE HON* ANGUS
OGILVY.
Statm n I hr he EPUrM initr2 1 the It-a irO rt Ibnies
Australia's gift to Hew r yal Higha ss
Prinoess Alexandra of Kent and the Honourable Angu Ogl3vy,
on the ooasion of tbher maria g, vill be a set of eight
candflestiks = de froma Astralian silver, the Prim. Minister
anoueed today. The oandlestiks are east and hand-chased in
silver, being w. epSrouetions of a set Mad in the " ism of

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CENSURE MOTION
Statement in the House of Representatives by
the Rt. Hon. the Prime Minister Sir Robert
Menzies, on Thursday, 18th April, 1963.
I must say Mr. Speaker, that I listened, as I always
do, with great interest to the words of my old friend the
honourable member for Bonython ( Mr. Makin), who became, I
thought at one moment quite impassioned on this subject.
I do want to point out to him with all friendliness that he
fell into a few errors. He made a demand for parliamentary

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FOR PRESS VISIT OF MR. T. T. KRISHNAMACHARI
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Sir Robert Menzies
Mr. T. T. Krishnamachari, Indian Minister
for Economic and Defence Co-ordination, will pay a visit
to Australia, arriving on the morning of Tuesday, 23rd
April. This arises from an invitation issued to
Mr. Krishnamachari on behalf of the Australian Government
by the Australian High Commissioner to India, Sir James

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