PM No 77/1962
The Prime Minister has sent the following message to Mr. Nehiru thirough the Australian High Commission in New Delhi
"'We would like you to know of our sympathy and support in the difficult situation on your northiern frontiers. The Australian Government has the greatest respect for the independent and courageousstand which the Indian Government and people are taking in the face of new acts of provocation threatening Indian territorial integrity. "
CANBERRA
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COMMO'e\ 0 L i OF_ A" U1 ST TRAIT A
Index of-Ministerial Stcatements Issued in Canber., ra
The Duty L Prime31M inister and Minister for Trade, the Rt. Hon,
John MIcw ei7n
Oct. 21 No. 1134A FOOD CAMPAIGTN IN MALT EAST AFRICA AND
HONG KONG
The Minister for Ncitional Develop t9 Senator the Hon. W. H.
pocner. M. M.
Oct. 25 No, 1147
26 No. 1157 LATEST APPROVAL OF OIL SEARCH SUBSIDY
PAYMl ENT S
GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CENfTRAL IUSTRALIA AREA.
The Minister for Defence. the Hon. Athol Townley.
OPENING OF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES AND
PRODUCTION BUILDINGS OF MERCK SHARP&
DOHME ( AUSTRALIA) PTY. LTD. AT SOUTH
GRANVILLE, N. S ON 26/ 10/ 1962.
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt, Hon. RG. Menzies
Sir Mr. Deputy Mayor, Mr. Uren, Mr. Connor and Ladies and
Genhemen I think I ought to begin by coming clean with
you about something. We've a lot of problems on our plate
at this moment at Canberra and having, to put it in the
vulgar fashion, managed to get rid of Parliament last
night I was horrified to find that I had either talked
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA.
SPEECH BY
Rt. Hon. SIR ROBERT MENZIES,
M. P.,
ON
ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE.
MINISTERIAL STATEMENT.
[ From the Parliamentary Debates," 24th October, 1963.1
Sir ROBERT MENZIES ( Kooyong-
Prime Minister).-by leave-Mr. Speaker,
on 22nd May of this year, I made a comprehensive
announcement about a review
of Australian defence, of the defence programme
and of defence expenditure. I
remind the House that that was a time
before any announcement had been made
about an election and before panic had
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fCN 2~ R ,-) rZf T r 1L 6
e iePieM~ itr the~ RJ. hon. R Me: n zicoe-
, Li d ies and. Gentlemcn
I thin~ lk 1 will foVollow my u lprdn; course and
decla-re th e Confcrence open, Anything, I have to say thlen is
9but TeConfirence Is now Oran,
1 i. ave recollections of teA P.? 0 th. at go back,.
a long ti. me., They are rnot all goode, I have forgo: ten hovw
long ago i-t was tbhe belvtr parit of twenity years ei; en
perac -bu Iremember going to 1Wrrnahibooil ' Jere any of
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER
in the
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES,
Tuesda 23rd October, 1962
Honourable Members will bi aware of President
Kennedy's broadcast in relation to Cuba,
It is a declaration of historic importance.
He has demonstrated that offensive nuclear weapons are
being installed by the Soviet Union in Cuba and that the
Americas are therefore being submitted to a very grave threat.
at close quarters, The President has demonstrated the decei
practised by the Soviet Union, and its determination by threat
SIXTH PLENARY MTING OF THE WORLD POWER
CONFERENCE HELD AT MELBOURNE
ON 2.0TH OCTOBER, 1962.
Speech by the Prime Ministelr, Rt. cno R. Menzies
Sir, Your Excellency, and ladies and gentlemen
It is my very simple task to offer a warm welcome
to the members of the Conference on behalf of the Commonwealth
of Australia.
As one who occasionally has to go aro-nd the world
and become involved in arguments in the world, sometimes
fruitful and sometimes fruitless, I want to tell you in a
minute or two that to my mind two of the great problems in
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C-OMMO0Nlr-ALTH OF A U STRA LI
Index of Ministeri,, Statemnt's Issued. in Canberra
Thea pt Prime I'inister. and Iylinicter for '-rade__ The Rt. -Hon.
J oh'. I M volV~
Oct. 14 lNlo. 1106A4 BUILDIDG IiTDSTRY PSLLINTG D,:[ ISMTOl TO
ti 15 No, 1.0) 7 ASUINTrGPALPIONRTE/ NMDALUI, ATRDjL CAPP CTTY ON SHOW IN
NEW',, ZEALA-ND
Th--e Treasurer, the RL., Ijon, Harold Holt, M. P,,
No. 1114
No. 711 YORK L. OA" K
PAY-ROLI L TAX l-, B1PjTES
The Minister fror Nati onal DG-lreomnm enator the lion. liW.,
STATEMENT BY-TIEPRTE ISE
( The Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies, Cli, QC, MP.)
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
WEDNESDAY, 17TH OCTOBER, 1962.
ANNOUNCEMENT OF ECONOMIC ENQUIRY
Over recent years the Government has had requests
foj. a-nujber of organisations for public enquiries into
various aspects of our economic affairs. Some of these requests
have related principally, if not wholly, to the Customs Tariff.
Others have sought a wider coverage and, at the extreme, have
wanted an enquiry to comprehend all the main aspects of our
STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER
( RIGHT HONOURABLE R. G. MENZIES, M. P.)
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
TUESDAY, 16th OCTOBER, 1962.
THE PRIME MINISTERS' CONFERENCE AND THE COMMON MARKET
The Prime Ministers' Conference which began in London on September
was, in its own way, an historic event. I can well remember the time
when there were five Prime Ministers sitting around the table. On this
occasion, no less than sixteen nations were directly represented, most of
them by Prime Ministers, but two of them by Ministers. Those who enjoyed