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P. M No_-/ 16 2
FOR PRESS RBOYAL TOUR
Statemen b _ t _ he P Miiei . njsterhtRt. oG. Menzies
The Australian Secretary to The Queen for the
Royal Visit, Sir Roy Dowling, D. S. 0o, will meet
in Canberra on Monday, 16th July, with State representatives
to consider proposals for the Royal Visit next year.
State representatives will be asked to put forward
ideas for the programme within each State. These will include
events of special significance which might form the basis of
visit plans, Admiral Dowling will leave for London on Wednesday,

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. R. G.
INZIES. TO THE GrATR I OT. O GONG CHAMBR OF
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
12TH JULY. 12
Sir, Mr. Mayor and Gentlemen
It's not my fault that I am standing up here in
the pulpit. ( Laughter) I was told that this was the drill.
" Timotheus placed on high, amid the tuneful auire, with flying
fingers touched the lyre." ( Laughter) I think that for e
man who lives a dull, uninteresting life as I do, ( Laughter)
to come here and be confronted by I don't know how many hund:' eds

OPENING OF THE AUSR A IAN-NEV ZEALP. IA
ECTION C' 1N A L" FIC
C'LE AT SYDN TJULY1 2
Speech by the Prime Minister. the Rt. Ho nzi
Sir, Parliamentary colleagues, Your Excellencies and Gentlemen:
You may have been tempted to wonder that my
colleague, being a politician, sat down on the tick of the
clock. This is not a common disease among us. The explanation
is that in front of me, as in front of him, as in front
of somebody else here, there's a flashing light that begins to
operate when you have fifteen seconds to go, and so if I finish

Pr-OPENING OF NEWq SCIENCE LABORATORIES AT 4ESLEY
COLLEGE, MELBOURNE
ON 7TH JULY, 1962.
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies
Mr. President, Headnaastex Mr. Robson and ladies and Gentlemen:
I always like to begin even the feeblest of speeches
with a couple of preliminary observations, and the first one
that I want to make to you is that the President of the Council
is a man possessed of low cunning. ( Laughter) I have found,
after many years in office, that if people write and say to

WEKLY INDEX
No 9 2
Week ndin
July 7, 126
COMMONVrEALTH OF AUST LIA
Index of Ministeria. Statements Issued in Canberra
The Minister for Trade and DeputyPrime Minister, The Rt. Hon,
John Mcawen
July 2 No. 6-6
5 No. 709 DEATH OF SIR JOHN TEASDALE
SYNTHETIC RUBBER
The Treasurer, the RtA Hon, Harold Hlt, M. P,
July 2 No. 595 APP0INTMFUTT OF DEPUTY PHAIRMAN CF C'VfPA. LTH
BA? TI-G WCR P0P-RTION BOARD
3 No. 700 INCOME TAX REFUNDS
3 No-702 COMMONIT -EALTH BUDGET RESULT 1361-62

YOUJNG LIBERALS3 L'LY , IA-THOT11 TONHALL,
Sp~~ P~ in~ iLee, e.~ c h~ by~ e Hon. R. G-Menzies
Mr, Chairman., Mr,, Seanl.-;% n and I. adies and Clentlemen
This is a v, rv interestin--evening for me, beas
1 began my political, my parliamentary ife, 7 if you may so
describe it, in this hal. it wasn~ t as gr.-and in those days,
but Hawthorn was the centre of the old seat of East Yarra,
which I b elieve still continues, and which I had the honour
of representing in Parli~ ament ini the Upper House many, many

FOP. PRESS: P. M. NO 41962,
0. AND WOOMERA JOINT PROJECT DISCUSSIONS
Joint Statement by the Prime Minister, The RtoHon. RoG. Menzies
and The Rt. Hon. Mr, Peter Thorneycroft, British
Minister of Aviation,
The discussions between the Right Honourable Peter
Thorneycroft, British Minister of Aviation, and the Australian
Government, which began in Canberra on Wednesday, have been
concluded satisfactorily.
The main purpose of the discussions was to review the
working of the Anglo-Australian arrangements for the Woomera joint

P. M. NO. 42192
ROYAL TOUR
Statement by t ~ rime Minister the Rt. Hon RG Menzies
I am now in a position to announce certain tentative
arrangements for the forthcoming visit to Australia of Her
Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness, the Duke of
Edinburgh. It is expected that the Royal couple will arrive
in Canberra by air from New Zealand on Monday. February 18.
Thereafter, they will engage in a tour which will take them
into all six States and the Northern Territory.
The precise amount of time to be spent in each

P. M. No. )+ 8/ 1962
FOR RELEASE 6.-3o P. M. JULY
ROYAL TOUR
Statement by the Prime Minister the Rton Menzies
The Commonwealth Government has appointed Vice-
Admiral Sir Roy Dowling, C. 3.7 to take
charge of the planning of the visit to Australia next
year of Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness
the Duke of Edinburgh.
Sir Roy Dowling will be Her Majesty's Australian
Secretary for the occasion and will be a member of the
Royal Household throughout the visit.
Arrangements have been made for him to visit