WAEEKLY INDEX No,,
' T'IEEK aTDING JU17JNE 25 1962.
COMMOP V EA', LT1H OF AU PTR. 1% L IA
Index of Ministerial Statements IssuErI in Canoberra
Tfhe AIcting Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, The Hon0
John NMeEwen
June 19 No. 651 AUSTRALIAiN TRA. DE MTSSION CONCLUDES GUTH
AMER ICA'N TOUJR
i21 No. 657 JhR-COOLED INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES
The Treasure, the Rt. Hon., Harold Holt.-M. P.
June 20No. 652NE'! YORK LOAN\
The Ml~ inister for National Development, Senator the Hon. W. H. S9pooner

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AUSTRALIANS PLAN ANTARCTIC JOURNEY
Statement by the Department of External Affairs
The Antarctic Division of the Department of External Affaira has
drawn up plans for a major antarctic journey next summer.
The object will be to carry out seismic ice depth measurements for
Sdistance of 850 miles inland from Wilkes Station to link up the work of
t-Australians in 1961 with other seismic work carried out by the Russians
at Vostok station.

TEXT OF VHITE HOUSE RELEASE 3Y
THE RIGHT HOiOURIJALE-. K: 7mTZI rEi IhISTITER OF AUSTRALIA
A-i3 + PSIDENT KENNEDY
The White House today made public the following joint
communique after meetings between the President and the Right
Honourable Robert Gordon Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia.
The President and the Prime Minister expressed
gratification at the opportunity presented by the Prime
Minister's visit for furthering their personal as well as
official friendship symbolizing the cordiality of relations

P. M. No 942/ 1962
VISIT OF HER iMAJESTY QUEEiT ELIZABETH II AND
TI-7. DUKE-c OFL EDINBURGH
The following statement is issued simultaneously
in London, Canberra and Wellington at 3 p. m. tonight.
In London, by Buckingham Palace; in Australia, by the Acting
Prime Minister; and in New Zealand, by the Prime Minister
" The Queen and The Duke of Edinburgh, at the
invitation of the Governments of Australia and New
Zealand, will visit New Zealand and Australia in
February-March of 1963. They will spend about a

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Statement by-the Acting Prime Minister, The Rt. Hon. John McEwon, M. P
The Acting Prime Minister, the Right Honourable John McEwen,
announced today the appointment of Professor SUNDERLAND, C. MoGø,
and Mr. KENNETH MYqR, as part-time members of the
Australian Universities Commission. Professor Sunderland is Dean
of the Faculty of Medicine in the University of Melbourne, and
Professor of Experimental Neurology. Mr. Myer is Joint Managing
Director of Myer Emporium Ltdo.

TEXT OF PRESS CONFERENCE GIVEN BY THE PRIME
MINISTER RT. HON. R. G AiENZIES, AT THE
AUSTRALIAN EM3ASSY, UASHII'GTON, DoC.. U. SoA,
ON 20H JUNE, 1932,
QUESTION: PRIME MINISTER:
Qe P. iM. What can you tell. us, Prime Minister, of
your visit to the President?
Well, there's a communique out, isn't there?
That says what we both find ourselves able to say,
Personally, I thought the discussions were very,
very helpful. They were conducted in a very
helpful spirit. There has been a belief, I think,

WEEKLY INDEX NO, 24
Week Ending June 16, 1962
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Index of Ministerial Statements Issued in Canberra
The Acting Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, The Rt. Hono
June 19 John McEwen
No, 641 OLIVE OIL
The Treasurer, The Rt. Hon. Harold Holt.
June 13No, 635 INCOME TAX INSTALMENT DEDUCTIONS FROM WAGES
AND SALARIES
The Minister for Defence, the Hone Athol Townly. M. P.
June 12 No. 634 APPOINTMENT OF STAFF OFFICER TO THE HEAD OF
THE AUSTRALIAN JOINT SERVICES STAFF,
WASHINGTON.

PM I41/ 962
PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH : EST ' USTRALIA
Staemnt bAcn Prime initr Rt. Hon. John McEwen M. P.
I conferred today in company with the Treasurer, Mr.
Holt, and the Minister for National Development, Senator Spooner
with the Premier of Western Australia, Mr. Brand and the Minister
for the North West, Mr. Court. They put before us various
proposals related to the farther development of the north of
Jestern Australia. It will be recalled that in the speech delivered by the
Governor-General on the occasion of the Opening of Parliament in

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AUSTRALIA CLUB DINNER
SPEECH BY THE RT. HON. R. G. MENZIES, PRIME MINISTER OF.
AUSTRALIA, AT THE SAVOY HOTEL, LONDON,-12TH JUNE 1962
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