Weekly Index No. 17
May 5, 1962
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Weekly Index of Ministerial Statements
Issued in Canberra
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade,
The Rt. Hon. John McEw. Nn
April 30 No. 447 TPADE PUBLICITY MAN FOR SINGAPORE
May 1 No. 456A NEW MEMBERS FOR EXPORT DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL
2 No. 461 MISSION SUCCESS IN VENEZUELA
4 No. 473 INTEREST IN AUSTRcALIA AT MILAN FAIR
The Treasurer, The Rt. Hon. Harold Holt.
April 29 No. 442 ESTABLISHMENT OF NEW NATIONAL MINT AT
CANBERRA

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. R..
MENZIES, AT OPENING OF T2 POi. ER STATION, ON
__ MTAHY 162
Sir, colleagues, Your Excellencies, and ladies and gentlemen:
It is only a few days ago that somebody was talking to
me about the great art of speech-making, and in my usual dogmatic
fashion I said to him " Of course the essence of it, old boy, is to
get as close to the audience as you can, so that you are on easy
and even intimate terms with them". And here I am today, feeling
remarkably elevated for the first time since last December.

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STMSGAT ( NVFIIS BILL, l962
SNDE C RP DNG PRE~; c BY rTHE 11011.~ R._ TTETTPTPS
This is a b-;_ 11 to make rrants to the States for
U-niversities purposes. This is not tohe first bill of its kind, of
course, nor do I supposeC that i~ t wil~ l fbe the last. It falls into
two pcrts. In one part it deals witbhe recurrent grants to the
uni'versities under rhat li-1 call the nolrmal pattern-, -in the
second part it directs itselIf to thae proo. er of teact-ing hospitals
at-tached to uaniversitie s0 Th'ose are -two different matters. One

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THE PRESS CONFERENCE IN CANBERRA ON
THURSDAY, APRIL 26TH.
BRITAIN AND THE COMMON MARKET
Statement by the Deputy Prime Minister and
Minister for Trade, the Rt. Hon. John McEwen
Mr. McEwen said today that the intensive discussions
on which he had been engaged abroad had fully confirmed his
earlier judgment that many Australian export industries could
be faced with immense problems if Britain joined the European
Common Market without special arrangements to protect our

SPEECH BY THE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HONo R. G.
MENZiES, AT OPENING OF ADOLPH BASSER LIBRARY.
AD-MY OF CC CANBERRA 26TH I-A PRIL 1 C) 62
Mr, President, Dr, 3asser, ladies and gentlemen;
I want to tell you at once that a great weight has
fallen from my mind since I arrived here this afternoon. I was
here this morning as a sort of soi-disant Fellow of the Academy,
compassed about by the most formidable collection of scientists
that Australia has ever seen. So I felt muted and a little
depressed, But when I came in here this afternoon and saw so

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WEE4X TYND-' NG A-tB'IT
CO 1 ifTY L~ ffl OF A'U:-: T. iRAL . t
index of Miistcrial StatementS TSOUed. in Canbaor-a
The Acting Minister for Trade,, Senator the Hone Denhrn Henty
April 18No. 414y,, CONSU-LTl'TIONS IN LONDON COMLMON 1, ARI( XFT
The Minister foc. r Labour and National -Service~ The H1, on0 W" il1 irm
M, ' M alon.
April 16
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It 19 No. 405 REVIEW OF EIIALOYMENT SITUATION MARJCH ' 612
No. 414B EuPLJOYMENT OF YOUNG PEOPLE
No 417 W;, TE1RFjh* Z'kNT STOP PAGES
The Pcstmastrer-General. 10 The Ho-ne, CW. Daiidson

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in a precmrious sense I am bore as Pimn inistur. ( Laughter) I
wou~ ld also have the boys unurstandp so that the Wa treat me with
proper respect, that purely in an honorary capacity I1 am a Doctor of
Selense of the Univrsity of New a; uth iiales. Qtaau degree

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PRI I MINIS3::. E' CO. Tl., E-JN CE
Statement by the Prime Minister, the t. Hon. Menzie.
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, after
consulting all Commonwealth Prime Ministers, has convened a
meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers in London on
September to give further consideration to proposals which are
expected by that time to have been formulated concerning
Britain's application to join the Common Market.
This is clearly not an ideal date from the point of view

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P. M. No,, a/ I962
CHOIJILLA D14
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies
The Premiers of Victoria and South Australia, and the
Deputy Premier and Minister for Development of New South Jales,
Mr. Renshaw, met today with the Treasurer, Mr. Holt, the
Minister for National Development, Senator Spooner and : yself
on the question of the Chowilla Dam project.
Officials of the States and the Commonwealth were also
present. Today's meeting was a preliminary one and favourable

' H1EKLY TNDFX TOX.
WEEK ENDING APRIL 1) 1962_
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Index of Ministerial Statements Issued in Canberra
The Acting Minister for Trade, Senator Denham Hanty
April 8, 8
11 13 No. 366A
No. 369
No. 393
No. 400 APPOINTMENT OF TRADE CONSULTANT
NEW ASSISTANT TRADE COMMISSIONERS APPOINTED
SOUTH WEST ASIAN TRADE MISSION SUCCESS
STRONG INTEREST IN AUSTRALIAN GOODS AT
OSAKA FAIR
The Treasurer, the Rt. Hon. Harold Holt, M. P.
April 10No. 377ABOLITION OF TAXATION CLEARANCE SYSTEM