S3PIEC'i BY LMR PRIME~ MIISTER ZltE RTo HON. R. G.
MENZIES9 AT J441SH 4A1R MEJ4OIAL ; AN& WqO
26, ai F~ 4~ W~ di 1 142
Sirg ladies and 6entlemen,
There are a couple of aspects of today's proceedin,,, s that I
would like to mention right away. The first is that 1 wa3 told
yesterday that my friend, Mr. Smith had levoted a fortnitght to
preparing a magnificent speech and that Mr. 1foffuan was coming back
from abroad just in time to deliver it. Wiell that tarmed out to be a
egloomy prophesy., . Lhe se* cond fact that i want to mention to you is that this

WEEKLY qNDE) X No. 8
WEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 24a1962
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Index of Ministerial Statements Issued in Canberra.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, The Rt. Hon.
Feb, 19 No. 159FIGHT FOR FAIR PRICES John MoEwen
The Minister for National Development, Senator the Hon. W. H. Spocner,
Feb. 22 No. 178
The Minister for M. M,
AMERICAN PHYSICIST TO LECTURE IN AUSTRALIA
Defence, the Hon. Athol Townley
Feb. 19 No. 154
19 No. 155 STUDY COURSE ON PROBLEMS OF INDUSTRIAL
MOBILISATION.
C'V'EALTH MARITIME EXERCISE

P. M. No,, 28/ i962
SPACE FLIGHT
Statement by the Prime Minister Hon. R. G. Menzies)
The Prime Minister has sent the following messa-e
to President Kennedy through the Australian Ambassador in
Washington " CO INTGRATUT ATIONS TO CO" ON" 2L GLEN, AND
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE UPON MAGNIFICLINT 3UCCESS OF PROJECT
M--iCRY. IT IS TRRnvi1PH OF GREAT SCIENTIFIC AN4D TECHNICAL
SKILL, MAGNIFICENT TEAM : JOF-d( A' 11D PREPARA'' TION, AIM OUTSTAZING
H-ILjAN COURAGE. " E : JrRE HI. PPY TO BE ABLE TO TAKE SOME PART

CONDOLENCE MOTION THE LATE SIR EARLE PAGE"
Speech by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies,
in the House of Representatives,
Tuesday, 20th February, 1962

As Honourable Members know, Sir Earle Christmas Grafton Page died on December 20, 1961.

WEEKLY INDEX NO.
VlEEK ENDING FEBRUARY 17,1962
C 0 M M 0 N W E A L T H OF A T S T R A LI A
Index of Ministerial Statements Issu. ed in Canberra.
The Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Trade, The Rt. Hon.
John McEwen
Feb. 11 No. 121A ADDITIONAL PROTECTIVE PROCEDURES
12 No. 122 APPOINTMENT OF SPECIAL ADVISORY AUTHORITY
ON TEMPORARY PROTECTION
15 No. 136 CANADIAN TRADE MISSION TO VISIT AUSTRALIA
16 No. 148 BIGGEST LUETRALIAN WINE AND FOOD DISPLAY
IN S. E. ASIA.
16 No. 151 COTTON TEXTILES ARRANGEMENT

8TH D11I310fi 630OCIAT12gla gi4aL J; iApgR& DIN~ t huaa
16th Fera 1962
USnmeeh bZ the kZimWMinsterO te ! iL. Rk. t Mnl
sirs I am very greatly honoured and very riatterad by your
invitation to be here. I'm afraid tldat 1 haves been something of a
nuisance over this matter because at first a date vas fixed your
date, the 15th and then it turned out by the inscrutable wisdom of
the electors ( Laughter) that certain things had to be done and I
needed to have a conference of the Premiers, and so I had to put you

No I46o
FOR PRESS LOAN COUNCIL
STATEMENT BY THE TREASURER, THE RT. HON. HAROLD HOLT, M. P.
The Commonwealth Treasurer ( Mt. Holt) announced today that
the Australian Loan Council has approved an increase of œ 7,500,000
in the borrowing programme for housing purposes in 1961-62 compared
with the programme approved at the June, 1961 Meeting. This
means that the total borrowing programme for States' works and
housing for 1961-62 is now œ 247,500,000.
Mr. Holt said that the Loan Council also agreed to an increase

QUEENSLAND BEEF ROADS

Joint Statement by the Prime Minister ( Mr. Menzies) and the Premier of queensland ( Mr. Nicklin)

The Commonwealth Government has approved a proposal of the Queensland Government for the construction of five new beef roads in the State. They are

Georgetown  - Mt. Surprise -  Hann Highway
Mount Isa  - Dajarra
Dajarra  - Boulia
Winton  - Boulia
Quilpie  - Windorah

PM. No 26/1962

At the Premiers' Conference today, the Premiers accepted a Commonwealth offer to pay financial assistance grants to the States in the present financial year as follows:

New South Wales œ 99,2499000
Victoria 73,01, 000
Queensland 43,730,000
South Australia ' 3,225,000
Western Australia 30,085,000
Tasmania _ 12 83 o
œ 292,140,000

P. M, No. 25 /1962

The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, announced today that he has appointed Senator the Honourable J. G. Gorton, Minister for the Navy, as Minister-in-Charge of the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research
Organization. Since the changes in the Ministry, late in December last, the Prime Minister has, himself, been responsible for the C. S. I. R. O.

CANBERRA,
16th February, 1962.