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DEPARTMENT OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
FOR THE PRESS CANBERRA
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November ( to coincide vwith November 1961
simultaneous release to be made
in London Kuala Lumpur and
Singapore). GREATER iMALAYSIA
Statement by the Miinistcr for External Affairs
SThe iinister for External Affairs, Mr. R. G. Menzies,
stated today that the Australian Government was greatly
interested in the concept of Greater Malaysia. If it proved

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BROADCAST BY THE PRIME MINISTEIR THE RT. HON. R. G. MENZIES
ON N. :. IONAL STATIONS ._ Ti 7. I P. M.
THURSDAY. 16TH NOVEMBER, lL.
Another Federal Election campaign is on. During the
next few weeks you will no doubt, so long as you can put up with
it, be bombarded with arguments and appeals. Many issues will
be raised and disc-' s-d. Many claims will be made and rejected,
and a good deal of dust will blow about,
So perhaps I should get in early, before you are tired,
with a few broad remarks.

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^ 4 POLICY SPEECH
by
TTE PRIME MINISTER, THE RT. HON. R. G. MENZIES
at
THE CITY HALL KEW
;, EDNESDAf. A H NOVEMBR. 1961
On December 9, though you will be voting for individual
candidates, the end result will be that you choose a Government
-for the natl ' n.
I do not propose to put before you a long list of
promises. After 12 years the A. L. P. can easily make a series of
brand new offers without saying where the new hundreds of
millions are to come frkim; though they will, of course-come

Weekly Index
No, 44
Week Ending_
11th November, 1961
COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA
Weekly Index of Ministerial Statements Issued in
Canberra
The Minister for External Affairs, The Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies
Nov. 8. No. 1142 ACTING SECRETARY-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS
10 No. 1151 COLOMBO PLAN CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE MEETING.
The Treasurer, The Rt. Hon. Harold Holt.
Nov. 9 No. 1144. THE TREND OF BUSINESS A SURVEY 12 MONTHS
AFTER THE CORRECTIVE MEASURES OF NOVEMBER,
1960.
8 No. 1153 AUSTRALIAN LOAN IN THE NETHERLANDS

GIFT TO ACADEMY OF SCEijCE
Statementb_ i ! eij. is t er, . t heHfi__, ML. z j(.
These are magnificent gifts. They are most
appropriately made to the Australian Academy of Science,
which is a bouy of most distinguished Australian scientists,
and, as I know, is playing an increasingly important part in
the advancement of science in Australia.
Mro ecker is a man of means, with a high sense of
civic responsibility. ' is spectacular generosity, so
intelligently directed, deserves the greatest possible praise;
its value will continue for a long time,

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QUEEN'S VISIT TO GHANA
Statement by the Prime M inister, the it. Hon. RoG. Monzies
I have, during the past three weeks, kept closely in
touch with matters affecting the projected visit of Her Majesty
the Queen to Ghana. I have received reports from the Australian
High Commissioner in Accra and have exchanged messages with Mr.
Macmillan. le all agree that visits by Her Majesty to the
countries of the Commonwealth are of the greatest possible
significance and value. There is a natural and lively concern

SOUTH AUSTRALL-IN CHAMBER OF Mii. JF:: CTURES DINNER
, ADLLIDETH NOV M3ER J
Speech by the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon, R. G. Menzies
Sir, Mr. Premier Mr. Leader of the Opposition et hoc genus
omne. ( That used to be Latin in my timel)
I have hpd a most interesting night tonight. All the
time I have e-n saying to myself " ihat should I say?" and having
got a rough iaea about it I have then heard this one and that
one and the otner one pluck all the food out of the basket, and
I find myself left with only the crumbs that fall from the rich

MR. E. C. A. BR W, 1
Statement by the Prime 1inister. the 1t. Hon. RG. Menzies
On 27th September, 1961 the Director-General of Posts
and Telegraphs, in pursuance of Section 56 of the Public Sorvice
Act, charged Ed-rard Charles Alfred Brown, Director of Posts and
Telegraphs in Queensland with the following offences:
That between 28th July and 31st July, 1.961 Mr. Brown
was guilty of improper conduct in using for other than
official purposes a motor car belonging to the Postmaster-
General's Department.

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JR'W SOUTH JILES INTRA-STTU ARLINES
Statement y the rii me Minister, the Rt. 1on. R. G. Menzies
I have written to iMr. Heffron, the Premier of New
South Jales, suggesting to him that having regard to the
important details that have to be rorked out bet. reen the
Commonwealth and New South ; ales in relation to the country air
routes in that State, there should be a deferment of operative
decisions until after the Federal Election. There are two very

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IMPROVED HARBOUR #. ND COIL LO.. DING FACILITIES AT
GLAD3TONE
Statement by the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon. R. G. M4enzies
Recently the Premier of Queensland ( Mr. Niclin)
sought Coronrealth financial assistance tc-wards the cost of
improving the facilities at Gladstone H.-rbour for the export of
coal to Japan. There is the prospect that at least one nillion
tons of coal from the Lov. iur Dawson Valley nay be exported