P. M. No 31/ 1961
COMMONWEJJELTH . lS JANCE TOJLRDS CYCLONE FLOOD
., ND BUSH FIRE D-M.. GE IN 4ESTRN " LIA
Statonent by the Prime Mlinister, the Ht. Hon. R. G. Menzies
The Prine Minister announced today that the
Con1monwoalth G:-vornment has rv: reed to contribute up to
œ 160,000, on a for c-basis with the Western australian
Governent, towards the restoration of roads in the North West
of the State, which suffored serious dai. ua; e fron floods between
January and March this year.
The Corn-onwealth had agreed in February to join

LIBERAL PARTY RALLY, CITY HALL$ BRISBANE
21st June. 1961
Speech by the Prime Minister the Rt. Hon, R. G.-Menzies
Mrs Chairman, Mr. Morris, parliamentary colleagues and ladies and
gentlemen: For some time now, in spite of comments to thie contrary
I have thought we were right in what we have been doing. Two
nights ago in Townsville, Townsville not being served with
television but with broadcasting, I listened to my distinguished
opponent, the Leader of the Opposition making what I thought was a

SPEECH BY THE PRIM MINISTER9 THE RT. HON. R. G.
I4ENZIES9 TO STUDENTS OF TOW'NSVILLE UNIVERSITY
COLLEGE$ ON 20TH J NE 1961
Mr, Warden, and ladies and gentlemen:
I would like to relieve your mind at once this is not to
be a long, heavy, political speech; nor do I propose to make a
speech to you of any comprehensive kind about universities and what
they do. All I do -want to say to you is that after the last war one
of the remarkable things that occurred in Australia was that there was
a tremendously increased demand for university training. The number

SPEiECI 3Y ñ THE PRIME MINISTE~ R TKE RT. HON.
ii 1' iE. NZIES~ AT .,* rVIC RtiCEP'lION, TdN
HALL, TOJ1{ AIILLE, ON 20TH JUNE. 161
Sir, There is just one thing that you said in your very generous
speech to which I take e. ception: " You people from the south", you
said. ( Laughter) N ow i wouild have you know that I am a sort of
expatriated Victoifian beclUnse I live in Canberra, but Australia is my
PLarisif. Thie i-r-ime M. inister of Australia must be a ueenslandec, a
New 3outh . Jelshrnan, a 3outh itustraiian, a Vict6rian and so on right

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EMBARGO: Not for publication or broadcast before 7.15 n. L1. June 8.
A TALK TO THE NATION
Telecast and Broadcast by the Prime Minister, the
Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies.. on 8th June, 1961
Ladies and Gentlemen:
For once in my life, as you might say, I'm going to talk
about politics not about party politics, but about the policies
of the Nation, the policics that you have been rc ading about,
hearing about and many of you, I've no doubt, have been
criticising most heartily.
Political policies of these large proportions have a

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FOR PRESS: Statement by the Chairman of the Common real th
Public Service Board
Dr. Bazeley, Director of the Commonwealth Serum
Laboratories, having denied the charge made by the Director-
General of Health, the Pdblic Service Board has, as required
by section 56 of the Public Service Act, today appointed a
Board of Inquiry which will inquire into the truth of the
0 charge and report to the Public Service Board its opinion
thereon. The Board of Inquiry is composed as follows
Chairman: The Honourable Mr. Justice R. M. Eggleston,

P. M. 29/ 1961
WEDDING GIFT
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Iion. R. G. Menzies
The wedding gift from the Australian Government and
people to His Royal Highness the Duke of Kent and
Miss Katharine Worsley consists of 12 dessert Spoons and
12 dessert Forks made of Australian gold.
The gift was sent to the Australian High Commissioner
in London last week-end to be delivered before the marriage
which will take place tomorrow afternoon at York Minister.
A gold plaque in the case containing the gift is
inscribed as follows Presented To

P. M. No. 28/ 1961
APPROVED ITINERARY FOR PRIME MINISTER'S VISIT TO TASMANIA
The Prime Minister, Mr. R. G. Menzies, will pay a three-day
visit to northern Tasmania on July 4-6. The itinerary for his
visit is as follows
TUESDAY, 4TH JULY:
10.30 a. m.
12.30 p. m.
2.00 p. m.
3.00 p. m.
5.00 p. m.
8.00 p. m. Arrive King Island and tour soldier settlcrs'
properties
Attend lunch to be given by Council and meet local
representatives
Depart King Island
Arrive Burnie
Civic Reception to be given by Warden W. A. Young,

I. P. M. No. 27/ 1961
SECOND COMMON1JEALTH EDUCATION CONFEv'ENCE
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies
The Prime Minister announced today that Australia
would be represented at a Commonwealth Education Conference to be
held from llth to 25th January, 1962. At the invitation of the
Indian Government, the Conference will be held in New Delhi.
The Prime Minister added that the Conference would be
the successor to the Commonwealth Education Conference held at
Oxford in July, 1959, at which plans were made for various kinds

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P. M. No. 26/ 1961
NEW AUDITOR-GENERAL FOR THE COMMONWEALTH
Statement by the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. R. G. Menzies
The Prime Minister, Mr. Menzies, ainounced today the
appointment of Mr. V. J. U. Skermer, as Auditor-General
for the Commonwealth. He succeeds Mr. H. C. Newman, who
retires this week-end.
Mr. Menzies. said that Mr. Skermer, was a highly
experienced audit official, who had occupied a number of senior
I positions in the Commonwealth Audit Office. Since 1951, Mr.