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FQUW. iRAD TO THE~ 1963 ANNUAL i. 4ION OIF " THE~
b" atvarions times oohm o n W the honow of witing
a short wtlea) d* And no In 19639 this-prvilegp has once
spin 00m 1W way* it is With Plea-s r I ae" mPt the
invitation and o= UWjmS Wwatet reiprds to all. manuboaturers
and subsarlbes of thi petigp Publiwstlane
Sine I Penned aw first tbwovor4 tbt the * A= stvma.
laa Xsnuftetmme In the early 19 0) s I have watched with,
Smjw.. Incmauing pbeamw. the rapid Z4 baanoed powth of
A~ traliao In the Intervuning years, the manafteturers have
pammd asouseof w1goaw and enterprise. This has hmed
tpoo moe sonomis stabiltr and adiiev for uas th Im
liftan standards which mmW notions of the world, with
hmdreds of years of tradition and miltwe behind this,
have not yet aeomplisad.
Todoy In Astalm w have 58948 factories
mploring 1912091430 men and " me and me It oust be obvious
toll ustbow vital a part tiem aftetualng inusta7
plays in a eeorw
In thm y~ as 1954. m559 mnateti represented
eight W0 eatu of oips't In the last fiftncial. year$
the figm had risen toth= t* per ento This Is Indeed
a remarkable achievement but I have no doubt that In the
years ahead, equally Wa~ A progress will be made to the
mtuml ad ' mae of all AustwsJiars who are proud of their
hawl tsgo. R. G. MENZIES
28th March, 1963