INDIA: NEW AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION OFFICE IN NEW DELHI OPENED BY MR. PAUL HASLUCK

Record ID: 230343

  • Title: INDIA: NEW AUSTRALIAN COMMISSION OFFICE IN NEW DELHI OPENED BY MR. PAUL HASLUCK
  • Date: 28th March 1966
  • Summary: 1. LS NEW COMMISSION OFFICE 0.06 2. MS HASLUCK, WIFE, COMMISSIONER AND WIFE TOWARD BUILDING 0.22 3. MS FLAG 0.24 4. MS HASLUCK (RIGHT) TOWARD RIBBON AND CUTS IT 0.40 5. MS COMMISSIONER ADDRESSES GATHERING 0.44 6. CU MRS. HASLUCK 0.46 7. CU HASLUCK 0.48 8. MC COMMISSIONER SPEAKING 0.50 9. MS COMMISSION OFFICIALS AND GUESTS 0.52 10. LS HASLUCK SPEAKS 0.54 11. CU ---DITTO--- 0.58 12. MS GUESTS 1.00 13. MS HASLUCK UNVEILS PLAQUE 1.11 14. CU PLAQUE 1.15 15. MS GROUP DISCUSSING ABOUT DELHI BLUE STONE (TWO SHOTS) 1.21 16. LS COMMISSION BUILDING 1.24 Initials CAR/VS/MK/YA/CHN Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
  • Embargoed: 12th April 1966 13:00
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  • Location: NEW DELHI, INDIA
  • Country: India
  • Reuters ID: LVA7R2PF85V279VYBEHQVZF3UO3
  • Story Text: THE NEW OFFICE OF THE AUSTRALIAN HIGH COMMISSION IN NEW DELHI WAS OPENED LAST SATURDAY BY MR. PAUL HASLUCK, AUSTRALIAN MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS.

    MR. HASLUCK, ACCOMPANIED BY HIS WIFE, WAS IN INDIA LAST WEEK AT THE INVITATION OF THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT. HE LED AUSTRALIA'S DELEGATION AT THE RECENTLY CONCLUDED ANNUAL SESSION OF THE ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR ASIA AND THE FAR EAST (ECAFE) IN NEW DELHI.

    PRESENT AT THE BRIEF INAUGURATION CEREMONY WERE THE COMMISSIONER AND HIS WIFE.

    BOTH THE COMMISSIONER AND MR. HASLUCK SPOKE TO A GATHERING OF COMMISSION OFFICIALS AND GUESTS ON THE IMPORTANCE OF THE NEW OFFICE. MR. HASLUCK LATER UNVEILED A PLAQUE COMMEMORATING THE OCCASION.

    THE NEW OFFICE WILL BE READY FOR OCCUPATION LATER THIS YEAR. IT IS A STONE MASONRY STRUCTURE COVERING A TOTAL AREA OF ABOUT 24,000 SQUARE FEET LOCATED IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE 12-ACRE DIPLOMATIC ENCLAVE AND FACING THE MAIN HIGHWAY OF SHANTIPATH. THE EXTERIOR WALLS ARE BUILT IN DELHI BLUE STONE.
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