Wednesday, 24 October 1956 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
CHAMBER
Mr FOX - I direct a question to the Prime Minister. In view of the fact that Her Majesty the Queen recently presented to this country a set of colours for the Trooping of the Colour ceremony at Duntroon, and that Australia, as a member of the British Commonwealth of Nations, is gradually building up a tradition of its own, will the right honorable gentleman consider the formation within Australia of a branch of the College of Arms, which exercises control over the use of armorial bearings in England? Similar functions are discharged in Scotland and, I think, in Ulster by the Court of the Lord Lyon. To-day, heralds superintend processions, coronations, State funerals, and other public ceremonies, and make proclamations under direction of the Earl Marshal of England, and I feel that, as Australia is growing up, the formation of a branch of this college within this country would assist us in the building of our own traditions.
Mr MENZIES - The honourable member tempts me very much by inviting me to follow the example of Scotland, but I really do think, quite seriously, that we have just about enough on our hands at present, and I do not see any urgency about the matter that he raises.