The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1929 - Great Britain |
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... demand for labour followed . In some groups the natives were not suitable for plantation work or would not work in their own islands . Thus at this time a Mr Henry , an English colonist in New Caledonia , had an arrangement with the ...
... demand for labour followed . In some groups the natives were not suitable for plantation work or would not work in their own islands . Thus at this time a Mr Henry , an English colonist in New Caledonia , had an arrangement with the ...
Page 369
... demand for houses on time - payment by men in regular employment at rising wages reached its zenith in 1888. Building societies old and new catered for this demand by the purchase and sub - division of suburban estates . When the banks ...
... demand for houses on time - payment by men in regular employment at rising wages reached its zenith in 1888. Building societies old and new catered for this demand by the purchase and sub - division of suburban estates . When the banks ...
Page 392
... demand that all public works be carried out by the Government without the inter- vention of any contractor . New " planks " called for government owner- ship and operation of all public utilities and for compulsory arbitra- tion . This ...
... demand that all public works be carried out by the Government without the inter- vention of any contractor . New " planks " called for government owner- ship and operation of all public utilities and for compulsory arbitra- tion . This ...
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