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Literary: Articles: Amalgamated Press., Jan 1934 - Aug 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/501
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Proofs, press cuttings and correspondence on the following articles by WSC: "Do Bye-Elections Count?" discounting the East Fulham bye-election, stating the differences between bye-elections and general elections and discussing the divisions in the Conservative Party; "Defence not Defiance" on the current strength of the country; "How we made the Irish treaty" in defence of the Irish Settlement [1922] and WSC's meetings with Michael Collins; "Will the League survive?" on the crisis facing the...
Dates:
Jan 1934 - Aug 1934
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 10 - 15., 06 Mar 1929 - 10 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/237
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Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: unemployment and unemployment insurance; immigration from Ireland; petrol prices; foreign affairs in China, Germany, India; the United States and the prohibition treaty; the reduction and limitation of armaments; the proposed Baghdad [Iraq] to Haifa [Israel] railway and pipeline; radium research; the Channel Tunnel; the report of the Commission on East Africa; and the budget.
Dates:
06 Mar 1929 - 10 Apr 1929
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 37 - 47., 10 Jul 1928 - 17 Oct 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/212
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Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: measures to combat unemployment including emigration; a multi-lateral treaty with the United States; foreign affairs in Iraq, India, the Soviet Union, China, Egypt and Germany; the reduction and limitation of armaments; issues in Scotland including the slaughter of animals and the influx of emigrants from Ireland and issues in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; and speeches by King George V.
Dates:
10 Jul 1928 - 17 Oct 1928
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: Papers 1 - 19., 14 Jan 1929 - 30 Jan 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/227
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Peel, Secretary of State for India, on Indian contributions to the home effective charges of the British army and the political situation in India; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord...
Dates:
14 Jan 1929 - 30 Jan 1929
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Official: Cabinet: papers 26 to 49., 02 Feb 1928 - 17 Feb 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/192
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on the 'indianisation' of the Indian army and relations with Afghanistan; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on reaction to his taxation scheme, Irish loyalists and railways in Iraq; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health, on the local authority emergency provisions act; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on relations between France and the...
Dates:
02 Feb 1928 - 17 Feb 1928
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 31 to 50., Feb 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/154
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: a copy of a speech by King George V on the opening of parliament on relations with foreign powers and civil war in China; [1st Lord] Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on the Trade Unions disputes bill; [Sir] John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on poor relief to miners' dependents and poor law emergency provisions in Scotland; [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on the...
Dates:
Feb 1927
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 101 - 139., 10 Jan 1923 - 05 Mar 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/31
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Austen Chamberlain [Foreign Secretary] on subjects including higher commands in the Egyptian Army, the political outlook in the Far East, foreign policy and security, and the strength of the Egyptian Army; the decisions of the League council on reports of the investigations into the armaments of ex-enemy countries; Sir Cecil Hurst, Legal Advisor to the Foreign Office, on the armaments of ex-enemy countries; Walter...
Dates:
10 Jan 1923 - 05 Mar 1925
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 120 - 139., 05 Mar 1926 - 29 Mar 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/91
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: the 2nd report of the Iraq Policy Committee; the report of the Imperial Conference (Agenda) Committee; a Ministry of Labour special report on unemployment; Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet; Sir Gregory Foster, Provost, University College, London, on the retention of the university's Bloomsbury site; a Treasury memorandum on the Irish Free State Agreement; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; a draft of the...
Dates:
05 Mar 1926 - 29 Mar 1926
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 121-130., 13 Apr 1928 - 24 Apr 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/196
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on safeguarding several industries and on the trade outlook including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on tax exemption for residents of the Channel Islands; Sir William Joynson-Hicks, [later Lord Brentford] Home Secretary, on subjects including...
Dates:
13 Apr 1928 - 24 Apr 1928
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 171 to 200., Jun 1927 - Jul 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/160
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Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: the chiefs of staff on the defence of Wei Hai Wei [China]; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on relations with Iman of the Yemen, the entry of Iraq into the League of Nations, policy on East Africa, the New Hebrides [now Vanuatu] and the political situation in Cyprus; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook...
Dates:
Jun 1927 - Jul 1927
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 187 - 200., 15 Jun 1928 - 22 Jun 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/200
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the Akhwan situation [in Southern Iraq] and on unemployment and oversea settlement; [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on increased unemployment levels; Lord Cushendun [earlier Ronald McNeill] Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, and [4th Lord Salisbury, earlier Lord Cranborne], Lord Privy Seal, on disarmament;...
Dates:
15 Jun 1928 - 22 Jun 1928
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 235 - 260., 13 Jul 1928 - 30 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/203
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, William Bridgeman [First Lord of the Admiralty] and Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne] Minister of Agriculture, on protection for British trawlers on the Murman coast [?Soviet Union]; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on war pensions; [4th Lord] Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne], Lord Privy Seal, on the use of gas in civil disturbances; [Sir] William Mitchell-Thomson [later...
Dates:
13 Jul 1928 - 30 Jul 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 246 to 270., Sep 1927 - Nov 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/163
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Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: an account of the proceedings of the Trade Union Congress; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and poor economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade and on mining subsidies; special reports on unemployment; [1st] Lord Cave, Lord Chancellor, on the transport of troops between Great...
Dates:
Sep 1927 - Nov 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 276 - 300., 26 Sep 1928 - 15 Oct 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/205
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on church schools; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on future British garrisons in China; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on subjects including reparations and war debts, unemployment insurance in Northern Ireland and the reduction of armaments; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport, on railway freight relief...
Dates:
26 Sep 1928 - 15 Oct 1928
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 280 - 300., 01 Jul 1926 - 30 Jul 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/98
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: notes of a meeting between the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin, and a deputation of Conservative members of both Houses of Parliament, on reform of the House of Lords; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, on compensation for Irish loyalists; 1st Lord Byng [Governor-General of Canada]; Mackenzie King, former Prime Minister of Canada, on the Canadian constitutional crisis; the interim report of the inter-...
Dates:
01 Jul 1926 - 30 Jul 1926
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 326 - 350., 31 Oct 1928 - 19 Nov 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/207
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Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on reparations and preference in government contracts; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on coal amalgamations, the British industries fair and the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the...
Dates:
31 Oct 1928 - 19 Nov 1928
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 340 - 359., 09 Feb 1926 - 25 Oct 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/102
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: a letter from the National Confederation of Employers Organization on the coal dispute; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Dominions, on the status of the Union of South Africa, and as Secretary of State for the Colonies, on rubber exports restriction; James Hertzog, Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, on status; Harry Batterbee [Assistant Secretary], Dominions Office, on the dominions' claims to seats on the...
Dates:
09 Feb 1926 - 25 Oct 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 400 - 415., 30 Nov 1928 - 02 Jan 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/210
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on coal amalgamations, the British industries fair and the trade outlook and economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; [1st] Lord Peel, Secretary of State for India, on the Indian statutory commission and a rebellion in East Afghanistan; Leo Amery, Secretary of...
Dates:
30 Nov 1928 - 02 Jan 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 400 - 428., 30 Mar 1926 - 29 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/105
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury], on the possible reduction of the British Army of Occupation in the Rhineland [Germany]; Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet; extracts from the draft minutes of the Committee of Imperial Defence on South West Arabia and Egypt; draft instructions to Miles Lampson [later 1st Lord Killearn], British Minister-designate at Peking [later Beijing, China]; 1st Lord...
Dates:
30 Mar 1926 - 29 Dec 1926
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 430 - 459., 02 Apr 1925 - 09 Nov 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/44
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: 1st Lord Balfour, Chairman of the Committee on Civil Research, on the British Dye Industry, and, as Lord President of the Council, on the Rosyth [Fife, Scotland] Dockyard; 1st Lord Haldane on the dye industry; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subjects including the Finance Bill (Safeguarding of Industries); the Board of Trade...
Dates:
02 Apr 1925 - 09 Nov 1925
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Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 460 - 484., 29 Jul 1925 - 19 Nov 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/45
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Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Representation of the People (Economy Provisions) Bill, the award of the Irish Boundary Commission, International Labour Conference conventions on workmen's compensation, and the draft Police Pensions Bill; a draft of the Representation Bill; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on emergency arrangements in case of strikes; a Ministry...
Dates:
29 Jul 1925 - 19 Nov 1925
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Official: Cabinet: papers, correspondence and notes., 05 Aug 1921 - 31 Dec 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/7
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Correspondents include: Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] on subjects including the breaking off of negotiations with Ireland and 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Foreign Secretary]'s policy over France's treaty with Turkey (6); Air Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard on WSC's help in giving a distinct role to the Air Force; Sir Alfred Mond [Minister of Health] on immigration and Palestine; General Sir Charles Harington [General Officer Commanding in Chief, Allied Forces of Occupation in...
Dates:
05 Aug 1921 - 31 Dec 1921
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Open
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Official: Colonial Office: Cabinet Papers., 28 Jan 1922 - 30 Sep 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 17/27
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Cabinet papers on various subjects: the Iraq treaty and dealings with Emir Feisal; the Canadian cattle embargo; the housing of the Imperial War Museum; sugar policy and the depression in the West Indian sugar industry; Lord Plumer [Governor of Malta] and local military forces; the situation in Phoenicia and the discontent of the non Jewish population in Palestine; disturbances in Somaliland [later Somalia] and the actions of the RAF; the Imperial Wireless Chain and the improvement of...
Dates:
28 Jan 1922 - 30 Sep 1922
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Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T-Z., Jan 1949 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/86A-B
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Correspondents include: Ernest Taylor; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] on Ivor Thomas [later Ivor Bulmer-Thomas]; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (4); Sir Herbert Thompson on the Indian civil service and police; R Robinson, Lord Mayor of Cardiff, on matters including the Tonypandy riots [Glamorgan, Wales] and naming a road after WSC (7); representatives of the Conservative Research Department...
Dates:
Jan 1949 - Dec 1949
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Open
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Speeches: House of Commons: Speech notes, typescript and Hansard., 26 Jan 1931 - 12 Mar 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/93A-B
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Speech notes and typescript for WSC's speech (26 January), entitled "India - 'A Frightful Prospect'" on poor recent handling of Indian affairs, Indian hopes for Dominion status and a Federal Government, parallels with South Africa and Ireland and the effects of losing India. Also includes an extract from Hansard reporting the debate. Published: Complete Speeches V pp 4947 - 4956.Speech notes and typescript for WSC's speech (28 January), entitled "'Cut Its Dirty Throat' - Trade Disputes and...
Dates:
26 Jan 1931 - 12 Mar 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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