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Companies were formed and money flowed so freely that a glut of capital occurred . Instead of the surplus being returned to England it was retained in the colonies and devoted to speculation - especially in land and mining ...
Companies were formed and money flowed so freely that a glut of capital occurred . Instead of the surplus being returned to England it was retained in the colonies and devoted to speculation - especially in land and mining ...
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similar falls in all the main trades and occupations in the capital cities . The working classes were confronted with the prospect of a permanent decline in their standard of living , the capitalists with the problem of competition from ...
similar falls in all the main trades and occupations in the capital cities . The working classes were confronted with the prospect of a permanent decline in their standard of living , the capitalists with the problem of competition from ...
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... 279 380 , 418 Canberra , see federal capital site Clarke , Marcus , 20 Cann , J. H. , 82 Clemens , Samuel Langhorn , 331-2 Capella ( Qld ) , 84 clergy , 298 , 359 ; attitude to women , 192 , capital and labour , 5,22 , 40 , 45-9,51 ...
... 279 380 , 418 Canberra , see federal capital site Clarke , Marcus , 20 Cann , J. H. , 82 Clemens , Samuel Langhorn , 331-2 Capella ( Qld ) , 84 clergy , 298 , 359 ; attitude to women , 192 , capital and labour , 5,22 , 40 , 45-9,51 ...
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Contents
A COAT OF CONSERVATIVE VARNISH | 29 |
MORAL IMPROVERS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPERS | 53 |
A TIME OF TUMULT | 90 |
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