INTERIM REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE ALLEGED SHORTAGE OF LABOUR IN THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES, &C.

Published by William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, Sydney, 1911

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Together with Minutes of Evidence. Ordered by the Legislative Assembly to be printed, 10 October, 1911. Pp. xxxvi+436(last blank), mostly printed double column; f'cap. folio; later (but not recent) full navy leather, lettered and ruled in gilt, the boards a trifle sprung, edges lightly rubbed, spine slightly faded; all edges sprinkled red; binder's pencilled stub tipped-in at front, minor production (trimming) fault to bottom fore-corner pp. 1/2, occasional light soiling; William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, Sydney, 1911. *Albert Piddington (1862-1945) was appointed royal commissioner in 1911-12 'to study three interrelated issues: whether there prevailed a labour shortage, working conditions of women and children, and apprenticeship. In his reports Piddington argued for selective immigration, for expansion of trades education and for lifting the school-leaving age to 16' [Australian Dictionary of Biography].

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Title
INTERIM REPORT OF THE ROYAL COMMISSION OF INQUIRY INTO THE ALLEGED SHORTAGE OF LABOUR IN THE STATE OF NEW SOUTH WALES, &C.
Author
Piddington, Albert Bathurst
Publisher
William Applegate Gullick, Government Printer, Sydney
Publication year
1911
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Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller

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Kay Craddock - Antiquarian Bookseller Pty Ltd 156 Collins Street, Melbourne Vic 3000 Australia books@kaycraddock.com +61 3 9654 8506 ABN: 16 007 334 312 Director: Kay Craddock Established in 1965, a salon-style bookshop in the heart of Melbourne's central business district. The shop has a large and varied stock of antiquarian and secondhand books, ranging from the fifteenth to the twenty-first centuries, covering most subjects and price ranges. Specialities include fine press and illustrated books, literature, children's books, books about books and militaria.

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