The Annual RegisterEdmund Burke Rivingtons, 1900 |
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... existing system of rating were being inquired into by a royal commission . Overcrowding , he admitted , and the difficulty of getting land , were the chief obstacles in the way of practical legislation , but a former Conservative ...
... existing system of rating were being inquired into by a royal commission . Overcrowding , he admitted , and the difficulty of getting land , were the chief obstacles in the way of practical legislation , but a former Conservative ...
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... existing system , defended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , contained two elements inconsistent with the principles which should govern the State , viz . , first , that a man should devote his whole time to its service ; and ...
... existing system , defended by the Chancellor of the Exchequer , contained two elements inconsistent with the principles which should govern the State , viz . , first , that a man should devote his whole time to its service ; and ...
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... existing bye - laws were wholly or partially exempt from school attendance . The principle with regard to factories had been already accepted by the representative of Great Britain ( with the explicit approval of Lord Salisbury ) at the ...
... existing bye - laws were wholly or partially exempt from school attendance . The principle with regard to factories had been already accepted by the representative of Great Britain ( with the explicit approval of Lord Salisbury ) at the ...
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... existing state of things , for the children who annually left school between the ages of eleven and twelve were only 23,000 out of 600,000 , while those who became half - timers between those ages did not exceed 50,000 . It should be re ...
... existing state of things , for the children who annually left school between the ages of eleven and twelve were only 23,000 out of 600,000 , while those who became half - timers between those ages did not exceed 50,000 . It should be re ...
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... existing condition of affairs , failed to simplify or complete it ; and , at the same time , he desired to pledge the Government to do nothing which might render the unity of London more difficult . It seemed , although it was not ...
... existing condition of affairs , failed to simplify or complete it ; and , at the same time , he desired to pledge the Government to do nothing which might render the unity of London more difficult . It seemed , although it was not ...
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