1926 A LANDMARK
FULL OF VICISSITUDES AND CONTRASTS PROMISE OF BETTER TIMES IN 1927 (Rec. December 26, 5.5 p.m.) London, December 25. “Historians mav regard 1926 as a landmark,” remarks the "Observer.” “Ip lias been full of vicissitudes . and contrasts at Home and abroad. There is a large increase in new shipping tonnage under construction and on order. It is the surest promise of more thriving times in 1927, while throughout the country there is an earnest discussion of meaps of improving the relations between labour and capital.” Trade union funds have been depleted to such an extent that powerful unions found it necessary to impose heavy levies to build up their resources. C-Mr. Frank Hodges predicts that with hard work the coal trade can be regained. Mr. J. T. Brownlie, in his annual report, speaks optimistically of the prospects of the engineering industry.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 78, 27 December 1926, Page 9
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1441926 A LANDMARK Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 78, 27 December 1926, Page 9
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