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I HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: CHAPTER 3. MIDSUMMER TO MICHAELMAS
Railway costs and wages (pg. 35). increased salaries for M.P.s (pg. 35). the threat of inflation (pg. 35-36). increased postal charges (pg. 36). the economy debate (pg. 36-37). army reorganization (pg. 37). Greater London government (pg. 37-38). the Oman affair (pg. 38). the provincial busmen's strike (pg. 38-39). the Covent Garden strike (pg. 39-40). Mr Maudling to supervise European Free Trade Area negotiations (pg. 40). the Chatsworth pictures (pg. 40-41). sewage in the sea (pg. 41). detection of speeding by radar (pg. 41-42). the execution of Vickers (pg. 42). the financial plight of orchestras (pg. 42). rates and the London Library (pg. 42-43). T.U.C. at Blackpool (pg. 43). the Wolfenden report on homosexuality and prostitution (pg. 43-44). the British Association at Dublin (pg. 44-45). the Gloucester by-election (pg. 45-46). minor Government changes (pg. 46). the seven per cent Bank rate (pg. 46-47). statistics: bad habits (pg. 47-48). marriage (pg. 48). cats and dogs (pg. 48). refrigerators (pg. 48-49). Asian flu (pg. 49). the weather (pg. 49).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. SUMMARY: CHAPTER II. EASTER TO MIDSUMMER—THE WEST EUROPEAN TREATIES
1952
The West European treaties (pg. 22-26). Egypt (pg. 26-27). Korea (pg. 27-30). Central African Federation plan (pg. 31-32). transport fares (pg. 32-34). Finance Bill debates (pg. 34-37). B.B.C. charter (pg. 37-38). wage demands (pg. 38-39). industrial disputes (pg. 39-41). improved balance of payments (pg. 41). Conservative discontents (pg. 41).
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I HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: CHAPTER 4. THE LAST QUARTER
by
White, Gabriel
in
Banda, Dr Hastings (Nyasaland)
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Beeching, Dr Richard
,
British Overseas Airways Corporation
1962
Party conferences (pg. 42-43). Cuba crisis (pg. 43-44). India and China (pg. 44-45). the Skybolt cancellation (pg. 45). Mr Macmillan at Rambouillet and Nassau (pg. 45-46). the Government's legislative programme (pg. 46-47). Woodside and South Dorset by-elections (pg. 47-48). the Vassall affair (pg. 48-49). imprisonment of Miss Barbara Fell (pg. 49). Central Africa turns against Federation (pg. 49-50). revolt in Brunei (pg. 50-51). Mr Maudling's reflation (pg. 51). the North-South problem (pg. 51-53). troubles in industry (pg. 53). first tasks for the National Incomes Commission (pg. 53). the weather saga (pg. 53-54).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. SUMMARY: CHAPTER IV. THE LAST QUARTER—THE PRIME MINISTER'S RETURN
1953
The Trades Union Congress (pg. 45-46). the party conferences (pg. 46-49). the crisis in British Guiana (pg. 49-50). Trieste (pg. 50-52). end of the ‘Overlords’ experiment (pg. 52). university seats not to be restored (pg. 52-53). more derationing (pg. 53). the Queen's Speech (pg. 53). new housing policy (pg. 53-54). Russia rejects invitation to Lugano (pg. 54). Trieste riots (pg. 54-55). the Regency Bill (pg. 55). the Queen's departure on her world tour (pg. 55). television debates (pg. 55-57). the proposed Atomic Energy Commission (pg. 57). Housing Repairs and Rents Bill (pg. 57-58). deposition of the Kabaka of Buganda (pg. 58-59). alleged irregularities in Kenya (pg. 59-60). the Bermuda Conference and the proposed Berlin Conference (pg. 60-61). the petrol distributors' strike (pg. 61-62). the engineers' demand (pg. 62). threatened railway strike averted (pg. 62-63). miscellaneous items (pg. 63-64). the Queen's Christmas broadcast from New Zealand (pg. 64-65).
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I HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: CHAPTER 1. THE FIRST QUARTER—MR MACMILLAN PRIME MINISTER
1957
Sir Anthony Eden's resignation (pg. 1-2). Mr Macmillan's Government (pg. 2-3). Labour reactions (pg. 3-4). Egyptian reservations on use of Suez Canal (pg. 4). parliamentary privilege (pg. 4-5). the four students in Hungary (pg. 5). defence talks in Washington (pg. 5-6). British troops in Germany (pg. 6). Homicide and Rent Bills (pg. 6-7). rating changes (pg. 7). social service economies (pg. 7-8). nuclear power stations (pg. 8). by-elections (pg. 8-9). British reactions to U.S. and U.N. Middle East policy (pg. 9-11). the Bermuda Conference (pg. 11-12). release of Archbishop Makarios and resignation of Lord Salisbury (pg. 12). Ghana independence (pg. 12-13). industrial disputes: the doctors (pg. 13-14). Briggs Motor Bodies factory (pg. 14). shipbuilders (pg. 14). engineers (pg. 14-15). railwaymen (pg. 15-16). royal visit to Portugal (pg. 16). miscellaneous: television (pg. 16-17). juvenile smoking (pg. 17). maintenance orders (pg. 17). cricket reform (pg. 17-18). petrol rationing (pg. 18). a mild winter (pg. 18). earth tremors (pg. 18).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: CHAPTER I. THE FIRST QUARTER
1955
A railway strike averted (pg. 2-3). Parliament reassembles: ‘equal pay’ for civil servants and teachers (pg. 3-4). road programme (pg. 4). air pollution plans (pg. 4). Commonwealth Conference (pg. 4-5). ‘Horror Comics’ Bill (pg. 5). defence debate (pg. 5-7). the Labour Party and Mr. Bevan (pg. 7-9). the hydrogen bomb and Sir Richard Acland's resignation (pg. 9-10). the Formosa problem (pg. 10-11). changes in the Soviet Government (pg. 11). Sir Anthony Eden at the Bangkok Conference (pg. 11-12). rumours of Sir Winston Churchill's retirement (pg. 12). the newspaper strike (pg. 12-13). educational problems (pg. 13-14). taxation statistics (pg. 14). Princess Margaret's tour of the West Indies (pg. 14-15). a prolonged winter (pg. 15).
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PART I. HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: CHAPTER IV. THE LAST QUARTER
Labour unrest: the dockers (pg. 47-49). the London busmen (pg. 49). a printing dispute (pg. 49-50). railway wage negotiations (pg. 50-51). B.E.A. engineers' dismissals (pg. 51). changes in the Cabinet (pg. 51-52). the Egyptian Agreement (pg. 52). the Paris Agreements (pg. 52-53). West Indians in England (pg. 53-54). Labour Party discipline (pg. 54-55). pensions debate (pg. 55). the West Derby by-election (pg. 55-56). Sir Winston Churchill's 80th birthday: ‘a bit of a scrape’ (pg. 56-57). the Queen's Speech and the debate on the Address (pg. 57-58). the Pensions Bill (pg. 58-59). the Constituency Boundary Commissions' reports (pg. 59-60). the Labour executive and Tribune (pg. 60-61). judicial decisions (pg. 61-62). the Prison Commissioners' report (pg. 62). the Comet inquiry (pg. 62-63). the new towns (pg. 63-64). the Alamein memorial (pg. 64-65). stormy weather (pg. 65).
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I HISTORY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM: CHAPTER 1. THE FIRST QUARTER
by
White, Gabriel
in
Adenauer, Dr Konrad (W Germany)
,
Associated Society of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen
,
Australia
1963
Introduction (pg. 1). Britain excluded from E.E.C. (pg. 1-4). Mr Gaitskell's death and Mr Wilson's election (pg. 4-6). Economic troubles (pg. 6-8). Conservative unease (pg. 8-9). Central African dissolution (pg. 9-11). Defence reorganization (pg. 11-12). Dr Beeching's report (pg. 12-14).
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