Item 45 - Politics - Notes, research material, extracts from archival sources, &c

Topics: 1. Letter from E W Knox to E Forrest, MLC, Brisbane, 1881. -- 2. E Griffiths, Director, 1888, re. inadvisibility of GM occupying a seat on the Board of other companies. -- 3. E W Knox to CSR employees, 1898, advising voting against Convention Bill. -- 4. E W Knox to E Forrest, MLC, Brisbane,1898, re. Central Mills government interference. -- 5. E W Knox to Governor, 1900, re. proposed takeover of Fiji by NZ government. -- 6. Petition by CSR to Governor-General, 1902, re. discrimination against CSR, decision by Deakin. -- 7. R Gemmell-Smith, CSR Manager in Fiji, to E W Knox on reasons for public antagonism towards CSR Ltd and suggestions for combating it (includes Knox's reply), Oct/Nov 1902. -- 8. E. Simpson to R. Philp, Queensland Club, 1906, re. donation of £1,500 for Anti-Socialist Campaign. -- 9. E. Simpson to Sir Edward Smith, 1906, advising donation of £1,500 to suppress the 'socialist wave'. -- 10. E. Simpson to E.W.Knox, 1907, re. conversations with Federal Attorney-General about proposed companies' legislation. -- 11. Anti-CSR: letter E.Simpson, Board of 'The Sun' newspaper, to E.W. Knox, 1911, re. politics of newspapers; opinion re. prosecution of 'The Sun'. -- 12. E. Simpson to E.W.Knox, 1909, re. immigration policy. -- 13. British mismanagement in the Pacific, 1907 ( article).