Summary
One of three handwritten and typewritten statements made by Hugh Victor McKay outlining reasons why employers should vote 'NO' to conscription. The statements appear to be tongue-in-cheek as McKay was pro-conscription and a member of Sunshine's Pro-Reinforcements Committee which campaigned for the introduction of conscription.
This document is part of a collection of photographs, negatives, moving film, artefacts, documents and trade literature belonging to the H. V. McKay Sunshine Collection. The Australian operations of this company were originally founded by Hugh V. McKay in the 1890s. The McKay collection is regarded as one of the most significant industrial heritage collections in Australia.
Physical Description
Handwritten note in black ink pen on the reverse side of a yellow sheet of paper. This note is written on the reverse side of a printed leaflet for ordering a copy of a year book.
More Information
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Collection Names
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Collecting Areas
Public Life & Institutions, Working Life & Trades, Sustainable Futures
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Acquisition Information
Donation from Mrs. Cecil Newton McKay (nee Shaw), University of Melbourne Archives (The), circa 1970
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Author
H.V. McKay, Sunshine Harvester Works, Sunshine, Victoria, Australia, 1915
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Organisation Named
H.V. McKay Pty Ltd, Sunshine Harvester Works, Sunshine, Victoria, Australia, 1915
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Inscriptions
Printed leaflet: ' 1915 EDITION. / NINTH PUBLICATION (enlarged and Corrected to latest date.) / ( Including Alphabetical List of Managers or Secretaries of Mining Companies). / "The Australasian Joint Stock Companies' Year-Book" / Edited by R. L. NASH, Financial Editor "Daily Telegraph," Sydney. ' The first of three handwritten notes: 'Fellow Employers ! Vote No. Because commercial considerations should come first. If the British and the Allies go down, German goods either wholly or partly manufactured will be rushed into Australia at the minimum cost. Manufacturers can then become Importers, and make big profits and quick returns. At best, all manufacturing enterprises are costly and hazardous as the industrial conditions are against the employer. The introduction of German and Austrian manufactures on a big scale will do away with any necessity to employ Australian operatives, therefore I vote NO in the hope that Germany will win. FELLOW EMPLOYERS drop this manufacturing farce, Vote NO and let things take their natural course. Give up employing operatives when a few clerks and an office will make surer and larger profits. VOTE NO.'
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Classification
Manufacturing & industry, Agricultural & horticultural equipment, Publications
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Overall Dimensions
210 mm (Width), 266 mm (Height)
Above dimensions are for the typewritten pages. Handwritten notes are on sheets sized 140 wide by 220 mm high.
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