The Discriminators

1906 [Davies, J. Hugh, probable author]. The Discriminators. By Ancient Briton [pseud.]. Melbourne, VIC, Australia: R.A. Thompson & Co. A has copies with a slip tipped in from J. Hugh Davies, Mooroopa, Victoria, Australia, presenting them to the library. A, M, MH

Reform tract in the form of a novel, much of which concerns wreck of a Welsh ship on the Australian coast and a young woman held captive by Aborigines. This takes up the first half of the novel; the second half is largely speeches. Imperial cooperation. Industrial homes for the unemployed. Preferential trade, which refers to protecting workers and industries from cheap foreign labor and limiting imports. Penal reform. Dedicated to Right Hon. Richard J. Seddon, P.C. LL.D., Prime Minister of New Zealand.