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An analysis of financial and operating statistics of the Great Southern Railways Co. and Great Northern Railway Co., 1938-44
Shields, B. F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1947)In May, 1938, I read a paper before this Society on the published accounts and operating statistics of the G. S. Rlys. Co. from its formation in 1925 to 1937. The present paper is much wider in scope : it is an attempt to ... -
An Analysis of Irish Transport Acts, 1944 and 1950, and of the financial and operating statistics of Coras Iompair Eireann and the Great Northern Railway Co., 1945-51
Shields, B. F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1954)In January, 1946, I read a paper before this Society, on the financial and operating statistics of the G.S. Rys. Co. and G.N.R. Co., 1938-44, which was preceded in May, 1938, by a similar survey of the G.S. Rys. Co. 1925-37, ... -
An analysis of the Irish Census of Distribution, 1951
Shields, B. F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1958)To me the official Census of Distribution has a special personal interest. On the invitation of the Committee of Section F of the British Association which held its meeting in September 1937, in Nottingham, I delivered a ... -
An analysis of the legislation, published accounts and operating statistics of the Great Southern Railways Co., 1924-1937
Shields, B. F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1938)The unsatisfactory financial position of the railways lying wholly within the Saorstat forced the Government to take measures for their radical reorganisation and more effective business control. This paper will review ... -
The minimum wage
Shields, B. F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1934)There are many types of minima, which are the outcome of personal negotiations or collective bargaining between employers and employees, and in which training, general skill, special aptitude, intellectual ability, ... -
Some considerations regarding the cost of social security in Ireland
Shields, B. F. (Statistical and Social Inquiry Society of Ireland, 1943)Perhaps the most convenient approach to this subject is to assume for the moment that our social problems are of so similar a nature to those of Great Britain that their solution lies in the adoption of a social security ...