Word: dominione
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...those who see in the appointment of an Irish envoy to Washington the first move toward the establishment of an Irish republic, that the Government was convinced that peace and friendship could be maintained in Ireland only by the existence of the Free State as a self-governing dominion within the British Commonwealth and in no other...
...held that it was fundamentally wrong to tax food and stated that his budget (TiME, May 12) had been introduced with a view to the abolition of all food taxation. If the preference resolutions were passed, said he, "taxation on food would have to be increased, because the Dominions could not supply the demand in the British Isles." He informed the House, however, that he was negotiating with the Dominion Governments' proposals for a permanent economic council "to increase the consumption of Dominion foodstuffs in Britain...
...entourage entered the exhibition grounds in four State carriages, escorted by the Royal Horse Guards?a picture of scarlet, gold and steel?the Royal Standard was hoisted to flutter in the wind alongside the Union Jack. Seemingly in the shadow of these two emblems floated the flags of every dominion, colony and dependency of the Commonwealth. This medley ot flags was symbolic of an empire of 13,356,751 square miles and 449,370,000 people of all races, colors and creeds united under the rule of one Sovereign, His Most Excellent Majesty, George the Fifth, by the Grace...
...Edward Grigg, onetime private secretary of Lloyd George, whose rapid anti-Turk policy led to the ruin of British imperial ambitions in the Levant, denounced the Treaty. Sir Edward made the usual plea for Christian minorities. His argument that the Treaty was repugnant to the British Dominions was sunk without a trace when Ramsay MacDonald informed the House that all the Dominion Governments had consented to ratification...
...That in the case of wheat the difference in costs of production between the United States and the Dominion of Canada is 42? per bushel of 60 pounds. "3) That in the case of flour, the difference in costs of production between the United States and the Dominion of Canada is $1.04 per 100 pounds...