Word: dominions
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...former member of the British Privy Council, a noted attorney. Born at Montreal, 1861 ; atended Montreal College and McGill University. He has been a lawyer since 1883: a Senator since 1898 ; and speaker of The Dominion Senate from 1905 to 1909. France and Belgium decorated him during...
...year or more's lease on life, has begun to see ominous caligraphs upon the wall, written by the normally Liberal Provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, which have recently returned Conservative local legislatures. The owners of the Toronto Globe, the most conspicuous Liberal paper of the Dominion, have also recently abandoned Mr. King. And Lord...
Byng, the Governor General, a fortnight ago (TIME, Sept. 14) acceded to a request from Premier King that he dissolve the Dominion Parliament, and set Oct. 29 as the date for a general election. Indications are that the Conservatives will be returned to power in a contest to be fought out on these issues...
Immigration. Liberals will promise to try and work out a system like that just established between Britain and Australia, whereby British emigrants to Canada are to be financially assisted by the Home and Dominion Governments. Conservatives will continue to call Mr. King "a jellyfish" for not having managed this already...
Mahatma Gandhi, referring to a Dominion Home Rule Bill taken to India by the famed theosophist, Dr. Annie Besant, asseverated...