Word: montreal
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Nothing could have been more simple, more dignified and more sane than certain speeches that Mrs. Philip Snowden, wife of the onetime Chancellor of the Exchequer, made a fortnight ago in Montreal. She told crowded houses all about the Labor movement in Britain. She explained the uphill fight of the pre-Labor Government period, the inner frictions of the Labor Cabinet and what is now being done...
...first was a pleasing reference to the British Royal Family which, in Canada, and Montreal not least of all, is reviewed with more general and genuine affection than it is in Britain. Mrs. Snowden declared that the sympathetic attitude of British Royalty to the Labor Ministers and officials had established forever the "English Throne in the hearts of the English people...
...with teams until after the Mid-year examinations. Coach Bigelow has announced that there will be only one practice session next week, and this test will undoubtedly benefit the Crimson skaters. Princeton has scheduled a Canadian trip directly following the examination period, during which it will meet teams in Montreal and Quebec
...team carry out their plans to enter the Canadian squash championships, which begin on February 6. As the University's matches with Yale take place the next day, the Crimson squash players will have to spend two successive nights on the train. After playing their first round matches in Montreal, they will have to return here the next day to play with Yale, and then journey back to Montreal in time to play their second matches on February...
...much they caper or warm their fingers. Biggest of all was the great bell of Moscow, cast around 1734, now used as the dome of a chapel. Other big bells are those of Burma, weight, 260,000 Ib.; Peking, 130,000 Ib.; House of Parliament, London, 30,000 Ib.; Montreal Cathedral, 28,560 Ib.; Notre Dame, Paris, 28,672 Ib.; St. Peter's, Rome, 18,600 Ib.; St. Paul's, London...