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Eight deceptive weeks of peace & quiet in Newfoundland fooled Governor and Commander-in-Chief Sir John Middleton into thinking he could safely leave the Dominion last week and sail home for London's smart spring "season." Sir John's valet had packed his things. His secretary had booked him the best cabin on a boat sailing shortly from St. John's.* Over the teacups at Buckingham Palace candid Sir John would answer King George's queries about the rioting of Newfoundland's jobless (TIME, Feb. 22). If His Majesty, who goes deeply into such things, should ask whether a picture...
Personally prosperous Richard Bedford Bennett, Premier of Canada, officially turned down last week the Dominion's chance of a lifetime to buy Labrador (110,000 square miles) for the bargain price of $110,000,000. Premier Sir Richard Anderson Squires of Newfoundland, who offered this bargain to Canada, desperately needs the money to save himself from another thorough pummelling and beating by Newfoundland's unemployed who demand a larger "dole." If the U. S. cares to bid for Labrador, now is the time...
...blow to the jaw silenced bleeding Sir Richard as he was about to address his assailants. He listened quietly while they demanded an increase in Newfoundland's dole, "or we'll pick you up, Sir Richard, and throw you out of that third-story window! And we want more food for the needy...
Completely cowed, His Majesty's Prime Minister of Newfoundland telephoned to the Dole Bureau and other Government agencies as his orders, the orders dictated to him by the 2,000. He granted all their demands...
Drawing and munching their increased dole, Newfoundlanders scoffed at rumors of "a British man-o'-war" supposed to have been asked for by Sir Richard. If British sailors mutinied when their own pay was cut last year (TiME, Sept. 28) would they fire on Newfoundland's unemployed...