Word: northern
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Lords and Commons assembled at Westminster to pass legislation that is to authorize the Government to appoint a delegate for Northern Ireland on the Irish Boundary Commission (TIME...
Second Reading. The second reading (the first was before Parliament adjourned) of the Irish Boundary Commission Amending Bill was moved by Premier MacDonald. He said in his speech that "everything would be done" to bring about a compromise between the Free State and Northern Ireland before the bill became law. Meanwhile, he contended, the measure must be passed because Britain's honor was at stake. Then, paying a pretty compliment to the Conservatives, he asseverated...
Whatever the decision of the Boundary Commission may be, it will fail to please Northern Ireland, unless the Commission confirms the boundary as it is at present delimited. In the latter case, the Free State will probably revolt against the Government. However, the finding of the Commission is much more likely to be one that will please neither side. In this event, Northern Ireland will appeal to the Privy Council on the ground that the decision of the Commission was ultra vires. The issue will then be up to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, whose decision will...
...Moslem world which, taking the holy city of Mecca as its central point, stretches to the west as far as Morocco; to the north, beyond the forlorn steppes of Russia; to the east, as far as the gates of Tibet and the East Indian Archipelago; to the south, into northern India...
...Union Station in Chicago, it is announced, may be ready for use by the Christmas holidays. It is the western terminal of the Pennsylvania R. R., the eastern terminal of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and the northern terminal of the Chicago & Alton...