Word: ottawas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...just 11:00 in the evening when a plump little man bustled into the railway station at Ottawa. "All aboard. Toronto train", called the conductor, and the little man scrambled up the steps. As the train rolled away, the sandman came upon the plump little fellow; for he had had a very busy...
...Conservatives, who carried 39 out of 43 of the seats in the Legislature. Liberals secured three seats and a Labor candidate, endorsed by the Conservatives, won the single place remaining. Thus, was a Liberal majority of 40 turned into a Conservative majority of the same number. At Ottawa, jubilant Conservatives prophesied the rout of the Liberal Dominion Government in the expected imminent elections...
...House of Commons at Ottawa, Minister of the Interior Charles Stewart introduced a bill (subsequently passed) to require aliens entering the hinterland of Canada to take out Federal licenses. Explaining the measure, the Minister added...
...Minister of Finance at Ottawa published a statement for the last fiscal year, which ended...
...walkout of coal miners at Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, last month, was the subject of an interpellation in the House of Commons at Ottawa. Miss Agnes MacPhail asked if the Government intended to sit calmly "while thousands are starving in Cape Breton." James A. Robb, Minister of Finance, stated laconically that no change of policy was contemplated. The strike grew out of an attempt to apply a 10% wage cut, but did not become active until the coal company contended that the workers had overdrawn their credit at the company's supply stores, cut off further credit. Twelve thousand...