Word: ottawas
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...their inception last March and continued all Summer (TIME, Sept. 17) arrangements were finally completed for a conference with Canadian authorities to secure their cooperation in preventing rum smuggling from Canada. Assistant Secretary of the Treasury McKenzie Moss, accompanied by six technical assistants, was ordered to proceed to Ottawa, inasmuch as the Canadian Government had signified its readiness to receive the mission...
...Premier Lloyd George continued his triumphal American tour amid indescribable enthusiasm. At Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto, Niagara Falls, Winnipeg, he made speeches praising the Canadians for the great part they played in the War. But the predominant theme in his speeches was that of the brewing war in Europe, and he more than once emphasized the necessity of fighting that menace...
...said, " that was a bad game for Briand, a very bad game." At Ottawa Mr. George called on Lord Renfrew (Prince of Wales, who left Canada on the C. P. R. liner Empress of France, having terminated his vacation) at Government House. Miss Megan Lloyd George was already there attending a dance given in Lord Renfrew's honor; presumably (although it was not reported) Miss Megan and the incognito Prince danced together...
July 16, the British Chargé d'Affaires replied for the Canadian Government that it was already giving the American authorities information on rum shipments and would be glad "to receive at Ottawa a representative of the United States Government, with a view to discussing the possible ways and means of furnishing additional assistance...
...Mackenzie King, American-trained Liberal Premier of Canada, moved in the House of Commons at Ottawa an appropriation for an annuity of $7,500 for Dr. Frederick G. Banting, of the University of Toronto, discoverer of insulin (new remedy for diabetes). This stipend, which will enable the scientist to devote his life to medical research, gives evidence that a great democratic people can learn to recognize its true benefactors...