Word: parliaments
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Parliament convenes at Ottawa on Jan. 17. and Premier Bennett last week was obviously making a supreme effort to undercut radical criticism of his steady stewardship by out-pinking the pinks before they get a chance to shout at his Government Bench. Canadian wiseacres, though admitting that Conservative Bennett had turned his coat with fair dexterity and vast vigor, opined that "Depression cooked Bennett's goose and he can't uncook it now." On the other hand Canada has been on the upgrade for at least a year. Exports are up 25%, from 1933, and by next August...
...Justice settled himself on King's Bench and addressed the Attorney General, Sir Thomas Inskip: "I see from the list what the nature of this case is and would like to point out that I am still, through no fault of my own, connected with the Houses of Parliament. Am I free to adjudicate in this case...
...days later Japan's precise-mannered young Emperor Hirohito. who does not like such openly greedy talk, drove in panoplied procession from his palace to the dingy, stuccoed Parliament Building. There The Son of Heaven read the proclamation opening the 67th session of the Diet, which promptly recessed. When it finally gets to business at month's end, it will presumably swallow its medicine: Japan's all-time high in defense budgets, a monster achievement of the military clique which Sadao Araki heads...
Back in Amsterdam, Netherlanders took Uiver's crash as a national catastrophe. Pre-Christmas gaiety turned to mourning for what had been the nation's pride. Flags were half-staffed, radio stations silenced and in Parliament tributes were paid to Uiver's dead...
...vast desolation of the Yilgarn Goldfields, the Hampton Tableland and the red-soiled Nullarbor Plain to Adelaide (1.600 miles). There the Sussex picked him up. carried him 500 more miles to Melbourne. Six bay horses with postilion riders bore H. R. H. in the Victorian State carriage to Parliament House where he read a message from his father: "A country so richly endowed by Nature and with such great traditions can look to the future with confidence. The Queen joins in my prayer that Vic- toria will continue to advance in strength and enjoy the blessings of everlasting peace, ever...