Word: seven
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Passed a seven-year-old bill providing compulsory compensation of injured employees by employers in the District of Columbia; sent it to the House. C. Passed the House bill of appropriations to run the House and Senate, adding on $500,000 to improve the Senate chamber's light and ventilation...
...which alert Prime Minister Bruce received blame & praise, last week, was to sell for a total of ?1,900,000 seven great ships which cost some ?7,500,000 when they were bought some five years ago by the Commonwealth. The Prime Minister's defense was that the ships have been operated by the Commonwealth at a consistent loss of some ?600,000 per year. In his opinion that loss should be stopped. But the Laborites want Australian jobs on Australian ships for Australians. Therefore in Sydney, last week, labor union leaders threatened ominously to "blacklist and boycott...
...expected "trouble" from the Australian unions. Lord Kylsant expects, it was learned, to augment the Australian Commonwealth Line with a few of the smaller, older White Star ships in case the Australian labor leaders are very, very good. Should "trouble" actually arise, His Lordship has but to transfer his seven bought-at-a-bargain ships to service with one of the chief companies which he directs, namely the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., the White Star Line, the Union Castle Line, the Oceania Steam Navigation Co. and Harland & Wolff...
...University lacrosse combination suffered defeat at the hands of the Pennsylvania twelve. Saturday afternoon on Soldiers Field, by a 5 to 3 score. Despite the fact that the Harvard team has won only one game this year out of seven played, the Crimson forces showed the best form of the season...
Merrill, who is now a student in the School of Landscape Architecture, was connected with the Arboretum for seven years and is thoroughly familiar with its plants. He is conducting this expedition free of charge for those students who are interested in seeing this department of the University...