Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...naval forces in the Far East, arriving to pay Hongkong the first visit of his current assignment. After a week in British Hongkong, he meant to proceed 100 miles up the Canton River to Canton to investigate the South China "situation." At the proper moment, Hongkong's Governor, Sir Cecil Clementi, entertained Admiral Bristol & aides with a state dinner. Admiral Bristol repaid with a Pittsburgh repast...
...Awarded annually from a fund left by the late Sir Henry Bessemer (1813-98), inventor of the Bessemer blast furnace for converting pig iron into steel...
...even the King may enter the City of London without permission of The Lord Mayor was ceremoniously upheld. The royal carriage stopped for a moment just outside the site of the ancient City Wall?indicated last week by a red silken cord. Pompously My Lord Mayor of London, Sir Charles Albert Batho, approached, clad in his robes of ermine and crimson velvet, heavy with his golden chains of office. Respectfully yet proudly he tendered to His Majesty the Sword & Keys of the City. Graciously George V touched both, symbolizing that he accepted the permission to enter accorded by the Lord...
Prime Minister George Howard Ferguson of Ontario, under whom that province went "wet" last year (TIME, July 4) announced, last week, a new honor for Sir Joseph Wesley Flavelle, famed Canadian banker-industrialist and chairman of the Imperial Canadian Munitions Board throughout...
...Sir Joseph has now been appointed, said Prime Minister Ferguson, to administer a fund of $2,000,000 recently created to further industrial research in Canada by the Dominion Government and the Canadian Manufacturers' Association, each of which contributed...