Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Minister Massey: "Allow me, Mr. President, on behalf of His Majesty's Canadian Government and the people of Canada, to convey to you, sir, assurances of their high and sincere regard...
...consider myself highly fortunate, sir, to have the privilege of being the first envoy from my country to be accredited to the Government of your great republic. I have the great honor of placing in your hands the letters of credence by which his Britannic Majesty accredits me as his Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to represent the Dominion of Canada in the United States...
...Sir Samuel Hoare, British Air Minister, and Lady Maud returned to London, last week, from a 12,000-mile round trip flight inaugurating the London-Cairo-Delhi air service (TIME, Jan. 10). The King-Emperor was graciously pleased to create Lady Maud a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire. She is the first woman ever to fly so many miles. There had been snow, rain, fog, sandstorms, but not a spare part was needed for the ship...
...Greeted Postmaster General Sir William Mitchell-Thomson, when he appeared in the House last week, with Laborite shouts of "Shoot him! Put him against a wall...
This was the exuberant reply of British Labor to a Tory speech made the day before by Sir William at Croydon, in which he shouted: "Certain Socialist (Laborite) leaders are going to end up with their backs against a wall and a firing squad before them if they try to hamper British troops in any Chinese...