Word: sirs
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...avowed policy of Sir Richard Squires is to bring to Newfoundland both Canadian and U. S. "dollars and cents," by fostering exploitation of the illimitable Labrador forests, whence comes most of the wood pulp for Canadian and U. S. news organs, magazines, books. Ostensibly Sir Richard is perfectly willing that the Labrador forests should be transferred to the Dominion of Canada-for a sufficiently stiff price. But the exceedingly harmonious relations existing between him and the International Paper Co. with headquarters in Manhattan suggest that Sir Richard thinks a stiffer price can be got from Wall Street. The blatant nonsense...
...Astronomer Royal, Sir Frank Watson Dyson, intimated that the most numerous classes of visitors to historic Greenwich Observatory and its famed Time Meridian are now the Germans and the Japanese, both provided with copious, well thumbed guide books. Recently a Spaniard hastened in, ignored the Meridian, asked to be allowed to view nearby London through one of the small observation telescopes provided for that purpose. After peering earnestly at this dome and that spire for more than an hour, the Spaniard said: "I am on my way from Spain to Iceland, and my ship stops in London harbor for only...
...sufficient cause for Royal qualms was the Newfoundland Parliamentary Election of last week. Swept out of power was Conservative Prime Minister Frederick Alderdice; and swept in was Liberal Sir Richard Anderson Squires. The "Liberality" of Sir Richard is such that his principal henchman, Sir William Ford Coaker, has said...
Fortunately for the peace of mind of George V, these evolutionary if not revolutionary sentiments do not yet represent the overt policy of Sir Richard Squires, victor in last week's contest. This quiet, sharp-featured businessman affects collars with rounded ("Hoover") points, spectacles, and a reassuring air of being no revolutionary...
...electorate, disgruntled, has clearly been swept to the support of Sir Richard Squires by his clever "dollars and cents" campaign. It is difficult to imagine how George V can now avoid calling him to the Prime Ministry. True he was charged by the Crown Prosecutor in 1923 with malfeasance and accepting funds from private corporations; but a Newfoundland grand jury found "no bill," and the nasty charges blew over. Triumphantly last week Sir Richard counted up 28 seats for his party, against the Government's 12 in a Parliament of 40. Gallant, the man with the Hoover-tipped collar...