Word: welshmen
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This joke the House of Commons received at first in dead silence. Suddenly, after a lapse of perhaps 45 seconds, the Englishmen, Scotsmen and Welshmen present saw the joke and roared. Chancellor Chamberlain, his stern features relaxing in a smile of pleasure, got down to business...
...hurl such a proclamation at high-spirited New South Welshmen was risky. "But surely every step must be taken!" cried Premier Lyons' wealthy Cabinet colleague Stanley Melbourne Bruce. "Surely everything possible must be done to check this man [Premier Lang] who is a menace to Australia in his mad career...
Promptly the students overpowered Carnarvon Castle's guards, pulled down the Jack, hoisted the Dragon and nailed it to the mast. Hours passed. Attracted by the novel sight, Welshmen and Welshwomen gathered, cheered...
...choral master of the Chicago Civic and Ravinia opera companies, selected 300 voices. For Aïda was provided a special Negro chorus led by a colored preacher. For Smetana's The Bartered Bride-"Czech national opera"-was provided the Cleveland United Czech Singing Society. A group of Welshmen were to sing specially in Die Meistersinger...
...threatening to create enough new Liberal Peers to override Conservative opposition, he (Mr. Lang) would appoint enough new Councilors not only to guarantee passage of his laws but, worse, to pass a special law abolishing the council itself without a popular referendum. Final threat to horrify Conservative New South Welshmen, Premier Lang announced that the new Councilors would be 60 of his "women friends." Political opponents, defenders of the Legislative Council, rushed to the courts with demands for a permanent injunction...