Résultats

 Wakefield, Sir Charles; Howarth, Sir Arthur; Stewart, Dr.; Spender, Harold, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 6 Oct 1922, 237-243     A complimentary dinner for a British Delegation who had visited the United States and presented statues of Pitt, Burke and Bryce to the American people. The Empire Club of Canada, on their arrival in Toronto, tendered a complimentary dinner in the King Edward Hotel. Some of the delegates spoke briefly. …

 Babson, Roger Ward, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 1 Nov 1922, 267-284     An optimistic outlook for business in 1923, and for the next few months. Six factors that stand out very strongly in any analysis; five of them hopeful, one of them not. First, fundamental conditions, i.e. the economic, social and spiritual forces which underlie all progress. The distinct improvement of fundamental …

 Thornton, Sir Henry, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 11 Dec 1922, 334-339     The task to try and make our Canadian National Railways System not only pay, but also to meet the transportation requirements of the community and to become the pride of the people of Canada. Gaining the confidence of the people of Canada, particularly the shipping and travelling public, and gaining …

 Sastri, Right Hon. Srinivasa, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 7 Sep 1922, 181-194     The speaker here as a representative of the Government of India, which has claims on the Government of Canada for a certain amount of sympathy, of good-will, and co-operation within the limits of governments. The Government of India ruling over a population of varied cultures and very mixed civilizations, 300 …

 Cody, Rev. Canon H.J., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 16 Feb 1922, 50-67     Membership in a large institution as the best corrective for narrowness of outlook, for provincialism. The world outlook of the educated Britisher in the motherland. Remembering that we are at once Canadians and Britons—better Britons because Canadians, better Canadians because Britons. Nothing incompatible between representative government or democratic institutions, and …

 Mitchell, Brig. Gen. C.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 12 Jan 1922, 379-397     At the Annual Meeting. Taking a sort of aeroplane photograph as we pass by, to present several features in each part of the Empire. A quick run over to the old country. The problems of Great Britain very much the problems of the Empire. Problems worked out in Britain recently …

 Chamberlain, Neville, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 12 Oct 1922, 244-253     Finding a cordial welcome and a generous loyalty to the ideals of Empire in Canada. The success of the British Empire. Something in the British tradition or the British temperament of a special gift for administration. Comments on imperialism. The meaning of Empire: toleration, not tyranny. Examples of toleration in …

 Taylor, Professor Graham, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 20 Nov 1922, 309-323     Social progress both in the civic and industrial spheres, which depends upon the public service of the people who are in the ordinary occupation of life. "The common good of everybody concerned has been promoted by business men using the advantage of their strategic position through influence, through command of …

 Brickner, Rabbi Barnett R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 16 Mar 1922, 83-101     The question of immigration from the point of view of an immigrant. The need for immigration to be fraught with vision, as it is the national, the most important, the burning question before Canada. Canada's reciprocal need for the immigrant, and the immigrant's need for Canada. Reasons why Canada needs …

 Moore, Tom, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 23 Mar 1922, 102-117     The connection of the International Labour Conference with other labour organizations, and with all the other conferences that seem to be held weekly or monthly, in different parts of the world. A general outline, describing somewhat broadly the mentality and the atmosphere which surrounds a conference of this kind, and …

 MacKendrick, Lt.-Col. W.F., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 26 Oct 1922, 254-266     The speaker's study of the Bible. An amusing analogy of the Bible being a story of the British Empire.

 Bentham, Effie, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 9 Nov 1922, 285-293     In talking about Empire building, first thinking about the causes of Empire destruction. The character of settlers for Canada. The percentage (80) of the 27,000 settlers who have come from the Barnardo Home who own their farms. Some background of Dr. Barnardo, pioneer of children's homes. Why Dr. Barnardo instituted …

 O'Keeffe, Maj.-Gen. Sir Menus, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 29 Nov 1922, 324-328     An illustration of the beneficent effects of British rule. Changes evident from 1882 when the speaker went to Egypt when the country was in open rebellion, and his visit just before the war when he went out to inspect Egypt. The warmth and friendly feeling towards the Empire shown to …

 Parsons, S.R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 26 Jan 1922, 1-20     Conditions in Great Britain as seen by the speaker, especially with regard to unemployment. The issue of unemployment insurance, for Great Britain and in Canada. The need for Great Britain to maintain and increase her export trade if she is going to maintain her supremacy as one of the great …

 Barclay, Lyman W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 2 Feb 1922, 21-29     Some personal reminiscences by the speaker about his childhood, the strictness of his father, the lack of companionship for boys. The necessity for boy companionship, of passing on idealism into the life of a boy which will lead him on. A consideration of the cause of Canadian boyhood. A discussion …

 Greenfield, Hon. Herbert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 4 May 1922, 164-171     An examination of the past few years of Canadian history. Unrest in Canada. Effects in the political sphere. Affected matters in the political sphere in Western Canada, particularly in the Province of Alberta. The shattering of old party affiliations. Why the old party system lost its appeal. Getting away from …

 King, Principal R.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 20 Dec 1922, 340-355     The complicated situation in India today. One or two outstanding features which the speaker will address, in order that the audience can have some kind of a background from which to size up what information does come to them. A look back as far as 1885, in order to speak …

 Wadia, Bahman Pestonji, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 9 Mar 1922, 68-82     Greetings from the ancient civilization and land of India. The present condition in India giving serious cause for thought to all who have the interests of that country at heart. Two great epochs which have marked, in recent times, the political development of the country: one which opened with the …

 Taschereau, Hon. L.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1923), 27 Apr 1922, 149-163     The French-Canadian farmer, "the habitant," as one of Canada's greatest assets, both from a moral and national standpoint. Characteristics of the habitant. A description of Quebec and the habitant, quoted from the writing of a Torontonian. 60,000 French-Canadians, mostly habitants, who stayed here after Canada was ceded to England in …

      Obituary for James R. Jennings.