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 Baillie, The Very Rev. Dr. A.V., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 7 Mar 1927, 51-56     A real love for and affection for the Old Country in Canada. The special advantage to Canadians of that connection. The real value of the connection that it preserves the tradition of English life as a living tradition in Canada's national life. Some comments about France and the United States …

 Goforth, Professor W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 3 Mar 1927, 40-50     An increase in Canadian interest in Chinese affairs since May, 1925. Factors that have caused this change. Trade figures with China. The Pacific becoming the centre of human thought and actin and intercourse. Our trade with China not the type we need to fear or beware of, with examples. The …

 Wilson, Captain J.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 24 Mar 1927, 86-87     The synopsis of this address includes the following details. The speaker covered post-war activities in aviation in various countries. Britain establishing services to the Continent, to India, Central Africa, gradually linking up London with Cape Town, India, Singapore and Australia. Routes laid by France to North and West Africa. Germany …

 Baldwin, The Right Honourable Stanley, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 6 Aug 1927, 120-130     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Words of praise for Joe Wright, a Canadian sculler and sportsman. The subject of education to be addressed here because Ontario as always taken the lead in education. Interest in England to see how she …

 Wrong, Professor George M., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 24 Feb 1927, 39-39     A few explanatory remarks followed by a film representation of the siege and capture of Quebec by the British under General Wolfe.

 Cockshutt, Colonel The Honourable Henry, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 14 Apr 1927, 105-111     Some impressions of a visit made, with members of the speaker's family, early in the year, to South America. The natural resources of the Argentine Republic and Brazil. These resources as objects of forthcoming enterprises. Canadians on the spot. The beauty of Buenos Aires. A description of the population, community, …

 Gardiner, The Honourable J.G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 27 Oct 1927, 161-177     The problem as to how we can best, within the British Empire, build up on the northern half of this North American continent a nation. Some idea of what the view of Western Canada is, or is coming to be, upon that great problem and in connection with its development. …

 Livingstone, R.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 20 Oct 1927, 152-160     the English Public School and its influence on the character of the nation. Two main types of school apart form the elementary school in England. Some details of each with regard to teaching and fees. Thomas Arnold of Rugby who, in the forties, can by said to have practically made …

 Riddell, The Honourable William Renwick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 17 Mar 1927, 57-85     An account of the Privy Council, especially in relation to appeals from "the British Dominions beyond the Seas," with reference to some Canadian cases of interest or importance. An historical account of the Privy Council, and the theory and basis of its appellate jurisdiction, in detail. First, remembering that in …

 Roberts, Rev. Richard, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 27 Apr 1927, 112-119     The inner significance of the British Empire as a political fact. The speaker's summary of certain of the elements of the tradition which we have inherited and which constitute the spiritual and moral grounds upon which the British Commonwealth of Nations has come to rest. Putting away from us the …

 Cosgrave, The Very Rev. F.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 3 Nov 1927, 178-191     Some words on the pronunciation of Mr. Pepys' name. Mr. Pepys and his time. Why he and his time are worthy of the audience's attention. Events that took place during Pepys' lifetime (1633-1703), and events in Pepys' own life. Ways in which Pepys was at the centre of the political …

 MacBrien, General J.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 24 Nov 1927, 220-232     The aims and objectives of a new patriotic organization called The Canadian Air League. The motto of the League: "Canada and the Empire United by Air." Some worlds about flight and the history of flight. The two schools of aeronautic thought: heavier-than-air craft and lighter-than-air craft. Some key moments in …

 Finlayson, Hon. William, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 8 Dec 1927, 245-255     Support in Southern Ontario for legislation properly designed to develop the North country. Reference and acknowledgement of those in the audience who have done work in Northern Ontario. The speaker's statement that the North, which is the source of present wealth and the hope for the future of Ontario, is …

 Godfrey, Hollis; Morrow, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 17 Nov 1927, 205-219     The work of the speaker's Foundation, to examine these problems: How does wealth, goods and service of value for human use, grow? How do these tools of our modern civilization, railways, motors, roads, structures, all these tools with which we live and have our being, grow? What work is required …

 Heart of Bury, The Right Honourable Lord, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 25 Aug 1927, 131-141     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. An amusing diatribe on newspapers, newspapermen, the machinery itself, and the stuff that is printed, with many references and quotations of witty remarks, delivered in a "Pickwickian sense."

 Smith, The Right Rev. John Taylor, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 10 Nov 1927, 192-204     The speaker's visits to Canada. Incidents and personal anecdotes from the Great War, many of a religious nature.

 Story, W. Oswald, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1928), 7 Apr 1927, 95-104     Defining what is meant by sea power. How sea power of a country may be measured. How the British Empire was built up by her traders who carried her commerce to distant lands and established themselves in security under the armed protection of the British Navy, or in early days …

      Wilfrid Laurier University is located in Waterloo, Ontario. It began in 1911 as the Evangelical Lutheran Seminary of Canada. In 1924 Waterloo College was established, providing courses in post-secondary education. In 1960 Waterloo College became Waterloo Lutheran University, and in 1973 changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University.

      This letter was discovered under the floorboards during the renovation of a house in Durham, Ontario that had previously been the home of Samuel Edge. According to the donor who found the item, "Samuel Edge was an adamant supporter [of Agnes Macphail]. He was a very wealthy farmer in his …

      A promissory note, referred to as a note payable in accounting, or commonly as just a "note", is a contract where one party (the maker or issuer) makes an unconditional promise in writing to pay a sum of money to the other (the payee), either at a fixed or determinable …