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Ferguson, George V., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 23 Nov 1950, 96-108     The speaker's credentials with regard to discussing India. The still welcome British in India; how the British are perceived in India by Indians. The new India and how it has wiped out all the old so

Valk, Frederick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956), 20 Oct 1955, 50-57     A brief discussion of the Art of Acting. Some words on the theatre. Some history, background and origins. The Greek theatre. The general plight of artists. Subsidized theatre. Canadian theatre and th

Ritchie, General Sir Neil, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1953), 6 Nov 1952, 74-82     Singapore. A brief background of the South East Asian situation as it exists today. Then, Malaya and the situation there. A description of South East Asia. The enormous Chinese populations of South E

Eaton, Cyrus S., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 30 Nov 1950, 109-120     The ideal combination of Canada's geography, climate and resources (human and natural) affording us an unprecedented era of nationwide prosperity. The crucial question: "will Canada's leaders of gove

Rogge, Herbert H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 18 Feb 1954, 202-219     Being future minded in Canada. The speaker's company celebrating its fiftieth anniversary by sponsoring the Conference on Canada's Tomorrow held in Quebec City last November. Some of Canada's importa

MacFarlane, J.A., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1955), 13 Jan 1955, 139-150     No lack of public interest in medical affairs. A brief history of medicine, and interest in it going back to the earliest writing of Egypt, Arabia, Greece and Rome. The development of medical science

Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield and Lady Tweedsmuir, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 18 Jan 1951, 179-191     Lord Tweedsmuir Russia's intentions. The British Commonwealth. The recent conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers. Focus on the Far East. The most significant event in the last six years of Commun

Colbert, Lester L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1957), 10 Jan 1957, 154-164     Some thoughts on how best a working citizen can make a contribution to bringing about the kind of peaceful world we all want. A related thought on how Canada and the United States are functioning as

Thomas, Sir Miles, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 8 Oct 1953, 9-20     The Impact of the Jet in World Aviation as an appropriate topic in the year of celebration of the 50th anniversary of the Wright Brothers' achievement. Taking stock of events in recent times and also

Students from Danforth Technical School, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956), 8 Mar 1956, 274-281     These addresses were followed by a musical programme offered by the Toronto Men Teachers' Choir. Algimantas V.J. Priscepionka: A summary of the events which led to the existing conditions in the Midd

Bassett, John White Hughes, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1959), 5 Jun 1958, 1-12     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. Some of the things that the speaker talked about with journalists and politicians in Italy and England, and sharing his

Stewart, James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 14 Jan 1954, 146-156     A backward look at the Canadian business scene where much has changed since the outbreak of war in 1939. The speaker's view that under the insidious influence of inflation and international uncertain

Clutterbuck, Hon. Sir Alexander, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 8 Feb 1951, 219-228     Looking ahead in the Commonwealth. Living in difficult times today. A review of 1950. A marked economic revival in Britain. Canada's economic expansion. A great new economic surge forward in Western

Burton, Charles L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1953), 29 Jan 1953, 179-186     A joint meeting of The Empire Club of Canada and The Canadian Club of Toronto. The common enemy of Communism. Offering counsel and the experience of years to the younger men who must face an almost i

Hurley, Colonel James Joseph, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1956), 27 Oct 1955, 58-70     Ways in which the speaker represents Canada: diplomatically, commercially, and in the Colombo Plan. The City of Colombo and the Island of Ceylon: an orientation and description. The two races on the

Mackay, The Hon. J. Keiller, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 21 Dec 1950, 144-152     Some remarks on words, the history of language, and Shakespeare's words. Shakespeare's many references to Holy Writ. Three ways by which one may estimate the scope and extent of Shakespeare's knowled

Medina, His Honour Judge Harold R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 13 Mar 1958, 241-262     The story of the Communist Trial and the aftermath. The speaker's involvement from the Fall of 1948 when he was a new Judge, and was assigned to try the case of the Communists. Personal reminiscences

Parker, Cola G., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1954), 18 Mar 1954, 251-265     The Emerson definition of a friend: "A friend is one with whom I may be sincere." The speaker's responsibility in enterprises which have invested a great many millions of dollars in Canada. The basic

Philip, Percy James, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1951), 5 Oct 1950, 10-20     Some background to and remarks on the United Nations and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Reference to the speaker's previous speech "Cross Roads" given in 1949. Events over the last 18 months

Grauer, Albert Edward, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1958), 10 Oct 1957, 16-29     Canada's traditional six, diverse regions. Looking at Canada from the viewpoint of its various regions to complement and illuminate studies of Canada as a national entity. The speaker's description o