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Hunt, Lawrence, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 20 Nov 1947, 117-124     The English-speaking nations as a family that help each other and stick together as a family should in the hour of need to keep from our door both the wolf and the bear. Not yet enjoying the fairer w

Low, Solon E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1947), 3 Apr 1947, 289-304     The alarming situation in which Britain and the Commonwealth find themselves today as a result of a number of forces, some of which have been hard at work over nearly twenty years. Some words from Wi

McClure, Dr. Robert Baird, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1947), 20 Mar 1947, 269-278     The position of Canada as a bridge between Europe and the Far East, particularly as a bridge in relation to China. Some concrete actions that the speaker believes we as Canadians could take, and shou

Erskine, John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1947), 1 May 1947, 349-359     First, a performance by Glen Gould. Congratulations to the Toronto Conservatory on its 60th birthday. Ties with the Juilliard School of Music in New York through Edward Johnson. Music education in th

Keyserlingk, R.W., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1947), 6 Mar 1947, 245-255     Canada today in the position of having to adjust her government machinery to the requirements of applied sovereign nationhood simultaneously with the necessity of assuming the unprecedented responsib

Gower-Rees, Colonel, The Ven. Archdeacon A.P., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1947), 10 Apr 1947, 305-315     Some of the varied comments regarding the British Empire. The question of the day: "Has the British Empire Completed its Task?" The speaker's substitution of the word "purpose" for "tasks." Use of th

Wolfit, Donald, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1947), 30 Jan 1947, 174-187     The speaker's memories of a tour in Canada when he played "The Barrets of Wimpole Street" and other plays under the direction of Sir Barry Jackson. Ties between Canada and Britain. The works of Willi

Spry, Major-General D.C., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1947), 23 Jan 1947, 167-173     A great need for those in Scouting continuously to speak about this great Movement due to the considerable lack of knowledge of the aims and intentions. The purpose and endeavours of Scouting. The ve

Forde, The Rt. Hon. Francis Michael, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1947), 13 Mar 1947, 256-268     Australia's growth and development as a partner in the British Commonwealth. Australia's present constitutional position and relations with the other parts of the Empire. The basic factor of the rela

Smith, Arthur Le Roy, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club Foundation, 1948), 11 Dec 1947, 157-170     The Geneva Trade Agreements. The accomplishment of 26 nations emerging from a meeting with an agreement. An agreement broadly based on there being no discriminations in trade between those 26 countri