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Curtis, Lionel, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 23 Sep 1929, 220-233     The background of the Pacific Conference, and how it came about that the speaker and other members of the Conference are on their way there. The Conference origins in 1925 in Honolulu and following h

Day, Professor John Percival, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 9 Jan 1930, 361-370     The agreements at Geneva in 1928 to set up a Committee of Experts for the purpose of drawing up proposals for a complete and final settlement of the reparation problem. The proposals known as the You

Waugh, Professor W.T., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 28 Nov 1929, 324-335     No appreciable change for the better in the relations between the component parts of the British Commonwealth in the three years since the speaker last addressed The Empire Club. Some of the dangers,

Gibbon, J. Murray, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 31 Oct 1929, 278-288     The speaker was assisted by Miss Mary Frances James, Soprano; Mr. Herbert Hewitson, Tenor; and Mr. Harold Eustace Key, Pianist. Mr. Hewitson begins with a solo. A discussion of folksong. Folk music i

Burton, C.L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 4 Apr 1929, 149-159     The speaker begins by stating: "Our Mayor and Board of Control, our City Council, The Toronto Board of Trade, our Harbour Commissioners and various public bodies and corporations and citizens have de

McNaughton, Major-General A.G.L., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 2 May 1929, 189-199     The part that the Canadian Militia and the Canadian Air Force are playing and will play in the future, in the development of Canada's national life. Some background to the current situation. The lack

Groe, Frederick Philip, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 28 Feb 1929, 91-100     The resources of Canada. Canada aspiring to nationhood. Quebec's position within Canada. French Quebec in Canada as an example of a nation within an empire. Canada's neighbour to the south and its in

Riddell, The Honourable William Renwick, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 25 Apr 1929, 168-188     Historical background to the way in which a Canadian Citizen is a "subject." How this meaning of "subject" helped the King of England to unify the Island under one Crown. "Canadian Citizen" as a conv

Smuts, General Right Honourable Jan Christiaan, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 3 Jan 1930, 350-360     What binds the Empire together: the human feelings, the ideals and friendships. The speaker's belief that in our family group of Empire we have solved problems. The thorough testing of the Empire ove

Barbeau, Marius, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1930), 7 Mar 1929, 101-110     The address assisted by Phileas Bedard, folk singer, Miss Florence Glenn, soprano and Miss Gwendolyn Williams at the piano. The speakers' field as vast as it is picturesque and diversified, as may be