The Annual Register of World Events: A Review of the Year, 167. köideEdmund Burke Longmans, Green, 1926 |
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... agreed immediately . The farmers , after raising diffi- culties , had at length before the end of the year accepted the invitation . The labourers delayed their reply even longer , and gave it finally in a sense hostile to the proposed ...
... agreed immediately . The farmers , after raising diffi- culties , had at length before the end of the year accepted the invitation . The labourers delayed their reply even longer , and gave it finally in a sense hostile to the proposed ...
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... agreed to . The sanction of the Weir scheme by Parliament was not followed immediately by the construction of any steel houses . The wages and conditions offered by the contractors did not square in some respects with the requirements ...
... agreed to . The sanction of the Weir scheme by Parliament was not followed immediately by the construction of any steel houses . The wages and conditions offered by the contractors did not square in some respects with the requirements ...
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... agreed to . A vote was also passed at the same time increasing by 5,000,000l . the aggregate capital amount of loans to be granted under the Trade Facilities Act . A motion to give an Electric Supply Company special facilities in Essex ...
... agreed to . A vote was also passed at the same time increasing by 5,000,000l . the aggregate capital amount of loans to be granted under the Trade Facilities Act . A motion to give an Electric Supply Company special facilities in Essex ...
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... agreed that a strong Navy was necessary ; but was the great naval victory they had obtained not to relieve the people of this country by a single penny of the expenditure placed on their shoulders ? They could not afford to go on having ...
... agreed that a strong Navy was necessary ; but was the great naval victory they had obtained not to relieve the people of this country by a single penny of the expenditure placed on their shoulders ? They could not afford to go on having ...
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... agreed with Mr. MacDonald that it would be better if decisions in inter- national affairs could be obtained by judicial process and not by force , but they lived in a world in which that ideal was very hard to attain . Mr. MacDonald's ...
... agreed with Mr. MacDonald that it would be better if decisions in inter- national affairs could be obtained by judicial process and not by force , but they lived in a world in which that ideal was very hard to attain . Mr. MacDonald's ...
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Page 2 - from an anonymous donor. 19. Sir John J. Burnet, ARA, architect, and Mr. Philip Connard, ARA, painter, were elected Royal Academicians. 22. In order " to improve the quality of education and the practice of the arts and professions in the United States, to foster research, and to provide for the cause of better international understanding,
Page 128 - within the framework of the Covenant; " they are " in conformity with the Covenant and shall not be interpreted as restricting the duty of the League to take whatever action may be deemed wise and effectual to safeguard the peace of the world " ; except in the case of a flagrant 1 For the text of the Treaties see under
Page 21 - the Year 1925. Classes of Literature. Philosophy ... Religion .... Sociology - - - Law .... Education Military and Naval Philology - ' Science .... Technology Medicine, Public Health, etc. Agriculture, Gardening Domestic Arts Business .... Fine Arts .... Music (Works about) Games, Sports, etc. Literature Poetry and Drama Fiction Juvenile - - - . History .... Description and Travel Geography Biography General Works Totals
Page 19 - the Year 1925. Classes of Literature. Philosophy Religion Sociology .... Law .... Education Military and Naval Philology - ' Science .... Technology Medicine, Public Health, etc, Agriculture, Gardening Domestic Arts Business .... Fine Arts .... Music (Works about) Games, Sports, etc. Literature Poetry and Drama Fiction Juvenile .... History .... Description and Travel Geography Biography ... General Works Totals
Page 113 - Particulars. Excess of imports of merchandise and bullion Excess of Government payments made oversea Total Net national shipping income Foreign ships' disbursements in British ports Net income from oversea investments Commissions ....... Other services ...... Total invisible exports on balance Income available for investment oversea New oversea issues on London market in year
Page 121 - being unable to succeed in making its report accepted by all its members other than the representatives of the parties to the dispute, and in the event of Poland or France being attacked without provocation, France, or reciprocally Poland, acting in application of article 15, paragraph 7, of the Covenant of the League of
Page 128 - Act shall come into operation on the date on which the said Agreement is confirmed by Act of the Parliament of the Irish Free State, or if such an Act is passed before the passing of this Act shall come into operation on the passing of this Act.
Page 132 - The High Contracting Parties have agreed upon the following provisions as to Concession Contracts subject to be concluded within five months from the date of the complete evacuation of Northern Saghalien by Japanese troops as set out in Clause III. of Protocol (A), signed this day by the Plenipotentiaries of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and Japan.
Page 6 - Guggenheim made a gift of $3,000,000 for the endowment of the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship for advanced study abroad. 24. The Right Rev. Thomas Wulstan Pearson, OSB, consecrated first Catholic Bishop of Lancaster. MARCH. 5. Elections for the new London County Council were held ; 83 Municipal Reformers were returned, 35 Labour representatives, and 6
Page 17 - Agriculture, Gardening Domestic Arts Business Fine Arts Music (Works about) Games, Sports, etc. Literature Poetry and Drama Fiction Juvenile History Description and Travel Geography Biography General Works Totals