Bang! Bang! BANG! The Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod was striking pon- derously with that heavy instrument, last week, the door of the Canadian House of Commons. Thus summoned, the Right Honorable Members followed Black Rod to the Red Chamber of the Canadian Senate. Soon His Majesty's Governor General, Viscount Willingdon, pronounced the Speech from the Throne, opening Parliament.
Royal Points. The King-Emperor, speaking through his Governor General, and for Prime Minister of Canada William Lyon Mackenzie King said, in part: i) ''By agreement between the Governments of France and Canada and the...
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