 | 1897 - 962 pages
...Kingdom, as it was in the Canadian draft of the Bill — I feel sure (almost) that the Australians would ere this have been applying to be placed in the same rank as " The Kingdom of Canada." In a postscript Sir John adds that it was not the Duke of Buckingham himself who caused the change... | |
 | James Young - 1902 - 440 pages
...Commons, where, in consequence of the excitement caused by the discussion of Disraeli's famous Reform Act were a private bill uniting two or three English...placed in the same rank as the "Kingdom of Canada." — Pope's "Life of Sir John Macdonald," Vol. I., page 303. *To be exact, the provision made in the... | |
 | 1908 - 400 pages
...The union was treated by them much as if the British North America Act were a private bill unifying two or three English parishes. Had a different course...placed in the same rank as ' The Kingdom of Canada.' " He adds in a postscript : " On reading the above over, I see that it will convey the impression that... | |
 | 1911 - 646 pages
...The union was treated by them much as if the British North America Act were a private bill unifying two or three English parishes. Had a different course...placed in the same rank as ' The Kingdom of Canada.' " He adds in a postscript : " On reading the above over, I see that it will convey the impression that... | |
 | James Young - 1912 - 412 pages
...appointment of the late Duke of Buckingham, who had as. his admirer the then Governor-General of Canada — Lord Monck — both good men certainly, but quite...placed in the same rank as the ' Kingdom of Canada.' " — Pope's " Life of Sir John Macdonald," Vol. I., page 303. 295 ingham, who objected most strongly... | |
 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - 1912 - 902 pages
...deplored the change, feeling that had the title "Kingdom" been adopted the Australian colonies would have been applying to be placed in the same rank as the kingdom of Canada. As it is, the Australian colonies have adopted the title <(Commonr Wealth," suggestive rather of progress... | |
 | Sir Charles Prestwood Lucas - 1917 - 386 pages
...by J. Pope, Toronto, 1895. 3 Letters of Lord Blachford. Edited by GE Maiindin. London, 1896, p. 301. would, ere this, have been applying to be placed in the same rank as "the kingdom of Canada".'1 In any case Enactmtnt the British Government had no desire to make changes in °'NB'ih'Sh... | |
 | 1918 - 832 pages
...deplored the change, feeling that had the title "Kingdom" been adopted the Australian colonies would have been applying to be placed in the same rank as the kingdom of Canada. As it is, the Australian colonies have adopted the title "Commonwealth," suggestive rather of progress... | |
 | Canada. Dominion Bureau of Statistics - 1919 - 726 pages
...appointment of the late Duke of Buckingham, who had as his adviser the then Governor General, Lord Mpnck — both good men, certainly, but quite unable, from the...placed in the same rank as ' The Kingdom of Canada.' These words received, only the other day, confirmation from the present Prime Minister of England,... | |
 | Oscar Douglas Skelton - 1920 - 638 pages
...the hands of the Allwise Governor. . . . ATG to rise to the occasion. The Union was treated by them as if the BNA Act were a private Bill uniting two...placed in the same rank as 'The Kingdom of Canada.' . . . PS — On reading the above over, I see that it will convey the impression that the change of... | |
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Union was treated by them much as if the BNA Act were a private Bill uniting two or three English parishes. Had a different course been pursued — for instance, had united Canada been declared to be an auxiliary Kingdom, as it was in the Canadian draft... 
