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'ln the, nt�arceHHHouse Par (tipper left there, is a triumphal !first statement
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of :the 't a oth`c theme that re -asserts itself' in everY'corridor
and chamber -of .•,• the •: • le.• ndid build,
ingsas: one
eloquent figure hauntsafu tie� -•.••
In the• ren e• is the peace tower, fittingl� a 'shadowframed. between,the vaulting lines, of, y arch: High
...upin thewe-the M.e,mortal.Chamber (upper
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which chtheA1
Altar
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emembranca stand's
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' itsgreat of, hpIYname There is,inscribed a•reo
rd ,o all :tho e 'who
valiantly ntLY g
ave thOr
li es for
• :Canada ih the at W
-'"•- -Belo* aro .two aerraxews` of Ot%wa: yFro tit�h a `it`.maY be
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The Government buildings stand onthe very, summitof the.hill.Beyondthem apreeipitous cliff falls
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away to the river. , ` ,
'resent
vernor-Gene1'a
John ' •Buchan, Writer 'and • ,Hiss,
torian, Was. l orn'in •Pertb3,
• Scotlaea August, 1875-
IIe caiho ••of 1tn :nld Jlorder family
i'iriirly establishetd, in. the esteenl of .
the' Cbunttyiicic', nog Comfortably of. '.
fluent. Advant igen, whilo' use- w•cie .Itn .,co,tirrt �ih�loeside tato
capacity of ..the nia)1 Itirnself
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f r "+ (' ' i v i 19 l It y.: •utd ilrase
�,. (`4ii1c c' Cl�lx,i tl [!e 1r� "teat,rr,"w^,e•
itt-.mi.>to\itl�fls `quality:With, an in
b,il'ib 0 fpltcatii�f for histOrY espet
r illy' lis 11:LEe';intry arid` ;olm he ,
cI:11•ricd. Off...the. SI •tuhope I lr ;tor ical . • ti;.
.Priv, mill =rite'.' Ncotydigato Prize. for ••'•
l:n=`.l)�11•''vet'se Also" at. Oxford. lie ',It'
ivais cic t'[rr reside'nt ci41. time union --a
that' gi Cat; rlArt•iu;-, sQCiCt') that. has
glgon to I rit,un o mnY oR i s : rnea
of rrli'atir3;". 1.
'i•'lfe' -'1tcicr^ '\Var had ` already been
rating ' ,vet' v;hcit,' at' the irge :1 71f)
2G, .
John 1)iic11a11- :was. called to 'the'. En-• '
g]isli. 13ar.. P ollowed a. t-wo year,•, so- .
.earn ill A the yearly. •
Meath of. Wliick: he !went up •the
- besi Rlicr, awl shot big, tame. I3 be
i iin �' it`.:'cnFtvett "'t`o ""`Ceci'i"w`Rh0dett' '
d:reamo ff•a.'1lnited. British: Empire and
lttp(lnf _h urns
to• diore': serious•' work "
Lord Milner was: South • • African'
1Tiglr Commissioner at that itime.
• Volume Two of `the .''.Milner Papers
records ;Abe commissioner -gathering
around; him •a group•' ,of able 'Your g`
Hien, drawn •from ' the ' :Civil Service.. ••
and elsowbere in England; .who,etlme;
•to •lae Pop.itlarly: known; ag • his;:,"I{in-
d.orgar ten".
One ,of these young men was John•
a1uclie,. who ; became Cord , Milner':
secretary. Ano lie'; 'who • has'" •sines
grade• his :mark in ' 13rit'ish life was
Pltilr,p Kerr now Marquess •of
'thineR
'To botli'.,fell :ti. share ji thei. asl. of
healing the war-str tc'l:eii �'I'ransvaal''
ant -r tlrini3rlrnrbleltr'et1P=
the Dent's. with t1140d �.,
ge)n ine'':desire tor . fr.iendshir>:,•.1 ,As'
'to.'the sue cols of this poi e G ' Scat h..
'African offers •evidence:
• During 't11 1 Hoar few' Years, he di
vided his tithe between law:.on jour
realism and .'then in 19'07. came ,a par-
`ttiersbip w!th Thema: Neison .and.•
'i Sens;•'.Dririug all tiiees years.. • John:
Buchanan nes-wrlting::.From fhe time.:,
'of iris first • hotel "Sir. Quixote`,.'S
•. w'hich appearedhe was' •
still ,at.,Oxforti,:.'h s been .a, con- '
stalit pl'oeess 'Art of romances, hie .• •
eta les and:. hie raplr,ies, :interspersed . • "''
witit an;'occaslonal• ": sally into
re11m •of verse -and •"Vghf ',mystery.
• fiction • •
Pipe war .brought lim ahe of iris: ,
iritcist' crppairtunrties for 'service':^.:
'GaoiiilOp Times sent him: 'to ,the
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front as :l,,1orieariendeIFt in, the•.spr ing:-
,.o> 19i tT#ri.he.' w,aci'present :eV the..
second 1)attle of 1'pies;,• A' year later
•.lie j01uCd Sir':.Douglas:I•faig's':staff`ais
T..iirtelligenGe orn.o .was ptgse.t?t.at tlic,,
;batlle:'of;the Somme aired Was 'recall,. -
eel iii :Jan- ark:49-17 t1Y take • the im•; • ..
portant `:post •of,, Director of .Infortna::
tion. at the \Var.:.Ciffice..It was this war
st;, vice;: jou 4jal,: to hish:.as arae-
rato•r atld historian which l.et him
rte John B •
•uchan': History
ts of A.•
Great:: War • afi:?1 2).•' •
Assuming •''his• duties;• as. Governiir•..'r
General' of..tha.-Donlnfon'• at•'�Rideau:
Hall • .in. 1935 Lord. Tweedsmuir
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b'rouglt,' .with, him an ideal Helpmate;;.
Lady: Tweeds'ri iiir, herself;,- an. • au-••
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tho'res; :
orne . About
''�Facts,
T he British North
�e
.err a :A c t
It brought,', about:, the unl.on of the i
provinces of ,Canada; Nova Scot,a: and''.'
,_niohew:: 'Brunsw1ck into.: one'Aomi Dominion.
forming `there'into four prot;iiices of„,,
Ontario Quebec Nova•_.SCotia and
,Near7Briinswifk.
her..
=it est_ in te Q e arid
• •v '•tt,ent
and '
... heir's 'thP; executive '`go ,er'n, ..
•-autlsi•ritY ' over•:Garia•da: .
• It.eStabljshed. t
re 'P
rivy".
tntnc'l.
of
Can:aa• ,"to old- and: Gov-
ernment,"
advise in'the Got
er ment"
It vested • in the ,'; Queen '• and- : her'
:heirs • the Command=i:n-Chief ' • of
Land', and, ; Naval' Militia and olall the
Navd1• 1d` Military 'Forces' of and
Canada. •
It established the seg., of the.Gov '
-etnment':at•:Otttawa.- -
It.,provided that.Parliament must
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sit :et least once; every year.,
t
''vn tor ; must.: be:
'• I ro ided that sea s p
Thirty
yar g e • s of `a e
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._h
-b- b �' ii�th dr -,nate
:-.Bi�itis -sub errs= 1
y
al0i•iz.aL t. io.n •
,,Legalowners
wn s 'of, lands
nds wor
th
$4,-,
aboveall mortga�es^arid char es,
the Province for wiiich' they are..
-
chosen.
' .Owners'`of-real and •personal proper
ty !worth $4,000• above all. debts..
Residents of. the 'pi ovince'• for which -
they are 'elected, and in the, case of
Quebec residents .of tlie electoral- c1i
visions f(r51 which they are appointed..
A senator is appointed foti;