68 HISTORY AND CHRONOLOGY Removal of British embargo on 1927. Feb. 8-April 14, Contirution of first Canadian cattle effective. Sept. 3, session of the sixteenth Parliament Fourth session of League of Nations of Canada. Feb. 17, Budget speech; at Geneva. Oct. 1, Imperial Con­ reductions of income tax, sales tax ference and Economic Conference and stamp tax on cheques announc­ at London. ed. May 16, General elections in 1924. Feb. 28-July 19. Third session of the Quebec; the Liberal Government fourteenth Parliament of Canada. of Hon. L. A. Taschereau sustained. April 23, British Empire Exhibition June 1, Hon. Wm. Phillips, first opened by King George at Wembley, U.S. Minister to Canada, reaches England, with the Prince of Wales Ottawa. June 25, General election as President. July 3, Trade agree­ in Prince Edward Island; the Con­ ment between Canada and Belgium servative Government of Hon. J. D. signed at Ottawa. Aug. 6-16, Stewart defeated. June 28, General Meeting of the British Association election in Manitoba; the Govern­ for the Advancement of Science at ment of Hon. John Bracken sus­ Toronto. Aug. 11-16, Meeting of tained. July 1-3, Diamond Jubilee of International Mathematical Con­ Confederation celebrated through­ gress at Toronto. Sept. 1, Opening out the Dominion. July 30, The of fifth session of League of Nations Prince of Wales, Prince George, at Geneva, Switzerland. the Rt. Hon. Stanley Baldwin and 1925. Feb. 5-June 27, Fourth session of four­ party, arrive at Quebec on a visit teenth Parliament of Canada. June to Canada. Sept., Canada elected 2, Provincial general election in as a non-permanent member of the Saskatchewan. Liberal party under Council of the League of Nations at Hon. C. A. Dunning returned to Geneva. Nov., Dominion-Provin­ office. June 10, Inauguration of the cial Conference on the relations United Church of Canada. June 25, between the Dominion and the Provincial general election in Nova provinces. Scotia; Conservative party under 1928. Jan. 26-June 11, Second session of the Hon. E. N. Rhodes returned to sixteenth Parliament of Canada. office. July 6, Signing at Ottawa Jan. 30, President Cosgrove of the of trade agreement between Canada Irish Free State visits Ottawa. and the British West Indies. Aug. Feb. 16, Budget speech announces 10, Provincial general election in reduction in taxation. April 25, New Brunswick; Conservative party Sir Wm. H. Clark appointed first under Hon. J. B. M. Baxter returned British High Commissioner to to office. Sept. 5, Fourteenth Canada. May 31, Legislative Coun­ Parliament dissolved. Oct. 29, cil of Nova Scotia ceases to exist, Dominion general elections. Nov. leaving Quebec as the only province 20, Death of Queen Alexandra. with a bi-cameral Legislature. 1926. Jan. 7-July 1, First session of fifteenth July 18, General elections in British Parliament of Canada. April 15, Columbia; Conservatives success­ Budget speech; reductions of income ful. Aug. 24-Oct. 5, Empire Parlia­ and other taxes announced. June 28, mentary Association visits Canada. Resignation of Rt. Hon. W. L. Oct. 1, General elections in Nova Mackenzie King, Prime Minister, Scotia; Conservatives retain power. and his Cabinet. Provincial gen­ eral elections in Alberta; United 1929. Feb. 7-June 14, Third session of the Farmers under Premier Brownlee sixteenth Parliament of Canada. retain office. June 29, Rt. Hon. Mar. 29, Death of Sir Lomer Gouin. Arthur Meighen becomes Prime June 5, General election in Saskat­ Minister. July 1, Two-cent domes­ chewan. Sept. 9, Dr. J. T. M. tic rate of postage restored. July 2, Anderson becomes Premier of Fifteenth Parliament dissolved. Saskatchewan. Oct. 15-25, The July 13, Composition of Mr. Meigh- Rt. Hon. J. Ramsay Macdonald, en's Cabinet announced (see p. 77 of Prime Minister of Great Britain, the 1927-28 Year Book). Sept. 14. visits Canada. Oct. 30, General Dominion general elections. Sept. elections in Ontario; Conservatives 25, Rt. Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King retain power. Nov. 11, Death of becomes Prime Minister (for com­ Hon. Jas. A. Robb, Minister of position of Cabinet see p. 69 of Can­ Finance. Dec. 14, Transfer of ada Year Book, 1930). Oct. 19- natural resources to Manitoba and Nov. 23, Imperial Conference in Alberta. London. Nov. 26, Hon. C. Vincent 1930. Jan. 21, Five power naval arms con­ Massey is appointed Envoy Extra­ ference opens at London: Canada ordinary and Minister Plenipoten­ represented by Hon. J. L. Ralston. tiary to the United States. Dec. 1, Feb. 3, Death of Hon. P. C. Larkin. General election in Ontario; Fer­ Feb. 20, Fourth session of the six­ guson Government retains office. teenth Parliament of Canada com­ Dec. 9, Opening of first session of mences. Transfer of natural re­ sixteenth Parliament. sources to British Columbia. Mar. .