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	Dominion
		Newfoundland was accorded Dominion status by the Statute of Westminster in December 1931, but self-government was suspended two years later and the territory became a province of Canada in 1949.
		The Dominions section created within the Colonial Office in 1907 was upgraded in June 1925 to a separate Dominions Office, though it shared a common Secretary of State with the Colonial Office until June 1930.
		The principle of Dominion equality with Britain and independence in foreign relations was formally ratified by the Balfour Declaration adopted at the Imperial Conference of November 1926 and enshrined in the Statute of Westminster, adopted by the British Parliament in December 1931 and subsequently ratified by the Dominion Parliaments.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/do/Dominion.html (640 words)

	Newfoundland and Labrador - Uncyclopedia
		The primary export of Newfoundland is the Babel Fish, adopted as an economic mainstay in the wake of the shutdown of the cod fishery.
		Newfoundland is the home of the famous Hibernia offshore oil-fields; attempts by the blue-eyed sheiks of Saudi Oilberta to invade Hibernia for its oil dramatically failed when they (and all of their horses) tragically drowned.
		Newfoundlanders' kindness comes from the ability to beat on seals with a club-they keep all negative emotions bottled up until seal season, upon which all said emotions are taken out on the seals.
	uncyclopedia.org /wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland (891 words)

	Dominion of Newfoundland - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Newfoundland's long-standing Labrador boundary dispute with Canada was resolved to the satisfaction of Newfoundland and Canada (but not Quebec, the province that bordered Labrador) with the ruling, on April 1, 1927 by the Imperial Privy Council.
		Its report, released in 1933, assessed Newfoundland's political culture as intrinsically corrupt and its economic prospects bleak, and advocated the abolition of responsible government on the island, to be replaced by a Commission of the British Government.
		Newfoundland Act -- an Act of Parliament that confirmed and gave effect to the Terms of Union agreed to between the Dominion of Canada and the Dominion of Newfoundland on March 23, 1949.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dominion_of_Newfoundland (1269 words)

	The World at War
		Newfoundland was able to secure a loan of $2,000,000 from the Canadian banks, thanks to Bennett’s intercession, and agreed to a study of the country’s finances by committee chaired by British financier Sir Percy Thompson.
		Newfoundland’s importance to the Anglo-American alliance was informally acknowledged when it was chosen as the meeting place for the first of several wartime conferences held by the Allied leaders.
		Newfoundland’s rocky shore and foggy weather was often as deadly as the U-boats.
	worldatwar.net /article/newfoundland/index.html (9392 words)

	Newfoundland and the Great War
		Newfoundland's role in the development of transatlantic flight had already been recognised, most recently in 1917 with Lord Morris's appointment upon his arrival in Great Britain to the Civil Aerial Transport Committee, which was then considering post-war civil aviation, and to the Board of Directors of the Handley Page Company.
		While Newfoundland's participation in the imperial war effort may have been constitutionally unaviodable, the shape and character of its participation was determined by the Government of Newfoundland.
		The creation of the Newfoundland Regiment in August/September 1914 was the activation of a defence plan by the Newfoundland government which had existed in outline since the 1890s and which had been actively supported from 1909 onward.
	www.mun.ca /ngw/cnews.html (3272 words)

	History of Newfoundland and Labrador Commission Government and Education
		This method he felt to be especially useful in the outport schools of Newfoundland which he described as "being in charge of a single teacher, isolated from one another, often at considerable distances from centres of population and with difficult communications" (Richardson, 1933, p.9).
		The Bishop of Newfoundland wrote: "The question we have to consider is whether we should be justified in becoming a party to the abandonment of the present Education Act in favour of new legislation..." (cited in Andrews, 1968, p.243).
		The real enemies to an efficient education system in Newfoundland appear to be the same as existed a century ago-isolation, small villages and hamlets, dependence on a precarious occupation, and the general poverty of the Province....
	www.tidespoint.com /newfoundland_history_1.shtml (4952 words)

	1998/neary
		Newfoundland was not a member of the League of Nations, but its premiers attended imperial conferences and the country was covered by the Balfour declaration of 1926 and by the Statute of Westminster of 1931.
		Newfoundland was a society of European settlement which had been built on the production and sale of dried salt cod, one of the great foods of history, and in the 1920s a large proportion of the labour force was still engaged in this activity.
		In 1934 Newfoundlanders lost not only their legislature but much of the apparatus of democratic politics, which was said to be the cancer that had eaten away their substance and laid their country to waste.
	www.psa.ac.uk /publications/psd/1998/neary.htm (5769 words)

	Newfoundland
		Thus was born the pink, white and green tricolour of Newfoundland, a flag which quickly gained prominent social and commercial and governmental use throughout the island.
		It is said that the Newfoundland native, Captain Bob Bartlett, who accompanied Admiral Peary on his ultimate polar expedition in 1909, planted the pink, white and green within a few miles of the North Pole.
		Submitted to the Newfoundland House of Assembly was a proposal for a provincial flag in the form of a white ensign with the Union Flag in the canton, and the shield from the arms of Newfoundland on the fly.
	fraser.cc /FlagsCan/Provinces/Newfoundland.html (2417 words)

	Newfoundland joins Canada, 1949
		Newfoundland was in desperate straits in 1934 when the Commission of Government, replacing parliamentary democracy, was given the mission of digging the country out of its hole.
		Faced with the alternative of default, on Nov. 28, the Dominion of Newfoundland asked the British government to replace the existing elected government by an appointed commission.
		When the National Convention urged that Newfoundlanders be asked to choose in a referendum between responsible government and commission government, Britain tacked on a third possibility - confederation with Canada - even though the convention itself had voted down a motion to place confederation on the referendum ballot.
	www.ucs.mun.ca /~melbaker/confederation1949.htm (2280 words)

	Terra Nova Greens:Newfoundland Sovereignty
		In 1729 a Governor was dispatched from England to Newfoundland.
		Newfoundland would remain a seperate political entity for a further four generations.
		In 1934 Newfoundland reverted to the status of a crown colony.
	www.infonet.st-johns.nf.ca /Community/Providers/green/sovereign.html (261 words)

	Address by Peter Neary
		Newfoundland was hit hard by the social and economic upheaval that followed the war, and it was devastated by the Great Depression of the 1930s.
		Newfoundland was a small country in a world of big players and it lived on too narrow a financial margin.
		The Dominion of Newfoundland depended in the 1920s on the returns of three export industries – fishing, forestry and mining – and the terms of trade could obviously turn against the country with savage suddenness.
	www.mun.ca /marcomm/gazette/1999-2000/June8/padd.html (2598 words)

	The World at War - Newfoundland & Labrador Timeline from 1919 to 1949
		The dominions of Newfoundland and Canada request the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council to determine, "What is the location and definition of the boundary as between Canada and Newfoundland on the Labrador Peninsula, under the statutes, orders in council and proclamations?"
		Newfoundland referred to as a "Dominion" (a title the government assumed officially in 1908) in the Statue of Westminster but requests that sections 2 -6 not be implemented until such time as the legislature requests it which in never did.
		Newfoundland reverts to the status of a Crown Colony.
	worldatwar.net /timeline/newfoundland/19-49.html (2683 words)

	Dominion Stores (Newfoundland and Labrador) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Newfoundland and Labrador, Dominion is the primary brand name of the major-market supermarkets of Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada's largest food retailer, which uses that brand name under licence.
		Founded as a division of local department store chain Ayre and Sons, it was acquired by Dominion Stores Ltd. in 1963, and subsequently sold again and merged with two smaller chains under local ownership, with the new parent company renamed Amalco Foods in 1987; the chain's brand name remained "Dominion".
		Loblaw acquired the Dominion chain in Newfoundland in 1995.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dominion_Stores_(Newfoundland_and_Labrador) (242 words)

	KidZone Geography - Newfoundland Canada
		Newfoundland was Britain's first North American colony, claimed by John Cabot in 1497.
		The Newfoundland and Labrador provincial flag was adopted in 1980.
		The pitcher plant was declared Newfoundland and Labrador's provincial flower in 1954.
	www.kidzone.ws /geography/newfoundland/index.htm (285 words)

	Keep "Newfoundland" in MUN's logo Petition
		Many people are concerned that Newfoundland has been dropped from the university's logo and marketing materials, and will henceforth be known as simply "Memorial University", although the legal name of the university has not been changed.
		Yes, I guess when you think of Newfoundland and how we usually do seem "apart" from the rest of this country on many occasions, it does relate that idea, but that's not the meaning we want to express to the rest of the world.
		Newfoundland is where the university is located, Newfoundland belongs in the name.
	www.thepetitionsite.com /takeaction/746786205 (2503 words)

	Newfoundland separation? - SkyscraperCity
		Newfoundland would make a fine country, but Canada would be worse off without it, and Newfoundland would be worse off without Canada.
		Since when was Newfoundland in it's history revolutionary - it was always one of the most loyal parts of the Empire - just look at how many Newfoundlanders volunteered to fight in the first world war.
		Firstly it gives Newfoundland the pink flag and also says Newfoundland used to be a republic - no it didn't it used to be Dominion of Newfoundland.
	www.skyscrapercity.com /showthread.php?t=260430 (2038 words)

	Newfoundland Historic Trust - 1996 - Harris-Russell House (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		George C. Harris became one of the famous businessmen in Grand Bank and all of Newfoundland.
		Born in 1879, he was the eldest son of Samuel Harris and before joining his father's firm, took commercial courses at Mount Alison University in Canada.
		At the time, it was thought to be the largest bankruptcy in the Dominion of Newfoundland.
	www.historictrust.com /harrishouse.shtml (529 words)

	Random Works of the Web » Blog Archive » Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland
		The BCN’s first station was acquired when the government purchased VONF (640 kHz) from the Dominion Broadcasting Company and refurbished for the use of the station two transmitters at Mount Pearl that had been built during World War I as Royal Navy HMS Wireless Station (BZM) for North Atlantic communications with Royal Navy ships.
		After the war, the network provided gavel to gavel coverage of the proceedings of the 1947-1948 Newfoundland National Convention that was elected to determine the future of the island.
		While these broadcasts were closely followed by Newfoundlanders, the loss of advertising revenue from the commercial-free broadcasts hampered BCN’s ability to improve its programming.
	random.dragonslife.org /broadcasting-corporation-of-newfoundland/5340 (432 words)

	TIME.com: "Situation Saved!" -- Jan. 11, 1932 -- Page 1
		Historians are not sure, but most of them think that Newfoundland was the land abounding in a multitude of fish which Seafarer John Cabot discovered in 1497 and claimed for King Henry VII (not VIII).
		Still abounding in a multitude of fish, Newfoundland gestured loyally toward the Royal Family last week, adopted a new set of stamps particularly pleasing to George V. His Majesty appears on the two-center, Her Majesty on the three-center and Edward of Wales on the four-center.
		Newfoundland's 6¢ stamp is reserved for the King-Emperor's favorite granddaughter, famed "Baby Betty," Princess Elizabeth of York.
	www.time.com /time/magazine/article/0,9171,742858,00.html (644 words)

	Page About Masonry, News&Notes: Masonry in Newfoundland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The Dominion of Newfoundland only became a Canadian province in 1949.
		Before that it was a self-governing British Dominion with the same constitutional status as Canada or Australia.
		Masonic lodges here were warranted from the Mother Country, and as a result we now have some 26 or 27 lodges under the UGLE, with their District Grand Lodge and District grand master, and 17 under the GL of Scotland, with OUR own DGL and DGM.
	web.mit.edu /dryfoo/Masonry/Reports/newf.html (388 words)

	Canada Provinces
		In 1926, an Imperial Conference clarified that the dominions were autonomous communities within the British Empire, equal in status to Great Britain.
		The formal name "Dominion of Canada" was phased out from the 1950s to 1982, in favor of simply "Canada".
		Newfoundland and Labrador consists of the large island of Newfoundland, a large mainland area on the northeast coast (Labrador), and adjacent islands.
	www.statoids.com /uca.html (2157 words)

	Captain Douglas Cowan Fraser
		C.O.F. pioneer aviator in the Dominon of Newfoundland
		During Easter Holidays 1922 a young student of 17 years From the Dominion of Newfoundland took a joy ride in a small aircraft.
		In 1934 Fraser sold his operation to the Newfoundland Commission of Government, which in turn leased it to Imperial Airways of London, England.
	www.angelfire.com /nf/nutting (1843 words)

	John Macdonald's visit to Newfoundland and Labrador
		This is a transcript of a series of fifteen newspaper articles entitled "Newfoundland & Labrador, From Toronto to the oldest British Colony" that John Macdonald, a Canadian senator, wrote for the Globe following his visit to Newfoundland and Labrador in 1888.
		The letters relate to Newfoundland and Labrador--the least known inhabited parts of North America--and are the production of Hon.
		His letters will aid the public materially in forming a judgment on the important matter now coming up for discussion--namely, the entrance of Newfoundland into the Dominion." Born in Perth, Scotland, Macdonald was a prominent Canadian merchant based in Toronto.
	staff.library.mun.ca /~ebrowne/macdonald/macdtest2.htm (591 words)

	Newfoundland regiment honoured as monument rededicated
		A monument in St. John's was rededicated on Thursday to Newfoundland's First World War sacrifices.
		The massacre came to symbolize the heavy sacrifice paid during the First World War by what was then the Dominion of Newfoundland.
		Thursday's ceremony was attended by people generations apart from the fallen, such as Michael Bennett, whose great-uncle died at Beaumont Hamel.
	www.cbc.ca /canada/story/2004/07/01/nfld_monument040701.html (1181 words)

	Province apologizes for Chinese Head Tax
		today to the province’s Chinese community for the head tax imposed on Chinese immigrants by the Dominion of Newfoundland between 1906 and 1949.
		Some Newfoundlanders and Labradorian’s viewed them as a threat to employment, given their willingness to work for lower wages.
		All material copyright of the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador.
	www.releases.gov.nl.ca /releases/2006/exec/0628n06.htm (332 words)

	Tsumani
		Saint lost her mother, two brothers and a sister Nov. 18, 1929, when an undersea earthquake on the edge of the Grand Banks sent a tsunami hurtling toward land.
		"It happened Nov. 18, 1929, long before the Dominion of Newfoundland joined Canada; it wasn't on the scale of this week's catastrophe, but what happened 75 years ago was a tragedy by any measure.
		On November 18, 1929, an earthquake of magnitude 7.2 occurred beneath the Laurentian Slope on the Grand Banks.
	www.cdli.ca /CITE/oceantsunami.htm (937 words)

	ENS: Topics: Charlton Catalogue
		Pages 1-4: Introduction; History; Conditions of Coins; and an overview of changes to Province of Canada and Dominion of Canada coins through the years, and Mints and Mint Marks (from the last page of the 1st edition).
		Pages 33-36: Mint Reports of Mintage's of coins of Province of Canada, Dominion of Canada, Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
		List of values generally similar except for a sharp increase in Dominion of Canada issues.
	www.edmontoncoinclub.com /charltn2.htm (761 words)

	Newfoundland (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		13 Nov 1637 Avalon incorporated into colony of Newfoundland.
		7 Oct 1763 Coast of Labrador annexed to Newfoundland.
		1 Apr 1949 Newfoundland a province of Canada.
	www.vdiest.nl /America/newfoundland.htm (218 words)

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