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...going to be appointed their new Governor General. Of course a "dark horse" might win, but bets were laid with confidence on the following "field" (purely unofficial of course): George V's second son, the Duke of York; the Marquess of Linlithgow (the "favorite"), the Earl of Athlone. the Earl of Cromer, the Duke of Abercorn and the Marquess of Londonderry...
...detests gambling, Prime Minister Richard Bedford Bennett, rich & pious, kept the name of the man he had ''advised" George V to appoint Governor General a dead secret. Last week this darkest of horses romped home a winner, sorely vexed Canadian sweepstakers. Darkest horse: Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, 9th Earl of Bessborough...
...only "real reason" Canadians could think of for this choice is that the Earl is a good friend of Mr. Bennett. Other reasons: 1) the Ponsonbys are a family long in the service of Britain's'Royal family, and George V, after having had to appoint a "native" whom he had never seen Governor General of Australia (TIME, Dec. 15), has been most eager to send a British blue-blood to Canada. Lady Bessborough is French, the daughter of the late Baron Jean de Neutlize, and so arc many Canadians more or less French...
Although he has had no experience in Colonial government the Earl of Bessborough has had almost every sort of business experience with the 35 corporations of which he is a director. He is in diamonds, explosives, radio, banking, railroads, life insurance, subways...
...grey flannel suits, which Edward of Wales topped with a startling broadbrimmed "wideawake" hat, the two Princes stepped ashore, posed for photographs, shook hands with Acting Governor Edward W. Evans and his staff, then boarded a tender and putt-putted to the swanky Mid-Ocean Club at Tuckerstown. The Earl of Chester celebrated the beginning of his trade tour by playing golf with Bermuda's leading tradesman, Eldon Trimingham of Trimingham Bros. (clothing store), famed yachtsman and Bermudian socialite. It was a close match. H. R. H. canceled an official luncheon, hastily gobbled sandwiches in order to finish...