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Ottawa is scarcely less a royal capital than London. Officially George V is styled "By the Grace of God, of Great Britain, Ireland and the British Dominions beyond the Seas, King." He is therefore in fact King of Canada though never addressed as such. In Canada His Majesty is represented by Governor General the Earl of Bessborough. In Ottawa sedate Lord Bessborough sits on the "Crown Chair." In Rideau Hall he holds a vice-regal reception at which Canadian ladies are "presented." He flies a symbolic flag with a blue field on which appears a gold crown...
Aquatic Conferences. After crossing the Atlantic last week, delegations representing 1) His Majesty's Government in Great Britain, Northern Ireland & the non-self-governing parts of the Empire (India, Colonies, Protectorates, Mandates); 2) His Majesty's Government in South Africa landed at Quebec; 3) His Majesty's Government in the Irish Free State landed at Montreal. The delegation of 4) His Majesty's Government in Newfoundland came by coastal steamer. After crossing the Pacific, delegations representing 5) His Majesty's Government in Australia and 6) His Majesty's Government in New Zealand landed at Vancouver...
Died. Maria Ward Curley, 92, mother of Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley of Baltimore; in Athlone, Ireland...
...facts were revealed by trial of a suit against the Fokker company by Abercrombie & Fitch, swank Manhattan outfitters. Shortly after their arrival from Ireland in the Southern Cross, Sir Charles and his three companions trooped into Abercrombie's escorted by a Fokker pressagent. Silk pajamas at $15, shoes at $12, brushes, razors, etc. etc. were spread before them. Who would pay the bill-$1,299? The pressagent's answer was a wave of the hand. The Fokker company would see to that...
...fathers and their sons were the guests of Father Winston Churchill at a coming-of-age dinner to Son Randolph Churchill in London's Socialite Claridges Hotel. Newspaper Peers Beaverbrook, Rothermere and Camrose all brought their sons as did Admiral Earl Beatty, Prime Minister Viscount Craigavon of Northern Ireland and Viscount Hailsham, Minister of War, whose son is the Hon. Quintin Hogg. The coming-of-age toast to Son Churchill, who sat between his kinsman the Duke of Marlborough and the Marquess of Reading, was proposed by the youthful Earl of Birkenhead, son of England's late...