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According to The Daily Express, a London newspaper owned by Lord Beaverbrook (former William Maxwell Aitken, a Canadian), strong pressure is being exerted on the British Government to appoint Admiral of the Fleet Lord Beatty Governor General of Canada when Lord Byng retires next year. Failing him, Field Marshal Lord Haig is suggested...
...Canadian House of Commons, Premier Mackenzie King indicated that the Governor General, General Lord Byng, would not accept a second term of office. The Premier added that the Governor General had decided that he would be unable to consider extension of his term except in case of urgent public need...
...Lord Byng was appointed Governor General of Canada on Aug. 2, 1921, in succession to the Duke of Devonshire. The term of office is really for six years but, by precedent established, it does not run beyond five. Thus, a successor to Lord Byng must be chosen next year and court circles in London say that the Duke of York, the King's second son, will be suggested...
House to the Parliament Buildings, dashed a sleigh, preceded by a troop of lancers, lances erect, pennants snapping in the wind-General Julian H. G. Byng, Baron of Vimy and of Thorpe le Soken, G. C. B., G. C. M. G., M. V. O., Governor-General of Canada, was on his way to open the fourth session of Canada's 14th Dominion Parliament. As in the Parliament at Westminster (TIME, Dec. 22), the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod was despatched to summon His Majesty's faithful Com mons to the Senate, there to hear His Majesty...
...quit Canada for Manhattan, telegraphed to Governor General Lord Byng: "My journey across Canada and back has given me one more mark of affection for the Dominion. At every point in it I have been welcomed with true hospitality and made to feel that in Canada I am assured of a real holiday...