Word: earl
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...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...
...Earl of Bessborough is not so much interested in gold as in diamonds, railways and margarine. When appointed Governor General of the Dominion of Canada he was board chairman of Britain's gigantic Unilever Ltd. (margarine), chairman of Brazil's coffee-carrying San Paulo Railway, deputy chairman of De Beers Consolidated Mines (South Africa), a director of some 30 other corporations. Thus His Excellency is a Big-Business Governor General. Last week he prepared to open for His Majesty in Ottawa a Big Business meeting, the Imperial Economic Conference...
...Canadian in preference to Argentine beef? The King's subjects have invested over $1,500,000.000 in Argentina. Dare they antagonize that Latin American government? Dare they risk reprisals which could be launched against $1.500.000,000 of British property actually in Argentina? And what about Brazil? What about the Earl of Bessborough's own coffee-carrying railway in that South American state...
Conference Agenda. Canadian Premier Bennett, a Conservative closely allied with Conservatives of maximum wealth in Great Britain, was personally responsible for bringing to Canada his Big-Business friend the Earl of Bessborough as Governor General. Lord Bessborough is the first vice-regal occupant of Rideau Hall to have been chosen by George V on the advice of a Canadian premier. He is the fourth Irish peer to be Canada's Governor General. As a businessman Lord Bessborough was said last week to have collaborated in drafting the "Provisional Agenda" which Premier Bennett made ready for the Conference after consulting...
Next day Keeper Mott died of his wounds. He was the second zookeeper killed at work this month. Last fortnight, Sunshine, the Russian brown bear in Cleveland's zoo, slew Keeper Thomas Earl (TIME, July 18). For his crime. Sunshine was shot to death. Because blue gnus are rare & costly, murderous Big Nick was not killed, but sentenced to isolation for life...