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...sovereign. Now only a Knight, he might well be advanced to a Baron and take the title of Lord Howard of Greystoke, since he was born at Greystoke Castle, Cumberland. Should the Labor Government overlook his Conservative politics and noble lineage, it might permit King George to make him Viscount Greystoke, even Viscount Cumberland...
...since Cumberland has once been a royal, ducal title, a mere Viscount would probably not assume it. † Contrary to popular impression, the British Embassy never became "dry." Its cellars were amply stocked with liquor before the Howard ban became effective. Alcoholic drinks continued to be served by the Ambassador from this supply...
...forbidding women from holding legislative office was a "completely outmoded relic of medieval civilization." Last week the appointment of Mrs. Norman MacKay Wilson, first woman ever to serve in the Canadian Senate, was announced by Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King and her appointment officially approved by Governor-General Viscount Willingdon...
Harold Sidney Harmsworth, Viscount Rothermere of Hemsted, "The Hearst of England," was last week flayed by former British Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin, flayed him savagely in return...
...Lake, then along Carling Avenue to Richmond Road, left at Bell's Corners to Fallowfield and from Fallowfield home, over a back road to the Prescott Highway, and so to Dow's Lake again, and the finish line. Seven teams jogged along, started by the pistol of His Excellency, Viscount Willingdon. Not long ago the Canadian Government encouraged dog-team races because dog teams were the only freight haulers of the northern wilderness after October, an important factor in territorial expansion. Now tractors are taking their place, so the government sanctions dog-team races for another reason? because...