Like his King, whose mouthpiece he is, Vere Brabazon Ponsonby, ninth Earl of Bessborough, Baron of Bessborough, Viscount Duncannon, Baron Ponsonby, Baron Duncannon, opened the Dominion Parliament last week with pomp & splendor imitative of the ancient rituals of Westminster. Unlike George V, who uses a coach & eight, the Governor General rode to the Houses of Parliament in an automobile. As the clock in Ottawa's Peace Tower struck three, Princess Louise Dragoons escorted him into the Parliamentary Driveway, stiff lines of foot soldiers snapped to salute, a band played "God...
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