FEDERAL GOVERNOR-GENERAL
LORD DUDLEY'S;TERM. : By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. •.'■..'.■■ .''..'■' London, August 81. The'. newspaper, the "Freeman's Journal," circulates a' rumour that Lord Pentland will succeed tho Earl of Dudley as Governor-General of Australia. It is stated that Lord Dudley, who was appointed in 1908, desires to retire, as the health of Lady Dudley has not been benefited by ' her ~ residence in Australia.. ■ '. . ' '■ '■■-.'
. THE REPORT DENIED. ■'(Bee, September 2, '0.40 a.m.) . ■ ; ... '. '.. Sydney, September 1, , On being shown the cable reference to his reported retirement, Lord Dudley said: "This, is the first I have heard of it. I know nothing whatever about it."
Lord Pentland, of Lyth, is : the title taken by the 'Right Hon. • John Sinclair on his elevation- to tho House of ,'Lofdst last year, when a baronage was bestowed upon v him. He is fifty years age, and after being' educated at Sandhurst )i6 entered the Army in 1879, retiring as captain in 1887. Since that time he has sat ill Parliament for different constituencies, and has been Secretary for Scotland from 1905 onwards.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 911, 2 September 1910, Page 5
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