AN UNSTARCHED GOVERNOR
Sir Sydney Olivier'* brilliant record as Governor of Jamaica, says the Daily Chronicle, has shattered the illusions of his candid friends. These wiseacres took the view that a Fabian who despised ceremonial and most of the conventions — black and white— could not possibly succeed with the West Indians. It was put on record that' he drovo up to the racecourse on the local Grand National Day in a shabby one-horse buggy instead of m a glittering four-horse barouche or Lord Mayor's coach. That would never do. A Governor of coloured people should surround himself with splendour and the enchantment of distance. Yet Sir Sydney has proved that to be a great pro-Consul it is not necessary to prance.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 57, 8 March 1913, Page 13
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121AN UNSTARCHED GOVERNOR Evening Post, Volume LXXXV, Issue 57, 8 March 1913, Page 13
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