THE DUKE OF WINDSOR
OFFICIAL APPOINTMENT GOVERNOR OF THE BAHAMAS LONDON. July 9. It is officially announced that the Duke of Windsor has been appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahama Islands. ' ' The American press features the Duke's appointment in front-page stories, with ..two-line banners across eight columns. /
A message from Nassau states that the Bahamas are jubilant over the appointment. Tremendous tourist possibilities are seen. . The Daily Mail says that the Duke's appointment followed his personal request for employment. The Bahamas, a group of islands in the British West Indies, extend some 650 miles between Florida and Haiti. They were the first land discovered by Columbus in 1492. and were settled by the British in 1629. The islands ave under a Governor, who is assisted by a legislative and an executive council. Nassau, on New Providence, is the seat of the Government.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 24347, 11 July 1940, Page 8
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