The Imperial capital to-day accorded a fitting reception to the new. Viceroy, -the Marquis of Linlithgow, who succeeds Lord Willingdon.
A salute of 31 guns announced his arrival aboard a special train, while Indian infantry provided a guard of honour at the station.
Huge crowds cheered Lord and Lady Linlithgow as they drove in state to the Viceroy's House.
After the administration of the oaths by Sir Douglas Young, Chief Justice of the Lahore High Court, and the unfurling of the Viceregal flag, a Royal Salute announced that the new Viceroy had assumed the reins of Following the ceremony, Lord Linlithgow proceeded direct' to his study, Where his first official act was
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