Reuter has made reference to the fuct that the new Lord Mayor spent his early years various parts of the Empire, but Sir Harry Twyford has an even more direct claim on the interest of his fellow countrymen in Shanghai, for he was for some time on the staff of the Eastern Telegraph Ca. and served on the China coast. Lady Twyford is an Australian lady to whom he was married in 1900; she was then Miss Ethel Honey, of Adelaide: Sir Harry' 'Twyford eventually became the owner and head of the firm of Messrs. George Brettle & Ca., Ltd. of 119 Wood Street, He has been an' Alderman of the City of London since 1930 and was knighted in 1935 when he completed his year of office as Sheriff of the City of London. Torday the new Lord Mayor duly assumes his important office and his friends in China will wish a very successful and happy 12_months: for him and Lady Twyford in the Mansion House." China, indeed, takes a special interest in the Mansion House at the moment, for the outgoing Lord Mayor, Sir George Broadbridge, has started, and his' successor will of course! carry on, the fund for the relief of suffering here owing to the present hostilities. The Lord Mayor of London has great social and adminis~ trative responsibilities and they transcend the boundaries of the square mile which is the real heart of the Empire, for important national decisions and pronotincements are frequently made under the auspices of the Chief Magistrate fof the chief city in the British Isles, The Lord Mayor, moreover, is a Privy Councillor and he shares the distinction of carrying the title of Right Honourable by immemorial usage, as disinet from modern grant, with the Lord Advocate of Scotland, the Lord Mayor of York, and the Lord Provost of Endinburgh.
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