The Archive · 1937

New Lord Mayor of London Elected

SPECIAL TO THE "mem"

London, Sept. 29.

"With all the medieval pomp associated with the ceremony, Alderman Sir Harry Twyford was elected Lord Mayor of London to-day in succession to Sir George Broadbridge.

Sir Harry Twyford is head of a textile house established 150 years ago and belongs to the Framework Knitters' Guild. His family connections with the City go back to the. 14th century and one of his ancestors, Sir Nicholas Twyford, was Sheriff of London in 1377.—Reuter. our foreign ' organization will do everything in its power to promote this understanding and I hope that the German citizens living here in Britain will be taken for what they really are—messengers of German goodwill."—Trans.

Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.

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