Radio, Films and Writing Among Chief Interests of New Canadian Governor.

Radio Record, Volume VIII, Issue 39, 5 April 1935, Page 16

Radio, Films and Writing Among Chief Interests of New Canadian Governor.

THE appointment of Mr. John Buchan to the position of Governor-General of Canada. is of more than passing interest inasmuch as he is the first commoner to be appointed to a_ position of that kind, he is related to Gladstone and he is a writer. of the first magnitude. _In 1901 Mr. Buchan went to South Afriea. He fell in love with the

rountry and became a convert to Cecil Rhodes’ dream of a United British Empire. Upon his return to England a few years later he became a partner in the publishing house of Thomas Nelson and Sons. ; When the War broke out he was appointed correspondent by "The Times," London, and he saw considerable service or the Western Front. His experiences enabled him to’ write his "‘History of the Great War." He also has numerous riovels to his credit. "From Monday to.Friday noon," she said recently, "I put everything out of my:head but politics and business and limit my activity to four major interests:. Parliament, my publishing connection with Thomas Nelson and my work with the British film and radio industries. The week-ends:I spend at my place near Oxford gardening and wetiec **