31 JANUARY 1914, Page 19

Lord Denman has resigned the Governor-Generalship of Australia, which he

has held since 1911, owing to ill-health,

and Lord Chelmsford has been unofficially designated as his successor. Lord Chelmsford, who was appointed Governor of Queensland by the late Unionist Government in 1905, was trans- ferred to New South Wales by the present Administration is 1909. Since his return to England he has been a most active and useful member of the London County Council. In view of his academic and athletic distinction—be was a Fellow of All Souls and Captain of the Oxford Eleven—his fore public record and long residence in Australia, it is not too much to say that there is no one better equipped for the post or whose appointment would give greater satisfaction throughout the Commonwealth.