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Show ANOTHER CANADIAN KNIGHTED Robert Bond, the prime minister of Newfoundland, who has just been knighted by the Duke of Cornwall and York, is one of the most popular and capable of the public men in Canada. He is descended from an ancient and honorable family of Devonshire. His father was a rich man ind widely known merchant in St. Jv jjis !o-T-." 1 ward .of (half a. ena-tyry, ut thss j preferred the more active and ambi- tious life of politics and the bar. As early as 1881 Robert Bond had become speaker of the Newfoundland assembly. assem-bly. From 1S39 to 1897 he occupied a position as colonial secretary, and in this capacity he did much to enlarge en-large and make free the industrial life of the old British colony, of which he is a native citizen. Last year the elec- ill j f |