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THE AUSTRALIAN HONOURS. SEVEN NEW KNIGHTS. TWO STATE TREASURERS. (By Cable. —Press Association. — Copyright! LONDON, June .1. Honours have beep conferred on the following Australians on the occasion of the King's Birthday:— K.C.M.G. (Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.) Mr. John George Bicp, Chief Secretary and Minister of Marine of South Australia. K.B.E. (Knights Commanders of the Order of the British Empire.) Mr. Hugh Robert Denison, of Sydney, managing director of the "Run" Newspaper Company and chairman of directors of several important Australian industrial companies; -well-known in the racing world particularly through his ownership of Poseidon. Mr. A. A. C. Cocks, Treasurer of New South Wales. Mr. W. M. McPherson, Treasurer of Victoria. KNIGHTS BACHELOR. Mr. G. H. Knihhg, Director Commonwealth Bureau of Science and Industry, formerly Commonwealth Statistician. Mr. William T. Loton, of Perth, merchant and pastoralist, and former chairman of the Western Australian Bank. Mr. J. W. -Swanson, Lord Mayor of Melbourne. C.M.G. (Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St. George.) Mr. J. H. Butters, chief engineer and general manager of the Tasmanian Government Hydro-Electric. Department. Mr. W. S. Mowle, clerk of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly. Mr. Thomas Trumble, Secretary of the Commonwealth Department of Defence. C.B.E. (Commanders of the Order of the British Empire.) Mr. J. R. Collins, Secretary to the Commonwealth Treasury. Mr. John Easterbrook, of Sydney. Major R. M. Oakley, chairman of the Tariff Board of the Commonwealth Trade and Customs Department. Mr. Alfred Edward Simpson, architect-in-chief under the South Australian Government. 0.8. E. (Officer of the Order of the British Empire.) Mr. Leonard Darlot, of Western Australia. 1.5.0. (Companions of the Imperial Service Order.) Mr. W. D. Bingle. Secretary of the Commonwealth Works and "Railways Department. Mr. J. D. Story, Queensland Public Service Commiseioner.-jt A. and N.Z.)
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Auckland Star, Volume LIV, Issue 131, 4 June 1923, Page 5
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