THE NEW ZEALAND CROSS.

Press, Volume XLIII, Issue 6625, 16 December 1886, Page 3

THE NEW ZEALAND CROSS.

-a mtLLUf 6TON, Deoeaber 15. JM Qortnot piemnUsd the Mew ZeagNl.Orpa* to Lkot-Col. McDonnell at ••ewaottarai Hte«s this nenin*. in the Mewaeeel Mean Baekley, *ol*. Limach. Whaasdre, and the r*rriion oflc«n Bis gwfflfCT mad* » brief speech, eipbuntotjtamttbe Crow h*d bees iaitituted at Omtial Whitmcre'e inctasoe, and 4r tk* QaMi'i «ped*l onier. It ranked ■Jrt af»r th* Victoria Cion, beinc the or<?er in the empue. He read »mb &• Gaxttit the procUmitioß ot the Jisfc fcr viikh JLieut.-CoI. MoDonnell ra PPiied the deoeratioa. particniailT ku B— weamitMt* with Voa Temmkj at ParatetbeWaikktoialSeS. He«xpi«iaed c «•» telatieoa with the Maoris were yyiaMretttthen to now, when the wit»ifaa\ o( the rarbsa GoTemiaeaU hta J25P* aboat ttwcfc mere peaceful rela- ••-?—■» He ended with a few '■ffeiMai to tfee rcoiueat. , If eDoaaell taid that he felt Ay*Ja» had obtained acxoai after each a v IES& •* **"• throoea the kiadneat of Mr '••JSP' lll "' M»i other aembets of the present ■' y— —eat and owiac to perxiatest re•gjg—iplsUjne of Mi oM ooamaadezs, ?**»»■ CaataroaasdChote. Beexprened g»»».** hie oH friend, the gallant Yon jgP'Pjr* *cc not bj hi« aid* to recear* his of hoaor, to recerre a cunUar 2SSt*- *• did not appreciate the and those pnaest •» H» honor they had done hfaa.

Ibis tv.Tii>inAfA £be or or* > jJMWi Tlm erwa wijp uSmapSaOtTaT EattaacT, and it esteeaely handsome' The dicoiatioa in shape ieaimi ar to Uβ Victoria Cross, but the material is silver ia-te*d<f mm metal, and each ray of the crcea has a gold star on it In the centre is a gold wreath inscribed Sew Zealand.** rue Governor's state- I meat as to the value of the coes will pr~b- ! ably be news t> m st cokmkU. There are only eighteen holders in Hew Zealand. The decoration carries 410 a year with it. I