MINISTERS IN BRITAIN.

Press, Volume LII, Issue 15752, 20 November 1916, Page 6

MINISTERS IN BRITAIN.

• \ ■ MR MASSEY HONOURED, i s " ; DEGREE CONFERRED by 3 CAMBRIDGE. (Ev CaMo.-Pr«« , (Australian and X.Z. Cab'.o AesocitfW.) , (Rccoivcd November 15) th, 5.5 p.m.) ' ; . I.OXDON. November 18. ' Cambridge I nivereity conferred tho I honorary degree of doctorship U pen tlx. ■ Rt. Kon. W . I', Massey in the presence ; of a large attendance, mostly of whoa wore clad in khaki. Mr Massey and Sir Thos. .Mackenzie were subsequently entertained at luncheon in Queen's College. The party will depart f or Scotland on J Sunday. j IMPERIAL INSTITUTE. ' NEW ZEALAND'S U KIM! KS KN TAT [ON. (Received November lShh. S.lO p.m.) LONDON. November 18. Lord Islington pave a luncheon to the Rt. Hon. W. F. Massey at the Imperial Institute. Mr Massey said that he was impressed with the institute's exhibit® of • t raw materials from various parts of the Empire. Ho hoped t.o iinprovp New Zealand's display. which at presenting unsatisfactory. A EULOGISTIC ARTICLE. (fHESS ASSOCIATION' TELEGRIH.) WELLINGTON, November 18. Private advices have been received that the following appeared in tie "Yorkshire Herald'' of November 16th (following ui>on the presentation of tho freedom of the City of York upon Mr Massey): —''Those whose privilege and pleasure it was to meet tho lU, Hon. W. F. Massey yesterday »fiw conscious or an influence and idealism of mind and personality at once vigorous, practical, and far-seeing, antj they long will retain the impression of s man of -wide outlook, warm sympathj, and splendid statesmanship—one of those first-class leaders of Imperial thought and politics who are playing so prominent a role to-day in waging war on the Hun, and who are destined to take an even fuller share in the tlement of aftor-the-war problems."