JUBILEE HONOURS

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21465, 6 May 1935, Page 11

JUBILEE HONOURS

MK HENDERSON MAY DE GIVEN PEERAGE (Received May 5, 3.20 p.m.) LONDON. May 4. The "Star" understands tiiat Mr Arttiur Henderson will receive a j peerage m the jubilee honours for j his work as chairman of the Dis- ! armament Conference. I FIVE-SHILLING PIECE TO BE ISSUED (Received May 5, 3.15 p.m.) ; RUGBY. May 4. The King held a .-oimci! at Buck- ! ingham Palace at which he signed fn order-in-council authorising the ! issue of a new five-shilling piece m t commemoration of the jubilee. ! CANADIAN AMNESTY i i j OTTAWA, May 3. | Six hundred prisoners were freed I for a jubilee amnesty while others ! were given a month oil for each I year of their sentence.

SALVATION ARMY'S ; MESSAGE '

\ GEXEKAL BOOTH SL.NDS THANKS; AND GRATJTIDK ; (I'iUSS ASSOCUTIOV TIXKia'.AM.I j I AUCKLAND, May 4. I Before leaving Auckland by the j 'Mariposa to-day General Evangeline Booth sent the following cable message to his Majesty the King:— "To' the King's most excellent Majesty: Most GracicAis Sovereign, the Salvationists of your renowned Dominions, with sincere pride, oiler y;-,ur Majesty on the occasion ol the jubilee of your accession assurances of their affectionate loyalty to tne Throne, to your Majesty's person, and to her Majesty the Queen. YVe recognise vour Majesty's reign as being among the most memorable m history. It has covered a period ot momentous events, of great achievements, of revolutionary changes, oi world war, of unprecedented economic depression. Throughout these years, your Majesty has set a noble example, displaying not only high courage, ripe wisdom, and far-see-ing vision, but that human sympathy which has won for you an abiding place in the hearts of your people. "As General of our international army, representative of many peoples, permit me to convey to your Majesty our deep gratitude to God for vour Majesty's exaltation of the beauty and power of the word of j God as the one unerring guide to | life and character." )

LOYALTY OF RETURNED SOLDIERS

U'JSEs-3 AiaOCUTIO:.' TELIiuKA:.:.! WELLINGTON, May 4. The New Zealand Returned Soldiers' Association, through the Dominion president (Sir Andrew Rus.sell). has dispatched the following message to the British Empire Service League for submission to the King and Queen: — "Please express to their Majesties felicitations on the attainment of their Silver Jubilee and an assurance of the continued loyalty of New Zealand returned soldiers."