HONOURS LIST.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1159, 21 June 1911, Page 7

HONOURS LIST.

TITLES FOR NEW ZEALAND. BARONETCY FOR SIR JOSEPH WARD. Judge Williams knighted By TolccraDU-Press Association— Copyrlehl (Rec. Juno 21, 1.10 a.m.) London, June 20. Tiio Coronation honours list has been issued, The following honours and decorations of interest to Australasia are t announced :— NEW PEERAGES. Ten new Peers have been created. ,s '0 • MARQUIS. The Earl of Crowe, K.P. (1911), K.G. d (1908), etc., Lord Privy Seal and Scc- >• 'retary of State for India. EARLS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM. The Earl of Rosebery, fifth Earl in tho Peerage of Scotland, a baronet, and sits in tho House of Lords as Baron Rosebery, of the United Kingdom. Baron Brassoy, first Baron, in tho Peerage of the United Kingdom, created \ 18SG. Baron Curzon of Kcdleston, first Baron, in tho Peerage of Ireland, created r 1898. .J BARONET. 0 The Eight Hon. Sir Joseph Ward, P. 0., h K.C.M.G, Hon. LL.D., M.E.C., Primo , r Minister of New Zealand. »■ Sir Joseph Ward. Prime Minister of New Zealand, was born at Emerald Hill, e Melbourne, on April 26, 1856. He was educated privately in Melbourne and at the Bluff State School. When 13 years of age he entered the service of the Post and Telegraph Department at Invercargill, but left to go into a merchant s office. At 20 years of age he entered the Railway Department, but left to go into business on his own account in Invercargill. After a successful career in municipal politics ho was returned for Awarua in ISB7, and three years later was aprmint--1 ed Postmaster-General in the Ballance Ministry, and continued in office when it the late Mr. Seddon tcok the reins of , office. On that gentleman's death, in '" 190G, he succeeded to the Prime Ministere ship. In 18S3 ho married Miss Teresa ■s Dorothea de Smith. His heir is Mr. t- Cyril Ward, of Invereargill. . d . ORDER OF ST. PATRICK. (Consisting of 22 Knight Companions outride Royal Family). Field-Marshal Viscount Kitchener of Khartum (created 1902), G.C.B. (1898), O.M. (1902), G.C.S.I. (1909), G.C.M.G. (1901), G.C.I.E. (1008), Hon: LL.D. and D.C.L., a member of tho Committee of Imperial Defence, and an Egyptian Pasha. Tho Marquis of Crewe (created 1911), K.G. (1908), P.O. (1802), M.A., Lord Privy Seal and Secretary of State for l ~ India. iPRIVY COUNCILLORS. I Baron Islington, Bt., D.5.0., Governor of New Zealand. His Excellency tho Governor, Lord Islington, is the first baron of that name, having been created such in 1910. His name was formerly Sir John Poynder Dickson-Poynder, Bt. He was born in 18GG, and was educated at narrow and Christ Church, Oxford. He assumed tho name of Poynder on succeeding to a maternal uncle's property in 1881. Hβ . was a major of the Wilts Yeomanry a lieutenant in the 3rd Royal Scots, and served in South Africa, for which ho !- holds tlie Queen's Medal and three clasps 1. and D.S.O. From 1892 to. 1910 he was i member of Parliament for Chippenham Division, "Wilts. He married Miss Anne Dundas in 189 G. '" Mr. Andrew Fisher, Primo Minister of '• the Commonwealth of Australia. ' The Rt. Hon. Andrew Fisher became Prime Minister of Australia last year for the second time. In 1908 ho had a short spell in offico after the defeat of Mr. Deakin. Born in Scotland in 1862, he went to Queensland in 1885, and was prominent in the Queensland Parliament' as early ns 1893. . He has been a member of the Commonwealth Parliament since its inauguration. He was Commonwealth Minister for Trade and Customs in 1901, t and was Primo Minister in 1908-9. ■• ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE. 0 . I I GRAND CROSS. ~ Lord Denman, Governor-General of Ausr tralia. 3, Lord Denman succeeded to his barony r in 1894, at tho age of 19, but his public work dates from the time of the South African War. Tho new Governor-General has'served his apprenticeship as a politician, courtier, and sportsman—three of tho professions open to the young British I® aristocrat. He is very young, almost ir boyish-looking, and is only 36 years of age. He has been Deputy Speaker of the :o Ilonse of Lords under the present Govs- ernment, and is a personal friend of the h Kind's. Lord Denman is already a Knight t. Commander of tho Victorian Order. f s Sir G. H. Reid, Australian High Cora|r missioner. d- Sir George Houston- Reid, G.C.M.G., ■ r D.C.L., K.C., M.H.R., was a clerk in the u Treasnry Department,of New South Wales le in 18G1; secretary to the Attorney-Gene-lu ral in 1878; member of the Lcgi&lativo ■e Assembly for East Sydney In 1830; M.inis't ter for Public Instruction in 1883; Leader s- of tho Opposition in 1891; Premier and' >f Treasurer in 1891; Leader of the Oppoic sition in the Federal Parliament in 1901; i- and Prime Minister of the Commonwealth Is in 1901. Ho was made a K.C.M.G. in h 1009. k KNIGHT COMMANDERS. v Sir John Fuiler, Governor of Victoria. > Sir John Michael Fleetwoocl Fuller was « appointed Governor of Victoria in Febru- -■ ary last. He had previously represented n the Westbury Division of Wiltshire as a 1C Liberal since 1900, was a Junior Lord of l- tho Treasury in 190G, and was appointed )f Vice-Chamberlain of the Household in y 1907. Sir John Fuller, who is tho eldest 'J; so."- °f Mr. G. P. Fuller, of Noston Part, 1 t if. ™oso mother is a sister of d Lord St. Aldwyn, was born in 1804,. and ■y was created a baronet in July last. J Q The Hon. J. Carroll, Acting-Prime Min.e ister of New Zealand. '" , Sir J , ames Carroll, Acting-Prime Minis,s ter and Minister for Native Affairs, was 0 born at Wairoa (Hawko's Bay) on Au- '* Rust 20, 1857. He was tho son of Mr i 1 Joseph Carroll.and Tapuke, of tho Nga- ;• tikahunga tribe. After receiving a. good * ground education at Wairoa and Napier, ; ho was employed on a station at Wairoa tor a. few years. In 1870 he, with other / boys, volunteered for service in the Urewera campaign, and was specially mentioned in dispatches, and received the Now Zenland medal and a bonus of ,£SO for services in Hamlin's expedition iff against To Kooti. Hβ served eighteen i- months with Mr. Locke, Native Commisit sinner for Hawke's Bay, in which conIβ nection he came under the notice of Sir Donald M'Lcan, by whom ho was trans-" « ferred to tho Native Department iii Wol- *" lington, where he remained twelve months. *j Ho then returned to station life, and ; (l -later took up interpreting work in tho £ Native Land Court. From 1879 to 1883 ho was employed as interpreter in tho llouso of Representatives, but retired from that position to contest the Eastern 3 Maori seat against Wi Pero, by whom ho ' was defeated. Tii 1887 he stood again, this _ time successfully, and has ever since been regularly returned. Tic became a mem,f ber of the Executive in 18112, and on bpj ing returned for Wainnu (a European constituency) he was admitted to the Cabinet, J of which ho is tho senior member. Sir j. James Carroll is a m»n of urbane temperament, genial in disposition, and fond (1 of nuict sociability. He is a. gifted speaker, and when the spirit moves him d —which is seldom—is capablo of displaying very fine oratorical powers. The Act- ;, ing-Primp Minister is the first of his i s people—Maori it half-caste—to be X

Dr. J. G. Findlay, Attorney-General of Now Zealand. Sir J. G. Findlay, Attorney-General, .us born at Duncdin in 1802, nnd was ducated .at Hokitiku and the Olago Uni■crsity, taking his LL.B. in ISSO and his -L.D. in 18SK). He was admitted to the 3ar hi 1887, and, in partnership with Ir. F. G. Dalziell, practised his profesion at I'nlmerston South. Subsequently ie canio to Wellington as a. partner of iir Robert Stout, and when the latter fas appointed Chief Justice, took Mr. )alzic)l into partnership. On the death if the linn. Colonel Pitt he was appointed Lttorney-General nnd Colonial Secretary, irior to which he had contested a Weiington seat for Parliament and had been lefeated. Jr. 11. W. Just, Under-Secretary for the Colonics. Sir Hartmaivn Wolfgang Just, K.C.M.G., 3.8., Assistant-Undor-Secretnry for the Colonics, and secretary to the Imperial .'onference. was born in 1851, and cncred the Colonial Office in 1878. Ho was ippointcd to his present position in 1907. Jear-Adiniral Creswell, Director of Naval Forces for the Commonwealth. Bear-Admiral Sir William Eooke Crcss-ii-ell, K.C.M.G., joined the Boynl Navy n 1865, and retired in 1878, after having ieen active service in Africa. Hβ joined the South Australian naval force in SSS, and was naval commandant of the :olony from 1893 to 1900. In 1004 he ,vas appointed Director of the Commonivealth naval forces. ilajor-General Hoad, Commonwealth Military Forces. Major-General Sir John Charles Hoad, K.C.M.G., was born in New South Wales in 1856. He received his commission as ieutenant in 1881, and is the first native>orn Australian to lie chosen as head of he military forces. He succeeded Major-General Finn as Inspector-Genera] in 1907. COMPANIONS. Dr. James William Barrett, M.D., M.S. F.R.C.S., Lecturer on the Physio logy of the Special Senses in tin University of Melbourne. Licutenant-ColoneL Robert Joseph Col lins (N.Z.M.), 1.5.0., V.D., J.P., Secretary to the New Zealand Treasury Paymaster-General, Receiver-General and Finance Member of the New Zea land Council of Defence. Dr. Frederick Fitchett, M.A., LL.D. Public Trustee of New Zealand. Mr. Eyre Hutson, Colonial Secretary o Fiji. Mr. Ranking, Magistrate, of Queens land. Mr. Lionel Henry Shell, 1.5.0,. Uiuler Secretary to tho South Australiai Treasury. The Hon. Frank Wilson, Premier am Colonial Treasurer of West Austra lia. ORDER OF THE BATH. KNIGHTS GRAND CROSS. Umiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur Dal rymple Fanshawe, K.C.8., G.C.V.O. formerly C'ommander-in-Chief of the Australian Squadron, and later al Portsmouth. Vdmiral Sir Lewis Anthony Beaumont K.C.8., K.C.M.G., formerly Commnn der-in-Chief in Australia, at Devon' port, etc. Pice-Admiral Sir Wilmot Hawkswortl Fawkes, K.C.8., K.C.V.0., Comman der-iu-Chief at Plymouth, and for merly Commander-in-Chief on the Aus tralian Station. KNIGHTS COMMANDERS. Major Ronald Ross, C.8., F.R.C.S. L.D., D.Sc, Professor of Medicine University of Liverpool and Liverpco School of Tropical Medicine, tin leading investigator into the cause: of sleeping sickness. , The Hon. Charles Algernon Parsons C.8., M.A., LL.D.; D.Sc., J.P., fourtl son of tho Earl of Ros'se, tho invento: of tho Parsons steam turbine, ha developed the steam turbine and mad* it suitablo for the propulsion of wa: and mercantile vessels. KNIGHTS BACHELOR. Mr. Charles Major, Chief Justice of Fij and Judicial Commissioner for th' Western Pacific. Sir Charles Major. K. 8., was called b the Bar at tho Middle Temple in 1887 and from thim on to 1902 hefd many of fices in tho Leeward Islands, in the Wes Indies. In 1599 he was appointed seconi puisno Judge of the Leewards, and ii 1902 was transferred to his present pos in Fiji. Tho Hon. A. R. Guinness, Speaker of th New Zealand House of Reprcsenta tives. Sir Artlinr Guinness, Speaker of (h< House of Representatives, was born ii Calcutta, India, on January 11, 1846. H was educated at Christ's College, Christ church, and was admitted to the Bar oi May 2G, 1867, and has practised at Grey mouth since 1867 to the present time. H was elected member of tho Grey distric in ISB4, and has been returned continu ously ever since, and has been Speaker o the House of Representatives since Junt 1903, prior to which he was Chairmai of Committees. Tho Hon. Frank Madden, Speaker of th Legislative Assembly of Victoria. Sir (Frank Madden, K. 8., has beei Speaker of the Legislative Assembly o Victoria since 1904. He is a solicitoi fifty-four years of age, and has been member of tho Victorian Parliamen since ISM. Mr. Justice Williams, New Zealand, His Honour Sir Joshua Strange Wi] liams, M.A., LC. 51., Canib., is the eldes son of tho late Joshua Williams, Esq. Q.C., Professor of Real and Personal Prc perty to the Inns of Court, and author o several standard legal works, which hav passed through numerous editions. H was born in London in 1537, and wa£ edi cated at- Harrow during the headmastei ship of the late Dr. Vaughan, and ha' for his tutor Mr. Westcott, afterward Bishop of Durham. . Continuing hi studies at Trinity College, Cambridge, h was second in the first-class in the la\ tripos of 1858 and junior optime in th mathematical tripos of the following yeai gaining also the gold medal given by th Chancellor of tho University (the lat Prince Consort) for legal studies. In th Michaelmas term of 1859, Sir Joshua too! his degree, M.A. LL.M., and was calk' to the Bar at Lincoln's Inns. He studio* conveyancing under his father, and was pupil in equity of Mr. (now Lord) Hoi house. He left England in 1861, i search of health, by the ship Derwcnl water, which brought many emigrant for Otago. After a short stay at Dune din, ho proceeded to Canterbury, am early in 1862 he was admitted as a bar ristcr and solicitor of the Supreme Cour of New Zealand, and commenced practic with Mr. Duncan, Provincial Solicitoi The partnership continued until 1861 when Mr. Williams visited England. O: his return to tho Colony at the end o the same year ho resumed the practic of his profession in Christehurch on hi own account. Mr. Williams took a pro ininent part in the Provincial Govcrnnien of Canterbury. In 1864, and, again, ii 1866, ho was elected for the Hcathcoh Jistrict; held office as Provincial Solici lor, and was a member of the Provincia Executive until ho resigned about th< ;nd of 1563, and subsequently occu pied theso positions during Mr. Moor house's superintendency, 1866-71 Mr.' Williams became Distric Land Registrar at Christchurch ii IS7I, and Registrar-General . of Lam Iho following year. In 1875 he wit; ippointod a Judge of tho Supremo Court in succession to the lato Mr. Justiei Chapman. His Honour was the firs ['resident of the Arbitration Court, occu [lying tho position from 1895 until 1898 ivhen ho obtained leave of aWenee Ii risit England. Justice Williams ha; iinco then presided over the sittings o 'he Stinrenic Court in (lu> Oiaßo am with districts. He was the first chair nan of the Board of Governors of Can .erbury College, and. for many vears ,vas Chancellor of the , University oi Ttago. Ho married twice, in 18G4 t( Caroline Helen, a daughter of tho lat< Mr, T. Snnctuary, of TTorehiim, Sussos vh.o died in 1875; and two years latnr, i

daughter of Mr. J. W. Jago, of the "Evening Star," Dtmedin. Sir Joshua \Villiams is at tho present timo on a visit to England. Tho Hon. J. M'Call, Agont-Gcnernl for Tasmania. The Hon. Sir John M'Coll, K. 8., M.D., has been Agent-General for Tasmania since MOO. Ho was formerly Chief Secretnry in the Propsting Ministry of 1903-i. Mr. Allan Taylor, Lord Mayor of Sydney. Sir Allan Taylor, K. 8., Lord Mayor of Sydney, is a well-known timbor merchant and shipowner. Ho was born in 18G4, and was elected to tho Sydney City Council in 1902. Mr. George Alexander, tho well-known actor-manager. HOW SIR JAMES TAKES IT. NO PERSONAL DIFFERENCE. "I appreciate it very highly, as coming from the King," said Sir James Carroll, alluding to his newly-conferred knighthood. "Wo in this country do not regard such things just as peoplp do at Home. We honour any thing that comes from tho King, but beyond that wo do not look upon it as a matter of personal aggrandisement." "Then it will not very greatly affect yon personally?" said the reporter. "Not in tho slightest." Sir James added Hint ho preferred not to talk about himself. Many telegrams and other messages of congratulation were received by Sir Janies Carroll yesterday afternoon and evening. Among them were a number from members of the Native race, who recognise the fact that this is the first occasion on which a knighthood has ljeen conferred upon anyono who has Maori blood in his veins. At a "social" of the Liberal and Labour Federation last evening, where tho new-made knight ivas present, cheers were given for "Sir James Carroll" and for "Lady Carroll," and the audience sang "For he's a jolly good fellow." In the , speech which ho made he did not allude . to his now honour. ' CONGRATULATIONS TO THE PBDIB MINISTER. (By Tciceraph—Prcse Association.! Invercargill, Juno 20. ' The Mayors of Invercargill and the » Bluff have cabled their congratulations • to Sir Joseph Ward on his baronetcy. .