NEW YEAR HONOURS

Evening Post, Volume XCI, Issue 1, 3 January 1916, Page 2

NEW YEAR HONOURS

DISTINCTIONS FOR COLONIALS

HON. THOMAS MACKENZIE

KNIGHTED.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright,) LONDON, Ist January. In the New Year Honour List there appear the following : — Knights of the Garter —Lord Curzon and the Marquis of Devonshire. A Viscountcy is given to Lord Mersey, who has officiated as Chairman of several important Royal Commissions. Baronies —Lord Beresford, Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, William Waldorf Astor, David Alfred Thomas (the coalowner), Sir Alexander Henderson, M.P., and Cecil Norton, M.P. Privy Councillors include Mr. G. N. Barnes, Labour M.P., and Mr. Will Crooks, M.P. Baronetcies include Admiral Sir F. C. D. Sturdee and Mr. Edward Goschen. Knighthoods include Mr. Thomas Beecham , (the conductor) and Mr. Bowater (Lord Mayor of Birmingham). Knights include Lauchlan Charles Mackinnon, one of the proprietors of the Melbourne Argus, and Henry Griggs, a Legislative Councillor of West Australia. Many honours have been granted to civilians m recognition of their efforts in connection with the organisation and production of war materials and the raising of war funds. Admiral Guepratte has been promoted Commander of the Bath in recognition of his services commanding the French squadron while co-operating in the Dar- i danelles. Commanders of St. Michael and St. George include Sir Charles Mackellar, of Sydney, and C.M.G., Nelson Hood, a Victorian. The Hon. T. Mackenzie, New Zealand High Commissioner, is made K.C.M.G., and Mr. C. Wray Palliser, secretary to j the New Zealand High Commissioner, is given C.M.G. [The Hon. T. Mackenzie, who is 61 ' years of age, has been prominent in public life in New Zealand since 1887, when he was elected member far Clutha. He represented that con- i stitucncy until 1896, in which year he went to England as representative of various New Zealand agencies in London. After an absence of three or four years he, in 1900, successfully contested the Waihemo seat after the retirement of the late Sir John M'Kenzie. In 1902 and in ISOS he was returned for Waikouaiti, in 1908 for Taieri, and in 1911 for Egmont. He was Minister for Agriculture in the Ward Administration, and .on the resignation of the Ward Government in 1912 he became Prime Minister. He held that position until July of the same year, when his Government was defeated on a want-of-confidence motion moved by Mr. Massey. In the same year he was appointed to succeed Sir William Hall-Jones as High Commissioner. In politics Sir Thomas Mackenzie was generally regarded as an Independent until he joined the Ward Government, and in the days of Seddon his criticism was usually directed against the ' Government. When Sir Joseph Ward took over the reins of office Mr. Mackenzie assumed a different tone, and his inclusion in the Ward Government was by no means unexpected. Apart from politics he took a very active part in the administration of educational affairs in Otago, and was chairman of the Education Board of that province. He was also prominent .in hospital and charitable aid board matters. In the 'eighties he was an ardent explorer, and no one did better work than, he for the opening up of the tourist tracks between the Cold Lakes and Milford Sound, and when Professor Mainwaring Brown, of Otago University, was lost in the mountains at the head of i Lake Manapouri" the-, new Knight organised and headed ■ the relief' party which conducted a thorough and hazardous but unsuccessful search. Sir T. Mackenzie was elected Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society in 1870, and Fellow of the Colonial Institute in 1886.] (BT TELBORAPa.—PKESS ASSOCIATION.) NELSON, This Day. Lieutenant-Colonels A.' E. and W. J. Glasgow,, mentioned in the New Year honours list, are old Nelson Collegians. The latter proceeded straight from the College Cadets to the Imperial Army.