INVESTITURE STOPPED
(Received 22ud May,' 11 a.m.) , \\' mi MELBOURNE, This D«y. -
An investiture which was to. have/ been held was stopped on the order ' of the Governor-General. The Vio \ torian Consul for Czechoslovakia, M-.> E. K. Peacock, was to have beou "in-."I.' vested with the Czecho-Slovakian' Be-r;. public's Order of the White Lion, which/" is bestowed on distinguished ' citizens V of foroign countries, but before the,iceremony was held a telegram was re-" ceivod from tlic military secretary to ■'■ the Governor-General, stating that it was not possible for Mr. Peacock to ; accept the insignia until he had,per-, ;. mission to do so from the King. .The - t iuvestiluie was then postponed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 119, 22 May 1931, Page 9
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109INVESTITURE STOPPED Evening Post, Volume CXI, Issue 119, 22 May 1931, Page 9
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