NEW YEAR'S HONOURS AT HOME AND ABROAD

Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6849, 2 March 1929, Page 10

NEW YEAR'S HONOURS AT HOME AND ABROAD

Three New Peers MR WILLIAM MORRIS RECEIVES BARONETCY \ _ V ;V British Official Wirelegs. Received Friday, 7 p.m. RUGBY, Fob. 28.

Peerages hare been conferred on tho following:— Sir Jesse Boot, of thee-well Jcnown firm of chemists, for services in tho promotion of education. Mr. Urban Euttleston Rogers Broughton, in consideration of the public, political and philanthropic services of his father, tho lato Mr. Urban Hanlon Broughton, whoso election to the peerage would have been recommended to his Majesty but for his death on January 30 last. Mr. Urban- Hanlon Broughton was a well known British engineer and was engaged for many years in engineering, mining and railway work in the United. States, becoming president of various big companies. Sir Berkeley Moynihan, president of the Royal CoOege of Surgeons. The nine recipients of Baronetcies include:—

Mr. Frederick Eckstein, chairman of the Sudan Plantations Syndicate, for cervices to the Sudan.

Mr. William Horne, chairman of thb Prudential Assurance Company. Mr. Alexander Park Lyle, chairman of the Lyle Shipping Company, for services in connection with tho Scottish national war memorial. Mr. William Morris, chairman of tho Morris Motors Company.

Thirty new Knights have been appointed, mostly for political and public services. They include Mr. Elliott Roc, for distinguished services to British aviation. - Mr. George Alfred Julius, Council of Research, Mr.' Norman William Ivator, ex-chairman of tho Pastoral advisory committee, Mr. Daniel Levy, Speaker of the New South Wales Legislative Assemblv. Professor ' Augusto Bartolo, Labour.Minister at Malta and recently of Australia. Ampng other honours arc the followang:— • . Order of the Bath (Military Division) —Knights Grand Cross: , Admiral Sir Osmond de Brock, General Sir Walter Braithwaitc and General Sir John Shea, General Officer conunanding-in-chicf, Eastern Command, India. Order of the Star. of India—Knight Grand Commander: Sir Leslie Wilson, late Governor of Bombay. ' Order of the British Empire—Knight Grand Cbmmander: His Highness tho Maharaja of Kashmir, Sir H.ari Singh. Order of Saint/. Michael, and Saint George—Knights Grand Cross: Brigadier General Sir Samuel Wilson, permanent under-secretary for tho Colonies, Sir George Clark, "Ambassador at Constantinople. Knights Commanders: -Sir Ronald Storrs, Governor of Cyprus, Mr. Hobert Greg, Minister at Bucharest and Mr. Howard Kennard, Minister at Belgrade, Mr. Justice Frank Gavin Duffy. Companion: Lieutenant-Colonel Clive Batham Baillieu, Australian representative at the Wireless conference; Dr. John Howard Compston, Commonwealth Health Director; Mr. Maurioe Francis Headlam, acting-chairman of the Pacific Cable board. . Order of British Empire—Knights Grand Cross: Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip Game, Sir HenTy Dobbs, High Commissioner of Iraq. Dame Grand Cross: Mrs. Alfred Lyttelton. . , , Dames Commanders include: JVlrs. Laura Knight, Associate of the Royal Academy, professor Anne Mcllroy, Professor of Obstetrics, Royal Free Hospital. Knight Commander: Mr. John Pratt, one of the Consuls-Genernl in China. Commander: Mr. Louis Bernhardt Beale, New Zealand trade commissioner; Dame Commander, Alida Luisa, Lady Brittain, wife of Sir Henry Brittain, Professor Winifred Fullis, professor of Physiology at the Royal Free Hospital. Companions of Honour: Lady Bargett, Dean of tho London school of medicine for women. Miss Lilian Baylis, lessee and manager of the old Vic Theatre. Mr. Frederick Delius, the blind composer. On no previous honours list were there so many distinctions conferred ©n women.