NEW YEAR HONOURS

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIX, Issue XLIX, 3 January 1916, Page 7

NEW YEAR HONOURS

EISTINCTIOXS FOR AVAR SERVICE

HON. T. MACKENZIE KNIGHTED. (Pj&fiss Association.—Coi'TKiaHT.) LONDON, Jan. L.i The following are among- the titular distinctions conferred 'ill the New Yeai Honours list:— KNIGHTS OF THE GARTER. \ Lord Curzon of Kedleston. Lord Privv Seal. The Duke of Devonshire VISCOUNTIES. Sir John D. P. French. Tate. Commander-in-Chief of the British armies in. Northern France •and Flanders, who ha* chosen thr title of Viscount French of Ypres-. Lord Mersey, President- of the Board of Arbitration on" claims for ships re- ; quisitioned .by the AdmiraiTy, -.vim conducted the-Titanic. Empress, of Ireland, and Lusitania. inquiries. BARONIES. Admiral Lord Charles Beresford. Union-" ist,' .membcu- for Portfemouth since 1910. Sir Thomas G. Shauglinessy, Presidentof the Canadian Pacific Railway Company. Mr William" Waldorf Astor. Mr David A. Thomas, managing director of several Welsh colliery companies. rili- Alexander Henderson, chairman of the Great Central Railwav. Mr Crcil William Norton. M.P. (Liberal for Newington (London) : Assistant Fo£t master-General. PRIVY COUNCILLOR. Mr Will Crooks, Labour M.P. for Woolwich since 1902. BARONETCIES. Rear-Admiral Sir Fr:tlcrick 0- Doveton Rtuidec, Chief of the Naval War Staff, who commanded tlie .British, squadron in the Falkland Islands battle. Right Hon. Sir William Edward Gos- " <:hen. who was British Ambassador at Berlin at the outbreak of the ■war. KNIGHTS COMMANDER OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE.. Horn Thomas Macknzie. High Commissioner for New Zealand. (The Hin. Sir Thomas Mackenzie was horn at Edinburgh in ISE4. Coming to New Zealand as a child he was educated at Otaao Public School and privately. ,In 1887' he was returned to Parliament as member for Clutha. He continued to represent that constituency" till 1898, after that ho sa.t as member for Waihemo from 1900 to 1902. and W T aikouaiti from 1902 to 1908. He next stood and was elected for Taieri. - In 1911 he once more chanced his seat. and. defeated Mr Dive for the Egmont seat. In 1909 he became a member of Sir Josouh Ward's Cabiret, succeeding to the Premiership on 23th March. 1912, but holding, that nffico cnlv until 10th. July. 1912.) Sir Charles MacKellar. Kt.-, M.8.. memi her of the Legislative Council of Now South Wales. Vice-Admiral Sir George Patey, Ccm-mander'-in-Chrc'f of 'the Australian Navv.

Mi* James R. Boose, .secretary of the Royal Colonial Institute.

KNIGHTS BACHELOR

iMr Thomas Beecham, conductor, , com- , poser, and operatic impressario, | London. |Mr Bowater, Lord Mayor of Birming- ! ham. ' - ,' [Mr Lauchkm Charles Mackhmon, of ' Melbourne. * } Mr Henry Griggs, member,of the LegisI lative Council of Western Ausli-a.- | lkt - - ' I COMPANIONS OF ST. MICHAEL AND ST. GEORGE. i Mr' C. Wray PaHiser, secretary to the New Zealand High Commissioner's Department. . . Mr Nelson Hood, Chamberlain to the Governor-General of Australia. Many honours are prantod to civilians in recognition of their efforts in connection "with organisation for.the production" "f war materials, and raising war fuj :i". • l '■ ■' uk '1 Guopialte is promoted to be Kr" '*t '"'om'mandfer of the Bath'in re-' C'Y ' ' - of his services in Commanding the FvLjieh squadron co-operating at the Dardanelles.