HERR SCHMITT'S TITLES.
T ) THF. EDITOR. Sir,—ln yesterday's issue of your paper appears a paragraph in reference to Herr Schmitt, in which he is spoken of as "Sir Carl Schmitt." Now, sir, I wish to point out that this is a purely British title, and therefore one which no foreign order justifies the use of. Besides, even supposing a foreign decoration conferred such a distinction, the professor, as a British subject, could not make use of it without his Sovereign's consent.—l am, etc., "Auckland, March 7th, 1889. Brutus.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXVI, Issue 9306, 8 March 1889, Page 3
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