NEW YEAR HONOURS.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 14568, 3 January 1911, Page 5

NEW YEAR HONOURS.

NO PEERS CHEATED. THREE AUSTRALIAN KNIGHTS LORD ISLINGTON, K.C.M.G. By Telegraph.—Press Association.— (Received "January 2, 11.30 p.m.) London, January 2. The customary New Year. honours have been gazetted. No new peers have been created. The honours include :— K.C.M.G. To be Knights Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George:— Baron Islington, Governor of New Zealand. •

Sir Newton Moore, ex-Premier of West Australia. \ '

Mr. Abe Bailey, a South African millionaire.

BARONETS.

Twelve baronets include :—

Mr. 0. W. Macara, chairman of the committee of the International: Federation of the Master Cotton-spinners and Manufacturers. ' *

Mr. William Younger, ex-M.P. for the Stamford division of Lincolnshire, who has been one of the principal supporters of the movement for the establishment of consumptive sanatoria.

Dr. L. S. Jameson, Leader of the South African Opposition. A .

Mr. D. P. de Villiers Graaff, South African Minister for Public Works, Post, and Telegraphs.

KNIGHTS. To be Knights Bachelor: Mr. Justice W. P. Cullen, Chief Justice of New South Wales.

Dr. J. W. Hackett, M.L.C. of West Australia, part-proprietor and editor of the West Australian, the leading newspaper of Perth.

Mr. Thomas Tait, ex-chairman of the Victorian Railways Commissioners. Mr. Jesse Herbert, Liberal organiser. Mr. Joseph Lyons, caterer, who is a strong supporter of the Territorials.

Mr. Sidney Colvin, keeper of the prints and drawings in the British Museum.

Mr. George F. Warner, keeper of the manuscripts and Egerton. librarian, British Museum.

Dr. J. M. Redmond, physician to Mater Misericordias Hospital," and : ex-president of the Royal College of Physicians.

Mr. Henry J. Wood, orchestral conductor. ' - • '■ , •■■'

PRIVY COUNCILLORS.

To be members of His Majesty's Most Honourable Privy Council: — Master of Elibank (A. W. C. Murray, eldest* son of Baron Elibank), Under-Sec-retary for India. Mr. A. Fischer, South African Minister for Lands. O.M.G. ,> ■- To be ( Companions of the Order of St. Michael and St.. George:— Mr. John Knibbs, First Federal Statist for , Australia. ' "■"' >"., » - Mr. Frederick'Maiiton Bailey, Government Botanist, Queensland.

THE ABSENCE OF PEERS.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

(Received January 3, 1 a.m.)

London, January 2.

The Daily Chronicle states that the absence of new peers in the list of New Year honours is a surprise. Their creation has either been deferred till the Coronation, when the large honour list will be published, or reserved until an emergency, possibly necessitating wholesale creation.

Sir William Cullen succeeded Sir B'rederick Darley as Chief Justice of New South Wales about nine months ago. He was for three years a member of the New South Wales Legislative Assembly and a member of the Legislative Council till his elevation to the judgeship.

Sir John Hackett practised as a barrister in New South Wales and Victoria till 1882, when he went to West Australia as editor of the West Australian. He took a prominent part in the Federation movement, being a member of the convention which framed the Commonwealth Constitution. He is a Past Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of Freemasons of West Australia, and chairman of the University Extension Committee. In 1905 he married a daughter of Mr. Fred. Brockman.'

Sir Thomas Tait, a son of Sir Melbourne 'fait, Chief Justice of the Superior Court of Montreal, Canada, was Chief Railway Commissioner of Victoria till a few months ago, when ho retired. He is still in Australia, but intends shortly to return to Canada.