ORDER OF BRITISH EMPIRE.
FIFTEEN HUNDRED AWARDS A. and N.Z.Renter. LONDON, June 7. A Gazette issued to-day contains 1500 names of appointments and promotions in various grades of the Order of the British Empire for war services. Twelve conferments of Knight and Dame Grand Cross include Princess Christian, the Duchess of Argyle, Princess Helena Victoria, and Miss Agnes Weston, founder of the Royal Sailors' Rests at Portsmouth and Dervonport. Sixty-five Knights and Dames Commanders include Mr. Hall Caine and Major William Orpen, A.R.A., and the Commanders include Mr. Alfred Noyes, the poet. The awards include the following New Zealanders :— Commanders Colonel W. H. Parkes, Auckland. Officers of the Order: Chaplain Burton, Majors R. H. Hogg, H. Home, and H. Short, Captain H. Richard, and Mr. J. L. Hay, of the Y.M.C.A.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16872, 10 June 1918, Page 5
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