WAR MEDALS.
THE DECORATION OF LORD MILNER. LONDON, June 13. Amongst those who received medals from the King yesterday were MajorGenerals Hutton and Pole-Carcw, and a number of Australian officers. His -Majesty looked hale and hearty. “ The Times ” says the significance of the event lay in the attitude of the spectators, showing that the King had never more faithfully reflected the wishes of his people than by honouring with hi.s own hand tho soldiers who had shed their blood to cement the unity of the Empire. This would also apply equally to the medal bestowed upon Lord Milner, whom the paper describes as a statesman instinctively identified both by the people and by our enemies with tho Imperial policy in South Africa. It points out that the bestowal of a medal upon Lbrd Milner is strictly in accordance with precedents, and cites the presentation of medals to Lord Canning after the suppression of the Indian Mutiny, to, Lord Elgin on the conclusion of the China war in 1860, and to the Marquis of Duffcriu after the conquest of Burma.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4384, 15 June 1901, Page 5
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