NEW EMPIRE ORDER.
WOMEN ADMITTED. -': ON SAME STATUS AS MEN. Press Association—By Telegraph—Copyright, ~£ Australian and N.Z. Cable Association, > LONDON, June 22. The authorised account of the, new Order 1 of t!he British. Empire says, that it com- , v prises five classes.' Mon Will be styled Knights of the Grand Gross, KWhta - Commanders, Commanders, Officers, and "% Members, the abbreviations Jjeing K.B.E .\ C.B.K, ete. "' Women will be styled Dames of the Grand Cross, Dames Commanders, Com- ! % manders, Officers, and Members, the abbreviations being G.8.E., D.8.E., C.B.E s* etc. • \i! The first, two men's classes confer knight- Jhood, while the first two womi n's classes .. are entitled to -use the prefix Dame. The Prince of Wales has been appointed "" Grand Master of the Order of the British 1 Empire. The King is also instituting an \, Order of Companions of Honour, which will be conferred on a limited number of s ' women, without carrying a title or precedence. *— , <
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17039, 25 June 1917, Page 5
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154NEW EMPIRE ORDER. Otago Daily Times, Issue 17039, 25 June 1917, Page 5
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