AN INVESTITURE.
GOVERNMENT HOUSE FUNCTION. The Governor-General held an investiture at Government House on Wednesday evening, at which his Excellency invested the Hon. Sir Francis Bell with the ins'gnia of a Knight of the Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, and handed to Sir Harold Beaohamri his letters patent of Knighthood. lie presented certain other orders and decorations to those upon whom his Majesty the King had conferred them. After the investiture, the recipients, with their relatives and friends, and between five and six hundred guests, were entertained by their Excellencies at a reception. The complete list of recipients of orders and decorations is as follows: C C.M.C.—The Hon. Sir Francis Henry Dillon Bell. Kmght Bachelor.—Sir Harold Beauchamp. C.M.C—The lion. Edward Newman, Colonel Robert Ward Tate. C B E.—William Barr Montgomery, Bernard Edward Howard Tripp O R E. —William Henry Leader Foster. I.B.o.—John O'Donovan. Colonial Auxiliary Forces Officers’ Decoration. —Major John Robert Cade, M.C. Royal Naval Reserve Officers’ tion. Lieutenant-commander Horace White-Parsons.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3618, 17 July 1923, Page 26
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169AN INVESTITURE. Otago Witness, Issue 3618, 17 July 1923, Page 26
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