CORONATION HONOURS.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 103, 21 June 1911, Page 4

CORONATION HONOURS.

o Now Zealand lias indeed I icon bonourod in the bestowal of titles on men of no to who have served the Dominion, as will he soon by I lie cabled announcement in another column. The Jit. Hon. Sir .loseph Ward, INC., K.C.Vi.C LL.D .. Prime Minister of New Zealand, and Minister of ' Ifinam-o, PostunirderGonem),, Minister of Telegraphs, M blister of Railway; - ., Minister of Defence, and Minis ter of Tourist and Health Resorts, has been specially

shlgk'il out for very high honour by ivimu; George, and is created a baronet, the now rank descending to Ids (blest sou. The’ Hon, J»SP»i«h Carrel, Native Minister and Acling-lTcinier of New Zealand, becomes Sir James Carrol. Since 1887 he has; sat continuously in Parliiiiuout. Ho was appointed a member of the Executive Council in the Ballanco Government in 1892, representing the native race, and was made Native Minister in 1900. The Hon. John George Findlay, Lie I)., K.C., who is also knighted, was appointed Attorney-General in 190(3, with ;i seat in the Legislative Council, and was made K.C. in 1907. His advancement has boon almost meteoric. The Hpil. Arthnt Robert GninlioSS, now Sir Charles, has licen Speaker in the House of Representatives since 1903, having been elected a member of Westland Provincial Council in 1874; he entered the Hmisc of Representatives in 1884. for Grey, for which he has sat over since. The other Knighthood bestowed falls to His Honor Judge Joshua Strange Williams, M. A., L.L.M., who has been judge since March 3rd, 1875. In 1862 and 1863, and from 1866 to 1870 ho wall a member of tbe Provincial Council of Canterbury. Lesser distinctions have been conferred on other New Zealanders in the person of Colonel Collins, Comptroller-General, 'who is made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George,- and Messrs Horatio H. J. Blow, Secretary for Public Works, and of Edward Tregear, late of the Department of Labour, who are made Companions of the Imperial Service Order. Now Zealanders have certainly not been overlooked by the King.