BIRTHDAY HONOURS
INVESTITURE AT GOVERNMENT HOUSE. By Telegraph—Press Association WELLINGTON, October 18. The Governor-General to-night held an investiture at Government House at which after presenting the Colonial Auxiliary Forces officers’ decoration to Colonel the Honourable John Ranken Reed. C.8.E., His Excellency conferred the Honour of Knighthood upon Colonel Sir Stephen Shepherd Allen. C.M.G., D. 5.0., V.D., investing him with the insignia of Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, and presented to Sir William Perry, Sir Joseph Benjamin George Smith, C.1.E., and Sir Hugh Thomas Dyke Acland, C.M.G., C.8.E., F.R.C.S., the Royal Letters Patent conferring upon them the degree, title and dignity of Knight Bachelor. His Excellency also presented the Insignia of Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George to James Marchbank, J. S. Barton and T. Lindsay Buick, and the Badge of Companion of the Imperial Service Order to Theophilus Benjamin Strong, M.A., B.Sc. The investiture was followed by a reception at which a large number of guests were presented to their Excellencies.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19624, 19 October 1933, Page 8
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