IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7720, 1 June 1903, Page 2

IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER.

A number 6f prominent civil service offiojals in the Comraonwfialfch b*v» town created Oonipwuona of the Imperial Service Order, including Dr WbUastonj Federal Secretary of Curtaom i Mr Robert fcoott, Under-Secretory of the Federal Post. Office j Mr Opghlan, New South, Wales 6tatl«ifoianj and Sir Moptagn Oronwmey, PerTOft^«at Undet-Secr?t*ry to the Colonial Office, who was created. « Oompwjion of the Order, which/ waa instituted by' the KJng last year. '

(The Imperial Servioe OrdftT *<* ««*ityr ted by the King oa June 26, 1902, as a deooration for members of tbe civil servioe of the Umpire, to be N oonf erred after lppg and meritonous Kervice. The order consists of the Sovereign, the Prjnpe ofWaJw, «»d eucb Companion? a» the Sovereign shall appoint. Only member* of tbe aximiniftrative or clerical branches of the civil fwrvioe are eligible aa companions, and th.eir pumper must not exoeefl 425, of wltorn. ?60 are to belong to $<» &orae ojvil wkJ 17$ to the civil services of the oolonies and protectorates. AppPintmemta to tbe onsev will be made on tbe recomnwndalion of » Secrotary of State, after twenty4v» (oria;iiiiheaJthy oojQn{*s eJsteen) y««' serrlce, or for " eminently meritorious «ervloe/' The decoration, whlob, is to be worn on the left bregft, is a ba4ge or medallion pf gold mdi ffliarael, bearing on one, side tbe Imperial and Royal cypher, and' on the reverse ''for faithful service," both executed in dark blue enamel on a plaqu* <pi gold, surpounded by a wreath of faaire|v sutmounted by the Jmpprial crown. Cowpwjlonji of the Order mar Ui ibe Mtorn "p t O." mvibte ivw*<) l DjeTlNaujasp SJIRVJOBJ O^PEJt.

The King hw decided that the Pi»ti^ gnwhed Service. Order sball rank immediaU* ly liter tbe Vffllwifttt Ordep.