ROYAL APPRECIATION
BRITAIN’S PRIME MINISTER. GRATEFUL RECOGNITION. order d&"merit conferred. , (Australian and N.Z. Cable Assn.) Received'August 8, 10.15 p.m. LONDON, August G. The King, in a Ifettcr to Mr Lloy.d George, said: “The honours and awards to the army and navy and air force having now been submitted to Parliament, I feel that the people share my regret that it is not possible to express the nation’s grateful recognition of the pre-eminent services the Prime Minister has rendered, 'both in carrying the war to a victorious end, and ;n securing an honourable peace. To mark my high appreciation of these services, it gives me great pleasure to confer on you the Order of Merit.”
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Waikato Times, Volume 91, Issue 14133, 9 August 1919, Page 7
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