AN INVESTITURE.
•'.'■ '■"■■'■] : interesting ceremonv'took-plaw'in-the •.i! • Exeeutiye.Couiuiiliroom -ai. the ."viceregal offices ■*.}■: , in 'Moiesworth'-Street yesterday'morning,- when ■#his ; >Eioellenoy the-Goveriior invested Colonel ;.';. : K!J."C<)lUnS : (SeoretarT:to 1 the Treasnry),-Mr. '■■ ■;' W." C.: Kensington (Under-Secretary Jor tands), ::V-.;;aind'Mr;J;''K.ili6gan.' ; (Superintendent of Tele- ■>.-:.'.. graphs)'-with the •: Imperial,. Service Order. -.'-. The - ~-; -; Prime'> Minister (Sir: Joseph' Ward) and' other , : -. Ministers; 1 of the* Crown; :• were' present; also ..r. : . niost;'of''the*heads'of Departments.' : '-'■'■■>; 1 ..'. ; ; :;\- ; ;16rdvPlunket iread' .a- /dispatch-:, from 1 ' the ,:■•-;■: Colonial ;;Office;.stating .that his Majesty. ■ the :^^:•;EM;;_deßi^ea<•that^■the;•■^lrwttt^re.'■6llonld■ , be ;■;{/. made/in ■■ the ; pr«sence'- of •thejleading-oolleagues v.'.'.ofr' those-to .''whom' the honour c was. awarded.' '• ■vl'' ;:>lnvmakiDg;the-investiture,; his Excellency \'^^l3id^: : :^^,y[;-::^^.; : ;.,.\:-,:,:. ••:,:;.•••.-/- ■ , ,'. "'.: Vi/'^Nobody• is )mbr«i,-conscious' than, I-^am ■ of.i i.-W ; 'l-tn«riihportancßviof/^the';r.Clrril'''-'SBrTioe ; ' , >,;. '.'British.:possession.':- One'of .the'greatestirea-. :t''. ';eons :i or \the. success'; Of '.'British/institutions." is '■:}■ : 'th6?.'effioiency?'of•■ the;Civil;Service.'. We:have ■■' /mnch>;to/owe„to':'tb,6: splendid men who'carry I ;,',v'(ott:';the'':'w'6rk/of / the'/country,■..aid'- now-1 may : ;V:'fthas":developedvto'Bnch : a..degree that it is:our iprideand the envy.of-foreign nations."' - : :'; : 'V;.: Having .received' the;;6rder. and the vaccom- ; . pariyingipatent,-the three gentlemen' thanked ■;:z his;.Excellency,--and;-asked'Turn"to convey to' ■..-• v .they King their • sensejof -the''honour., conferred' ';.;~a. upon;.'them; '~-y\- v/v//-//,/'' /'
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 630, 6 October 1909, Page 8
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160AN INVESTITURE. Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 630, 6 October 1909, Page 8
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