BIRTHDAY HONOURS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 660, 10 November 1909, Page 7

BIRTHDAY HONOURS.

■ : v NO NEW PEERS. . ;%::.■;,' COLONIAL DISTINCTIONS.- . .;,.-.TWO .NEW ZEALANDEES CHOSEN. . "',V H~'"': '■'-'.;(Rec-- November 9, 10.10 p.m.) ... . ■ ' . "■',}.- ''■'■.'. ■■' ' ■ '.-,-' '.■';..'■■' London, November 9. ■ The King has been pleased to mako the following, .appointments: on the occasion, of his Majesty's birthday Hr,'. : ■/■.:, .'■ . ;"•' ~' Privy Councillors. S} : ]/T,'r : .' ? r ■„ .'■ ';.■■■ '.'.■'' '■■ ' ' Licut.-Co]oiiel/j..;8. B. Scoly, who has been ,Tlnder r Socrotary for tho Colonics since 1908, and who. transferred.his allegiance from tho Unionist party to the.Liberals in. 1904. ,". ■■ V . Admiral of tho . JHeot Sir/ Edward H. Seymour, 'who entered the Royal. Na'vy in J852, at tho age of 12, and ivhoso long ljst of active service includes the. Crimean' War. . • ■; .Sir Edward Spoyor,, a member 'of King Ed.ward'a Hospital ?und and" other charities, arid connected .with the firms of Speyer Bros. (London), Speyer and Co. (New York), and L. Speyer-Ellissen (FranMort-on-Hain). ;'■■. ■ , { Knights. ■ :."."- 1 ;:-'.;-; '■ ;i'./\, " ' ,' ; - ■ '''■ Twenty new knights are created, including the. following:—.' .. ■■■■.. ■••■:.■' ~ : ' : ;.:Li6Ut;. Ernest .■ 'Shackleton, , Antarctic ..explorer,-, whose last expedition reached a point only 97 miles, from the South Pole. ■■.•".. * The Bev, Wm. Robertson Niqoll, tliQ Scottish Free Church : minister, .whoj resigning his charge through ill-health in 1885, ;fouhdod and edited, with • great '. snooess,,,,the .-"British' Weekly"; journalist, critic, theologian, aftd hymn-writer. . ~ ./'..•.!'.. •' g,c.m.g;: '■''■:['■ ..■;■'■■■ vr" ; ./-'/.\' :... ;. . The Grand Cross of- Sfc, Michaels and St. George is. conferred on: —'■.■..'.',■ Admiral \Lord Chas. Bere^f prd,. of "Well done, pondor," fame, recently Commander-in-Chief of the .Channel' Fleet, now a; Unionist and\Tariff : Eeform candidate for . ilarylebone Ewt, and engaged in a bitter controversy, with tho Prime. Minister and the Admiralty as to the naval safety of the Empire. v '. ■, ,\ '. . Admiral Sir Harry Holdsworth Bawson, recently .Governor of New South.Wales, who comma.nded the Benin Expedition in"1897, and on whom the task fell in 1896 of directing the torabardment of the Sultan of; Zanzibar's palace,- ■; '.■ \ ~ .. • ;v, ■■ '■.'■-■.■.".■' : -\. ' ■■'... .K.c.M,Q, v ■-..;'■. ;.:,;•' •■.-/-; :; •,.-;:■ ;.'v-..-'-'! ■'■"•.';■; -Tho Knight Connnanders of, St, Miohael and St.George include the. ■■..•:; ..■: , Mr. Qeo. HiUeidj fofmorly Prime Minister of the Commonwealth,' and Premier of New South Wales.- V.; , .' ; ; ■:'-;' -■:/;.]■ : ■:':'■ y■: ■: , Sir James Mills,' Managing Director of tho Union Steam. Ship Company pf New Zealand. : '> -'■■,'■ :V,"-' : ' '-■ Tho Compagions of thp- same Order include Captain Chancellor, Secretary to. tho Colonial Defence, Committee, and Lord Richard Nevill, Chamberlain'; to •'.Lord -Dudley . (Govornor-■Generalvbf.'the-,Commonwealth)J;;;:': -Vy . ...

Knights: Sachiilor. = ■-:, '■■;':!,,' -^''^^'-y".'■:'.■?;* .-■■' ' .'The i Hon. ■ Tayer.ij'cri "jVfho , 'has''*hoen Agent-Qon^raljfot. , formerly held , :several 'portfolio?\in',yiotorian .Ministries. "<'\.;.;''•', "The Hon. QeoVH'Lcan, memlior oi.tfio Legislative Council ofvNew -Zealand.'•■'.';.-. 'r<>, -;■-.',-;,"s,' Mr. ! Robert';. Tii. Scott,' I.&O. f J the.Commonwealth "Post.'.Office'-sjiep'.l9oi;V.-wid formerly ■ of.'the QuoensUnd ■'postals'soryice.- •. ' Knight Commander^of the Bath,--. ■ '', : : ; LieuC-Gcneral.:'. R; :;S.; S.;v Baden-Powell,;':'of' ifrifeking.Siege, : and latterly of, Boy Scouts farne. ■ ■'■/."•■: '■■''■■ -'J. '"■.:.<■ ■■f-'\%\i:/' , ■ ■ ■:■'■•: - . ;.The' Honorary' Commandorship of the Order of tho Indian Empire has been",conferred on ,Dr.,.Syeh oxpldrer wlio mado remarkablo discoveries jnl , tentrol Asia in iiioG : oß. ; '.;.;;,-!■',.';--.- ; " : --i'-' : X\^ ■;■;-■ -.■'V Colonial .awarde pf the King's Pblico Medal Av.iir be: published'in' a -fovv days. :'!"''' ':'■' .■■ ■•; *■'. .;''■ /"v NJEWiZEAi-AND ■HONOURS;- ;:^'% ;■,;;' :■ j : SHJPPiNG^I^T^RESTa.:.> I; ■'■■■ : ; :: . ■ The •Honi'i.-'Cnoiy/Bir) Geqrgi M'Eean • has b e Vn' striking •figure,,'in , , colpnial,' life- for :raany years, ; He' was born :in' tlfp ' year 'J834 \i\ Mfarayshire, Scotland;,and r leffc,,for'ilell)ourne' at- the qgo- of seventeen; years. -..He. entered the Colonial, Bank, of ■'Australasia;, shortly- af-' ter -his arrival, 1 and. soon;' showed Vunusual ability in his., rapid .grasp .'ofi.ba'nkmg:principles. 1n'1862 he .applied:' for and secured an ; appointment.,as manager' o'f tti6. branoh. o£.the;.Barik,'of'-New. Zealand .■ at a salary of J6SOO a'yeary.-As ona;p£ the ehrewdost.ftnanoiers of the■ city.'he came,.tp tho assistance of the .Prpvihoial.. Government, whenits.affairs were in'a; ; tangle,i and in 1861 the Superintendent of Otago offered him the position of.agent in London for thei prpvipce. This, however, -he declined.'- He. retired from • the bank in 1865, and. became a member of the. firm of "Cargills and M'Lean," 'which, , under his control,: rapidly expanded and'flourished; and it;was in this,'business that the future joint-direotor of the'affairs of the'TJnibn'Shipi ping Company gained.'his first -knowledge pf sea trade. He 'retired f iom ; tho firm in 1873. Political life was entbred in 1871 as member of the House of Representatives 'for aiti, and soon after taking hia' , seat he' declined an offer by SirHVilliam Vox of [a. port-, folio' in the Ministry."; In 1878; he' joined-the, Vogel MinistVy as Commissioner- "ofxCustpiiis.' He. held the offices of Postmaster-General:and. Commissioner of Telegraphs and Customs .In the Atkinson Mihistry/in'lßi7,,'and>it'was- he who did good service to the ."colony 1 by' t-ais-ing a Govejnjnentloan pfjiEMO.OflO-frpm the Bank of lfl\y .' South ..Wales'- *hen»'the New Zealand unable/to; help , .., In-1881,he was called tp ( the ■Legislative Ceuticil' as.a life member,;- A request from .Governor.Jervois to. form a CPalition. MinistryVin.'. the'-\troublous, times of. 188i;wfii,'declined,' , ;' Later, ho again ! accepted office ./the ■ Atkinspn Governlnent.- Sir ;Geo'.- M f lieati.if'a|so widely.known through; Hs; long connection with" the TJnioh Company, ': and .the Colonial: Bank; not for\ getting the-New-Zealand turf. ~-;.'■■.',V:.j' ,' Sir James Mills, KB., who is- now ; .also K.C.M.G., is the well-known managing'director of the Union: Steam ShipUiPinpany.' N Ho wae born in this city 62' years ago,. third son of the late Mr. "ffm. Mills, who waa for. many years Collector of.Customs at Dunedin, Auckland,, .and Christohuroh. The story' of his early conneotion with, what; subsequently," becamo the Union Steani Ship Company, and ofhis fostering of that sturdy growth, >is well known. He sat in the Otago •. Provincial Council, and for a while in the New: Zealand House of Representatives, but business is Ms first love. He.was one of New Zealand's representatives at the Imperial Navigation. Conferencein.London in 1907. : .-. .-■;>;'■■'.■.