NEW PEERAGES

Hokitika Guardian, 6 January 1928, Page 4

NEW PEERAGES

THE BRITISH AAVARDS. RUGBY, Jan. 3. 1 lie peerages conferred on Colonel Gibbs and Sir Gerald Strickland cause

vacancies in tbe Parliamentary representation ol West Bristol and Lancaster, and by-elections will lie nccc.s-

sn ry. Colonel Gibbs, a Conservative, bad a majority of over 17,000 over his Labour opponent at the last General Election, and at Lancaster Sir Gerald | Strickland defeated a Liberal by 4000 and a Labour candidate by over 9000 , in a three-cornered contest. I Pathetic interest attaches to the ! announcement in the honours list that . a knighthood had been conferred on I Aide rni on Doctor James Robinson, j formerly Lord Mayor of Card iff. Dr Robinson died on Tuesday last at the age of CO. He had given devoted service to local affairs, and in particular was keenly interested in health matters. His name was retained in the honours list as an act of consideration for his wdiow, who, on the granting of letters patent, will become Lady Robinson. The “Daily Chronicle’' says that Janies Caird, who is made ,a baronet for public and philanthropic; services, recently contributed anonymously £IOO,OOO towards securing for the nation the ‘MncPherson collection of maritime prints, and towards the restoration of Nelson’s ships, the flagship Victory and her sister-ship Implacable. Tbc MncPherson collection contains 12.000 books, prints, paintings, and atlases, and is said to be the only complete son history of the Englishspeaking race. Sir Frederick Lugard’s peerage is regarded by the Press as the crown of

a great career as an Empire-builder and administrator in tropical Africa, which lie began in 1888, when lie commanded a volunteer force in Xynsaland against an Arab slave-trader. Later lie organised tlie administration of Uganda, and subsequently, as High Commissioner in West Africa, effectively occupied and scttleld northern Nigeria, with the minimum of fighting.

He became Governor-General of the fwo Nigorins. which lie amalgamated in 1912. Following a short period as Governor of Hong-Kong, lie retired seven years later. His unrivalled knowledge of African native questions highly qualified him for a position as British member of the League of Nations Permi.neiit Mandates* Commission. which he lias held since 1922. Scholarship, art, music and medicine are well represented in the honours list, and two journalists receive knighthoods.