BIRTHDAY HONOURS.

King Country Chronicle, Volume VIII, Issue 680, 24 June 1914, Page 5

BIRTHDAY HONOURS.

NEW ZEALANDERS INCLUDED. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—ConyrlglH London, Monday. The list of hirthday honours, the publication of whi:h was delayed for a fortnight, was published yesterday.; Four new peers are created,, while, there ire four new Privy . Councillors, eight baronetcies, and twenty-eight knighthoods. ; - The list includes (tie following EARL. Vii ni Kitchener of Khartoum, British Resident in Egypt. KNIGHT OF THE THISTLE. ' The coveted honour of the' Thistle is conferred upon Lord Kinnaird, Lord High Comaiissioner of the Church of Scotland. KNIGHT OF THE GARTER. The only recipient of the Order of the Garter ia Earl Beguchamp, formerly Governor of New South Wales. 1 PRIVY COUNCILLORS. ■' Those called to the Privy Council include: —. Mr Joseph Cook.Premier of Australia. Mr H. J. Tennant, Liberal member for Berwickshire and Parliamentary Under-Secretary to the War, Office. . Mr E. J. Griffiths. K.C, Liberal member for Anglesey. G.C.M.G. The Grand Cross of St. Michael and Sc. George ia conferred cpon Earl Liverpool, Goveriiot of New Zealand. , Sir Robert Laird Borden, Premier of Canada. < General Sir Lesile Randle, Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Malta. Admiral Sir Day Hart Bosaaquet, exGovernor of South Australia. - . K.C.M.G. The title of Knight Commander of St. Michael and St. George is granted to — Major-General Sir A. J. Godley, Commandant of tue New Zealand Forces. ' Sir W. H. Irvine. Attorney-Genera] in the Australian Federal Government. C.M.G. The honour of Companion Of St. Michael and St. George, which doe* not involve a prefix to the name, baa, been conferred upon; . ■■ \JAi C. J. Parr, Mayor of Auckland Dr William Barlow, Vice-President of the University of Adelaide Colonel John William Parriell, of the Australian military force? KNIGHT BACHELOR The degree of Knight Bachelor has been conferred upon: . Sir Douglas Mawson', the Antarc.ic explorer ■ , ' ■ ■ . Sir Douglas Thomas Peter Anderson Stuart, Professor of Physiology lttv the University of Sydney ORDER OF THE BATH Mr Tbumas Rooayne, former general manager of railwaya. in New Zealand ...