The Right Honourable Mr Seddon.

Manawatu Herald, 26 June 1897, Page 3

The Right Honourable Mr Seddon.

♦ His Excellenoy the Administrator of the Government received a cablegram on Monday announcing that Mr Seddon, Premier of Dew Zealand, had been created a Privy Councillor, an honour which carries with it the title of " Bight Honour able." It ia understood that the other colonial Premiers have received similar distinction. The Privy. Council ia a body of] persons nominated by the Sovereign without any patent or grant, and who, upon taking the oath of office,' are at once qualified members. A Privy Councillor must be a natural-born British subject, and as he is created by the Sovereign, so he can be removed from the list at her pleasure. It is customary to include in the body the Royal Princes and the Archbishops ; several of the principal officers of State and of the Household become Privy Councillors by virtue of their office ; the principal Sec* retaries of State are of course sworn of the Council before they can take ' part is the deliberations of tire seltot number of the body which we know as the Cabinet Council ; the Judge-Advocate General is always iaoluded ; and the rank is bestowed upon Ambassadors and the principal colonial Governors, and frequently upon respected politicians who may sever have been in office, as an honorary distinction.