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United Press Association—By 'Electric Telegraph—Copyright.
SIR JOSEPH WARD, BART.
THE PREMIER HONOURED.
(Received .Last Night, 8.25 o'clock.)
LONDON, June 19.
Sir Josepih Ward, Prime Minister of New Zealand, has been created a Baronet.
(A Baronet is a. degree of honour next below a Baron, and above a Knight. It has precedence of all orders of Knights except those of the Garter. It is the lowest degree of honour that is (hereditary. Baronets are Commoners. The order was founded by James I. in 161.1, and is given by patent. Baronets' wives are addressed •, as "Lady" or "Madam," but. their sons are jk-rs-esised of no title beyond '"Esquire.")
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10268, 21 June 1911, Page 5
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110BARONETTED! Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10268, 21 June 1911, Page 5
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