BROADCASTS TO SCHOOLS
Sir-In your issue of July 3, "Aged Listener" takes those responsible for broadcasts to schools to task for having mentioned the name of Edmund Hillary without his prefix. Your correspondent is guilty of the offence with which he charges those responsible for the broadcast, May I direct your correspondent’s attention to an announcement which appeared in the London Times of January 7, 1949? The announcement was necessitated by the fact that, owing to the illness of the then King, it was obvious that. a considerable time would elapse between the announcement of the New Year Honours and their actual conferment by His Majesty. The text of the announcement is as follows:-‘All persons awarded orders, decorations and medals may add the appropriate ietters to their names immediately after the announcement in the London Gazette, e.g.:- Robert Wilson, Esq., K.C.B. Knights Grand Cross and Knights Commanders of Ofders of Chivalry and Knights Bachelor do not use the prefix ‘Sir’ until they have received the accolade from the King. In the case of Knights Grand Cross and Knights Commanders of Orders of Chivalry who are unable to attend to receive the accolade from the King or from someone appointed to confer the honour on His Majesty’s behalf (e.g., those resident abroad) a Dispensation Warrant is issued entitling them to assume the prefix ‘Sir’ until such time as they can receive the accolade from the King." I am unaware of a Dispensation Warrant having been issued to the gentleman who, by the time this letter appears, will almost certainly be Sir Edmund Hillary. In any event; it would not have been issued within a day of the announcement of the honour conferred on him.
A. G.
DAVIS
(Auckland).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 732, 24 July 1953, Page 5
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287BROADCASTS TO SCHOOLS New Zealand Listener, Volume 29, Issue 732, 24 July 1953, Page 5
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