IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER.
INVESTITURE OF NEW ZEALAND RECIPIENTS.
fPick Phicss Association.! WELLINGTON, Oct. 5. The ceremony of handing to the New Zealand recipients of the Imperial Service Older the handsome star and ribbon and the letters patent signed by His Majesty the King conferring the decoration, took place at the Governor’s office this morning. The members of the Ministry and a number of Departmental heads were present. The recipients were Colonel R. J. Collins (Secretary to the Treasury), Mr. Wm. C. Kensington (Under-Secretary for Lands), and Mr. J. K. Logan (Superintendent. of Telegraphs). Tn carrying out the investiture, His Excellency remarked that the British Empire owed much to the splendid men who carried on the work of the Civil Service; and he could, without boasting, say that our Civil Service had developed to such a degree that it was our pride and the envy of foreign nations. The Prime Minister, Sir Joseph Ward, added his congratulations, and the recipients of the Order suitably acknowledged the remarks.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2625, 6 October 1909, Page 5
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166IMPERIAL SERVICE ORDER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2625, 6 October 1909, Page 5
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