New knights include:
Mr. Henry Fitzmaurice, Cònsul-General in Batavia, who has been made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (xn).
"Mr. Horace James Seymour, Minister in Teheran, who has been appointed Knight Commander of the Order of Bt. Michael and Bt. George Mr. Alan Frederick Lascelles, a member of the Royal Secretariat now. with the King in Canada, who has been made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order Mr. George Arthur Ponsonby, Comptroller of the Royal Household, who has also been made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (&cvo).
Mr. Edward Wilshow, Chairman of Cable and Wireless, Limited, who has been made e Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St.
George (K.c: M.).
The Honours List also includes the promotion of the Duke of Kent fo Rear-Admiral in the Royal Navy, Major-General in the Army, and Air Vice-Marshal in the Royal Air Force.
Captain Vyvyan Holt, mv.o, Oriental Secretary at the British Embassy in Baghdad, has been made a Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (cma), while Colonel Dow Lamb, attached io the Iraq Army, has been made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (cmz).—Reuter.
London, June 8.
The Kings birthday was officially celebrated in London today with the centuries-old ceremony of Trooping the Colour on the Horse Guards Parade.
Over 15,000 officers and men of the Brigade of Guards were on parade, or otherwise participated in the wonderful pageant, in which the traditional movements were carried out with astonishing precision to the impressive accompaniment of slew and quick march music played bj the passed bands of Guards' Regi ments.
The Duke of Gloucester in the uniform of a Colonel of the Scots Guards, deputized in the King's absence. The Duke of Kent accompanied his brother.
A buzz of excitement was caused by the arrival of Queen Mary, who was greeted with exceptional warmth and affection by everybody.
Little Princess Margaret Rose accompanied her. Princess Elizabeth was absent owing to a slight cold Her Majesty, with other Rovalties and General. Gamelin, the French States.
After luncheon aboard the Potomac, Their Majesties will return to Washington by automobile and visit the Civilian Conservation; Corps camp at Fort Hunt. Later they will place a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Tomorrow evening the King and Queen will give a dinner in honour of the President and Mrs. Roosevelt at the British Embassy which they will leave at 1130 p.m. to board a train for New York.
Their tain will arrive in Red Bank, NI. at 8 a.m. on Saturday. They will be driven by automobile ip Fort Hancock at Sandy Hook where they will board a destroyer and proceed under naval escort to the Battery at the tip of New York City.
With New York's highest skyscrapers serving as a background, the King and Queen will be welcomed at the Battery by Governor Herbert Lehman and Mayor Fiorello, La Guardia. Following the reception ceremonies, the Governor and Mayor will escort the King and Queen on a half hour tour of the city, cen-tung along Fifth Avenue which is expected to be lined by hundreds of thousands of cheering New Yorkers. Almost a million New York school children will line the drive through Central Park along which the King and Queen will be driven.
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