The following honours were conferred by the King on the occasion of the opening of the Northern Parliament:---

VISCOUNTY: UNITED KINGDOM.

PIRRIE, THE RIGHT HON. BARON, K.P., LL.D., D.L., Ormiston, Strandtown, Belfast.---Valuable services to the Government in connexion with ship construction during the war; charitable work in connexion with the Royal Victoria and other hospitals.

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