3 JANUARY 1925, Page 11

The New Year Honours List is short and contains the

names of few politiCians. We note with pleasure that Sir James Frazer, of The Golden Bough, and Sir Ernest Rutherford, whose researches into radio-activity are of 'extreme importance, receive the Order of Merit. Sir Henry Duke, the Divorce Judge, and Sir John Bradbury are the two new .Peers: -Miss Ellen Terry and Mrs. Henry Fawcett become Dames Grand Cross of the British Empire. The whole selection shows a sense of responsi- bility which is a very welcome change from some Honours 'Lists of the Coalition Government.

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