BIRTHDAY HONOURS

Ashburton Guardian, Volume 52, Issue 198, 3 June 1932, Page 3

BIRTHDAY HONOURS

TWO NEW ZEALAND KNIGHTS. SIR W. D. HUNT AND SIR A. C. DA*. (Per Press Association). AUCKLAND, June.2. The Governor-General announced today that the King had been graciouslly pleased, on the (occasion of his Majesty's birthday, to confer the following honours : KNIGHT BACHELOR. William Duffus Hunt, of Wellington, managing director of Wright, Stephenson and Co., Ltd. Albert Cecil Day, Official Secretary to \ k the Governor-General. y CM. G. Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George. Alexander Dallas Park, Secretary to " • the Treasury. Professor James Hight, Rector of Canterbury University College. C.B.E. Commader of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. George McNamara, Secretary of the Post and Telegraph Department. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. SIR WILLIAM HUNT. Sir William Duffus Hunt is' the managing director of Messrs Wright, Stephenson and Co., Wellington. He was born in Auckland in 1867, and was married in 1894. He was educated in Auckland and Otago. For six years he engaged in farming and then, in 1891, joined the staff of Messrs' Wright, Stephenson and Co., taking up a position at Gore. The year 1894 found him at the head office of the firm at Dunedin. Two years later he opened "the Southland branch as resident partner and manager. In 1918 he transferred to Wellington ' with the head office. Sir William is a member of the New Zealand Meat Control Board, representing stock and station agents; a member of the New Daily Expert Control 1 Board, representing dairy factory proprietors and dairy * produce exporters; and ' chairman of the Karitane Products Society of. New Zealand. He was president of the Invercargill 'Chamber of Commerce for three, years, ancl was chairman of the Public Service Royal Commission in 1912, and of the Taxation Commission in 1923. He was also a member of the Royal Commission on Taxation in the following year. Sir William was a member of the New Zealand Board of , Agriculture from 1912 to 1918, and has been a member of the council of the New Zealand Agricultural -Society since its inception. SIR ALBERT DAY. - Sir Albert Cecil Day, C.8.E., is offitial secretary to his Excellency the Governor-General, Lord Bledisloe. He was'born in 1884, and is the son of Mr C. P. Day, of Eastingdon, Gloucestershire. He married Miss Clara Katherine Fisher, daughter of the late Mr W. Fisher, also of Gloucestesrhire. He was educated at the K'orthleach Grammar School and privately, and was assistant estate agent to Lord Islington from 1906 to 1910. He was-assistant private secretary to Lord ' Islington (Governor-General of New Zealand) from 1910 to 1912 and to the Earl of Liverpool from 1912 to 1913. He has •occupied the position of official secretary to Governor-Generals since 1914. MR A. D.PARK.

Alexander Dallas Park, C.M.G was born at Waitaki in 1882, and is the son of Mr George Park, a merchant, in 1912 he married Ada, daughter or Air J C Mercer, (of Nelson. He was educated at Waitaki and at the Waimate High School. He was a representative Rushy player of considerable ability. He represented Nelson, Marlborough, West Coast and Nelson, Awarua and Pvuapehu. He was also a Nelson and Otago hockey representative. He served in the South African War in the 10th Mounted Rifles. PROFESSOR HIGHT. Professor James Hight; M.A., Litt. I> C.M.G., is rector of Canterbury University College, where he occupies the chair of history. He was born in Christchurch and married Miss "Margaret Frances Green. He was educated at the Malvern School and at Canterbury College. He graduated to the position of pupil teacher at the Malvern School in 1887, and three years later became a student teacher at the Christchurch Training College. He obtained his 8.A.. degree in 1893 (being senior scholar in English, and French) and his M.A. degree in 1894 (gaining first-class honours in English and French). Two years later he became English and commercial master at Auckland College and the Auckland Grammar School. From 1897 to 1901 he occupied the position of chief modern languages master and lecturer in French to the Auckland Education Board. In the latter year he was appointed .lecturer on political economy and constitutional history at Canterbury College, and became editor of the '.'New Zealand Schoolmaster." Iii r 1906 he was chosen as director of studies in commerce at Canterbury College, and became Doctor of Literature, being the. first in New Zealand. In 1904 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Economic Society. He has occupied a seat on the North Canterbury Education Board and on the Board of Governors of the Technical College. He is the author of numerous educational works, and recently was a member of the Economists' Committee which reported on exchange rates and currency oroblems generally.