HONOURS FOR AUSTRALIANS
THREE KNIGHTHOODS CONFERRED (Received February 1, 1.5 a.m.) SYDNEY, January 31. Federal New Year honours include the following:— K.B.—Henry John Sheehan, of Canberra, Secretary of the Treasury; Arthur Streeton, landscape artist; Alexander Anderson Stewart, of Melbourne, consulting engineer and company director. C.B.—Major-General John Dudley Lavarack, Chief of General Staff, Australian Military Forces. C.M.G. —Hubert Frazer East, of Brisbane, for many years State resident of the Returned Soldiers' and Sailors' League. C.B.E. —Surgeon-Captain William James Carr, Director of Medical Services in the Australian Navy; Donald MacKay, of Sydney, explorer. p.C.—Robert Gordon Menzies, Commonwealth Attorney-General. D.B.E.—Mrs Mary Gilmore, writer and poetess. New South Wales honours include:— C.M.G.—William Rupert McCourt, Clerk of the Legislative Assembly. FROM VICTORIAN LIST (ryITED PRESS ASSOCIATIOX—COPYRIGHT.) (Received February 1, 12.45 a.m.) MELBOURNE, January 31. Victorian New Year honours include: — t The King's Police Medal "for distinguished service"—John Thomas Wilkins, chief officer of the Metropolitan Fire Brigades' Board, Melbourne. C.B.E. (Civil Division) Mr C. A. Norris, general manager of the National Mutual Life Association of Australasia, Ltd. 0.8. E. (Civil Division) Mrs Mary Daly, who is prominently associated with Roman Catholic charities.
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Press, Volume LXXIII, Issue 22005, 1 February 1937, Page 5
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