THE NEW YEAR HONOURS

Press, Issue 22599, 3 January 1939, Page 8

THE NEW YEAR HONOURS

Mr Justice Ostler Knighted RECOGNITION OF SERVICES Honour for Mr A. T. Donnelly

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AUCKLAND, December 31,

The Governor-General (Lord Galway) has announced that His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the New Year, to confer the following honours in recognition of services rendered to the Dominion: —

CIVIL DIVISION KT. Knight Bachelor

Ihe Hon. Henry Hubert Ostler, a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand.

Charles Manley Luke, J.P., of WeilingtcrL,

C.M.G,

Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George

Arthur Telford Donneiy, of Christchurch.

Thomas Donald Horn Hall, Clerk of the House of Representatives, Wellington.

C.B.E.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire Thomas Reginald Aickin, _ private secretary to the Minister for Finance, Wellington.

Arthur William Mulligan, formerly private secretary to a Minister of the Crown, Wellington.

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Officer of the Order of the British

Empire Sidney John Harrison, general secretary of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association, Wellington.

Dr. Alice Woodward Horsley, of Auckland.

Samuel Saltzman, of Dunedin

M.B.E

Member of the Order of the British Empire Miss Beatrice Alice Campbell, matron of the Public Hospital, New Plymouth.

Miss Isabel Mona Corkill, of the Nurse Maude District Nursing Association, Christchurch.

Miss Nora Philomena Fitzgibbon, nursing adviser to the Plunket Society, Dunedin.

Mrs Mary Fanny Gaby, lady corps superintendent of the St. John Ambulance Brigade, Wellington.

Miss Mary Josephine Martin, matron of the Sunnyside Mental Hospital, Christchurch.

Miss Cecilia McKenny, president of the New Zealand Registered Nurses’ Association, Pahiatua.

Miss Janet Anne Moore, nurse instructor- to the Department of Health, Wellington.

MILITARY DIVISION C.B.E.

Commander of the Order* of the British Empire

Group Captain the Hon. Ralph Alexander Cochrane, A.F.C., R.A.F., of the Air Department, Wellington.

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Officer of the Order of the British Empire Major Stanley Herbert Crump, Deputy Quartermaster-General and Director of Supplies and Transport, Army Headquarters, Wellington.

M.B.E

Member of the Order of the British

Empire Staff-Sergeant-Major George Ferguson MacCulloch, Army School of Instruction, Trentham.

Medal of the Order of the British Empire (Military Division)

Chief Petty Officer Writer Archie Victor Styles, New Zealand Naval Forces, Wellington.

GROUP CAPTAIN THE HON. R. A. COCHRANE

Group Captain the Hon.' R. A. Cochrane, C.8.E., is the youngest son of Lord Cochrane of Cults, and came to New Zealand in 1936 under engagement by the New Zealand Government to report on problems of air defence. He has had a distinguished career. He served through the Great War in airships, becoming an airship captain in 1918, and won the Air Force Cross.

In 1919 he obtained a permanent commission as flight lieutenant, being posted to Cairo. In 1922 he was transferred to heavier aircraft, and was sent to Iraq, returning to England two years later. In 1925 he graduated from the Royal Air Force Staff College, Andover, and was promoted to squadron leader.

In 1928 he was again sent overseas, this time to Aden, for staff duties. At the end of the same year he was back on the staff of the Staff College. After spending two years there he joined the directorate of the Chief of Air Staff, being employed in the Department of Operations, and Intelligence. In 1933 he gained the rank of wing commander. and in 1935 passed through the Imperial Defence College. He first came to New Zealand in November, 1936, and his term of engagement was extended. During this period he was promoted to the rank of group captain, and also became Chief of the Air Staff. His term in New Zealand expires early this year.

SERVICE AS JUDGE

SIR HENRY OSTLER INTEREST IN SPORT AND FARMING Sir Henry . Ostler, who was born in Tlmaru on July 2, 187 6, was educated at Victoria University College, Wellington. and at Christ’s Hospital, the Blue Coat School, in. London. In 1900 he began his study of law, and after a brilliant scholastic career he was appointed editor of the “New Zealand Law Reports,” and practised as a barrister in Wellington. In 1910 he was appointed Crown Solicitor, and joined the Crown Law Office. He remained there, conducting criminal prosecutions on behalf of the Crown, until 1915, when he went to Auckland, and joined what became the well-known firm of Jackson, Russell, Tunks, and Ostler. On February 2, 1925, he was appointed King’s Counsel, and by Gazette of the same date he was appointed a Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Before taking up his law studies. Sir Henry farmed in the Levin district from 1892 to 1900. He owns considerable property in South Africa, and has made several visits to that country, where he has also hunted big game. He is a keen sportsman. He was captain of the Levin and the Victoria University College Rugby fifteens, and also represented Horowhenua, Manawatu, and Wellington at Rugby. He founded the Victoria University College magazine, “Spike.” He was a member of the New Zealand University Senate from 1915 to 1919. He was an examiner m law for the University of New Zealand for many years, and was a member of tne Victoria University College Council from 1911 to 1915_. and again since 1932 being chairman in 1913 and 1914. He was a member of the Licensing Committee frpm 1911 to 1914. He is a life member of the Wellington Acclimatisation Society, and was . a member of the council for many years. He has been chairman of the Auckland Acclimatisation Socictty, £>l WisiCil he is a life member.

SIR CHARLES LUKE Sir Charles Luke, J.P.. who is now 81 years old, is one of the best-known residents of Wellington. He was born in Penzance. Cornwall, in 1857, and arrived in Wellington with his father, ■the late Mr Samuel Luke, in 1874. With his brother, the late Sir John Luke. Sir Charles Luke, his senior in age. was associated for many years in building up the foundry business of S. Luke and Sons, and was one of the managing directors of .that firm until 1913, when he retired from business to devote himself to local body work.

Sir Charles Luke was never a member of the Wellington City Council, but he was elected Mayor of Wellington for the year 1895, and has since taken a keen interest in local body affairs. He has been connected more particularly with the administration of hospital affairs. He was elected a trustee in 1885, and until three years ago had sat continuously, either as a member or as chairman of the Wellington Hospital Board. Sir Charles has another long term record to his credit, having been a member of the Wellington War Relief Association since its initiation early in the war until the present day. He was chairman of the Wellington Industrial Association for some years, and was a member of the executive of the New Zealand Exhibition of 1885.

One of the most honoured posts to which Sir Charles was appointed was his selection as a member of the Royal Commission on federation with Australia in 1901, Throughout his life in Wellington, he has been a strong supporter of the Primitive Methodist Church, having been elected president of the conference in 1890, 1902, and 1913. He was also the first vice-presi-dent of the United Methodist Church.

He was a member of the Legislative Council from 1907 to 1916, and was for six years president of the Wellington Chamber of Commerce. He has served on the Wellington Education Board, the Technical College Board -of Governors, the Wellington College Board of Governors, the Civic League, and the Wellington Harbour Board. For 50 years he has been actively associated with the Young Men’s Christian Association in Wellington. He was also a foundation member of the board of the Wellington Free Ambulance.

MISS I. M. CORKILL Miss I. M. Corkill, M.8.E., matron of the Nurse Maude District Nursing Association, was born at New Plymouth and educated there. She received her general and midwifery nursing training at the New Plymouth and Whangarei Public Hospitals. On completing her training she was on staff of the Queen Mary Hospital, Hanmer Springs. About 12 years ago Miss Corkill was appointed Red Cross nurse for Taranaki, and held that position for eight years, during that time receiving considerable experience of social welfare work. Thereafter for two years she was a Health Department nurse in Taranaki. From this position she was appointed matron of the Nurse Maude Association in July, 1936, beginning her work in Christchurch in October of that year. Miss Corkill is a member of the National Council of Women, representing the Nurse Maude Association. She is also a member of the council of the Registered Nurses’ Association, and is a member of the committee of the obstetrical branch of the association.

MISS M. J. MARTIN The honour which has been conferred on Miss Mary Josephine Martin is a fitting tribute to 30 years of inspiring service in the nursing profession. Born at Forest Hill, Winton, Miss Martin is the eldest daughter of Mrs and the late Mr Michael Martin, of the Glen, Dunedin. She was educated at the Convent of Mercy, Gore, and began her nursing career at the Seacliff Mental Hospital in 1909, training under the late Sir Truby King, who was medical superintendent of that institution at the time. In 1917. Miss Martin was promoted to assistant matron at Seacliff, and three years later she was appointed matron of the Tokanui Mental Hospital, Te Awamutu. She was promoted t<j her present position as matron at Sunnyside in 1925. The keen and practical interest taken by Miss Martin in the work of the Plunket Society both at Dunedin and Te Awamutu was no doubt inspired by her earlier association with the founder of the movement. Her tact and kindliness have endeared her to patients and staffs at the institutions to which she has been connected.

MISS JANET A. MOORE Miss Janet A. Moore, M.8.E., has had a distinguished nursing career. She received her early training in Dunedin, and was among the first_ 50 nurses to leave New Zealand during the Great War. Shortly after her return she was appointed matron of the Hamilton Hospital. In 192.4 she was appointed nurse instructor for the Department of Health, and in 1926 was sent by the department to Belford College, England, where she took a post-graduate course in public health, nursing, and hospital administration.

C.M.G. AWARDED

MR A. T. DONNELLY EMINENCE IN LAW AND i SPORT

Mr A. T. Donnelly is one of the most eminent members of the legal profession in Christchurch, where he is Crown Solicitor. He is also very well known through his interest in sport, particularly cricket, racing and trotting, for he is a life member of the New Zealand Cricket Council and a steward of the Canterbury Jockey Club and the Metropolitan Trotting Club. He is chairman of directors of the Bank of New Zealand, sitting as a Government nominee, and is a director of New Zealand Newspapers, Ltd., and Beath and Company, Ltd., and is a Canter-, bury Director of the New Zealand Insurance Company. In the tramway strike in Christchurch in 1932 Mr Donnelly was appointed arbitrator. Mr Donnelly, who was born in 1890, is a son of the late Mr Michael Donnelly, who was one of the best known Christchurch barristers. He was educated at the Marist Brothers School, Christchurch, and at the Christchurch Boys’ High School and Canterbury University College, where he took his Bachelor of Laws degree. He was admitted as a barrister and solicitor in 1911, and was in partnership with his father from 1913 to 1916, when he went to the war. He served with the Otago Regiment from 1916 to 1919. On his return from the war, Mr Donnelly again took up practice in Christchurch, and joined the firm of Raymond, Stringer, Hamilton, and Donnelly. He was appointed Crown Solicitor in Christchurch in 1921. Mr Donnelly was formerly a member of the Canterbury University College Council. Mr Donnelly has been a member of the New Zealand Cricket Council continuously since 1913, except for the war years, and for 10 years he was chairman of the management committee of the council. In his capacity as chairman of the committee he accompanied the New Zealand cricket team that went to England in 1931, and the contacts he then made with leading administrators of the Marylebone Cricket Clvxb a.ri<i -with other prominent cricket officials did much towards bringing about a progressive policy in organising visits of English teams to New Zealand. Until fairly recently Mr Donnelly was an active nlayer. and he is still a member of the West Christchurch Cricket Club, which he joined when he left school.

MR T. D. H. HALL Mr T. D. H. Hall, C.M.G.. Clerk of the House of Representatives, was born in Wellington in 1885, and was educated *at Vogeltown, Wanganui Collegiate School, and Wellington College, where he won scholarships aggregating in value to £250. He matriculated at Wellington College, and also passed the Junior Public Service Entrance Examination, and graduated LL.B. at Victoria University College. In 1901 Mr Hall joined the Railways Department as a cadet, but a few months later was transferred to the Department of Agriculture, where he had 20 years’ service, broken by the years during which he was at the war. In June, 1921, Mr Hall was appointed assistant law draftsman, being for many years associated with the drafting of important measures, particularly those affecting local bodies. In 1930 he was appointed Clerk of the House of Representatives. Mr Hall is a member of the Wellington executive and the New Zealand Council of the Institute of Pacific Relations, a New Zealand branch member of the Economic Society of Australia and New Zealand, and a member of the council of the New Zealand Academy of Fine Arts. He has contributed articles to "New Zealand Affairs” and the “Economic Record.”

MR S. SALTZMAN Mr Samuel Saltzman, 0.8.E.. who has been for the last 25 years a resident of Dunedin, where he is in business as a clothing manufacturer, _has made many generous bequests to hospital and charitable organisations in Otago during the last three years. He gave £3OOO for the erection of a new wing at the Waipiata Sanatorium, and another £3OOO to the South Otago Hospital Board for the extension of the hospital service at Balclutha. His largest bequest was of £7OOO to the St. John Ambulance Association in Dunedin, through which the association was enabled to erect new premises, which were urgently required. The. Dunedin Hospital Board and the Waitaki Hospital Board benefited by donations of £1275 and £2OOO respectively, through which improved facilities were made available at institutions under their control. The Grey Hospital Board. Greymouth, also received a bequest of £IOOO from Mr Saltzman. The Dunedin Methodist Central Mission’s rest home also received £1250. Mr Saltzman is 57 years of age and is not married.

MR S. J. HARRISON Mr S. J. Harrison, 0.8.E.. general secretary of' the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association, Wellington. was born in Marton in 1893, and was educated at the Thorndon School and at Nelson College. In spite of ill health he made several attempts to enlist during the Great War, but was discharged as unfit. However, he was appointed quartermaster-sergeant to the fifteenth reinforcements, which he accompanied overseas, and later was appointed quartermaster-sergeant to the Imperial troops sent to India. 11l ■ health caused him to be returned to New Zealand, where he played a lead-, ing part in the demobilisation of the New Zealand troops as customs clearance clerk, and then as a company sergeant-major in the railway transport office. In 1920 he was awarded the Military Medal. . In 1921 Mr Harrison became assistant general secretary of the New Zealand Returned Soldiers’ Association, and m 1923 general secretary. He has served on the War Relief Association, the National War Funds Council, the Soldiers’ Civil Re-establishment League! Incorporated, and he was chairman or\ the Wellington Toe H branch until the I establishment of the New Zealand Toe | H. when he became Dominion ta'ry. a positon which he later relinquished. He is also a member of the executive committee of the Dominion Settlement Association and a fellow of the New Zealand Institute of Secretaries. (Continued on Page 10.)