HONOURS LIST

Press, Volume LXXXIV, Issue 25381, 2 January 1948, Page 6

HONOURS LIST

Chief Justice Made Privy Councillor TWO NEW KNIGHTS (P.A) WELLINGTON, January 1. The Governor-General (Sir Bernard Freyberg) announced to-day that the King on the occasion of the New Year has conferred the following honours: PRIVY COUNCILLOR Sir Humphrey Francis O’Leary, K.C.M.G., Chief Justice of New Zealand. CIVIL DIVISION Knight Commander Order of the British Empire (K.8.E.) Professor Joseph Bernard Dawson, Professor of Midwifery and Gynaecology at the University of Otago. Knight Bachelor (Kt.) David Stanley Smith, Judge of the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) Doctor Guy Hardy Scholefield, 0.8. E., Parliamentary Librarian and Dominion Archivist, of Wellington The Rt. Rev. Frederick Augustus Bennett, Bishop of Aotearoa, of Kohupatiki. Commander of the Order of the British Empire (C.8.E.) Robert Caughley, Wellington. John Henderson, Wellington. Dr. Walter Allison Gilmour, Auckland. Officer of the Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. John Barr, Auckland. . John Alexander Crawford, Cairo. Kanapu Harehuka, Wanganui. Miss Aileen Annie Joyce, Auckland. Thomas Rowley Lees, Palmerston North. . _ ‘ _. Miss Mary Letitia Lindsay, Timaru. James Murphy, Christchurch. Henry Valder, Hamilton. Dr Wilfred Stanley Wallis, Rotorua. John. Wilson, Dunedin. Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.8.E.) Mrs Ada Emily Beer, Gisborne. John Bryce Berry, Kaikohe. Miss Pansy Helen Auld Chapman, Auckland. William Alfred Henry Corfield, Auckland. A , Mrs Dorothy Louisa Derig, Auckland. John William Fenton, Kaitangata. Miss Elsie Louisa Muriel Julius, Greymouth. Kenneth McKenzie, Geraldine. The Rev. Leslie Bourneman Neale, Dunedin. James Baxter O’Neill, Christchurch. Miss Mirika Wehipeihana, Opunake. William Trickey Woods, Christchurch. MILITARY DIVISION Commander of the Order of the British Empfre (C.8.E.) Air Commodore Cyril Eyton Kay, 0.8. E., D.F.C., Air Member for Supply, R.N.Z.A.F. Officer of the Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. Temporary Colonel Charles Ritchie Burns, 2nd N.Z.E.F., Wellington. Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel John Patrick Joyce, D.C.M., Royal New Zealand Artillery, Wellington. Squadron Leader Noel Alfred Vear, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. Acting Telegraphist Lieutenant William Lewis Brewer, D.S.M., R.N.Z.N., Waiouru. Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel John William Barry, New Zealand Regiment. Wanganui. Major and Quartermaster Thomas Joseph Cronin, New Zealand Regular Force, Heretaunga. Major Adam Jaynes Moore, New Zealand Regiment, Nelson. Captain John Henry Leedham Trenwith. New Zealand "Temporary Staff, Flying Officer Richard Langsford Brewer, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch. Warrant Officer Albert Ernest Chapman, R.N.Z.A.F., Blenheim. Air Force Cross (A.F.C.) Squadron Leader Cyril Henry Baigent, D. 5.0., D.F.C., Ohakea. Flight Lieutenant Thomas Alexander McLeod Morgan, Ohakea. Flight Lieutenant Mervyn Windsor Wrennall,. Auckland. Warrant Officer Douglas Owen Holloway, New Plymouth. British Empire Medal (8.E.M.) Electrical Artificer Albert Ernest Crooks. R.N.Z.N., Auckland. Ernest Robert Jackson, canteen tenant, H.M.N.Z.S. Bellona, Auckland. Temporary Warrant Officer First Class Donald Hughes Cross. New Zealand Regiment, Christchurch. Temporary Warrant Officer First Class David Charles McGill, N.Z. Temporary Staff, Wellington. Temporary Staff-Sergeant Victor James Keane, N.Z. Temporary Staff, Auckland. Flight Sergeant William Henry James, Blenheim. Flight Sergeant Tom Lewis Dimmock, Christchurch. Flight Sergeant Basil Frederick White, Christchurch. Flight Sergeant James Robert John Begg, Christchurch. Commendation for Valuable Service in the Air. Flight Lieutenant James Patrick O’Donnell. Christchurch. Flying Officer Joseph Cassidy Naera, Whenuapai. Flying Officer John Duncan Garrett, Warrant Officer Frederick Hazel, Ohakea. F Flight Sergeant Leslie Gordon Woods, Whenuapai