NEW YEAR HONOURS LIST

Press, Volume XCI, Issue 27547, 3 January 1955, Page 8

NEW YEAR HONOURS LIST

THREE KNIGHTHOODS CONFERRED

N.Z. Ambassador To U.S. Included . ______ ', . (New Zealand Press Association)

. WELLINGTON, January 2. Three knighthoods are among the New Year honours conferred by- the Queen on New Zealanders. Mr I*., K- Munro, New Zealand Ambassador to the United States, is'made a Knight Commander of the Order 6f St. Michael and St. George, MajorGeneral W. H. Cunningham a Knight Commander of the British Empire and Mr Justice Finlay a Knight Bachelor. The Governor-General (Lieutenant-General Sin Willoughby Norrie) has been commanded by the Queen to announce that Her Majesty has been pleased, on the occasion of the New Year, to confer the honours:—

civil Division Knight Commander' of the- Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M.G.): Mr Leslie Knox Munro, Ambassador of New Zealand ia-4he United State? of America, Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.8.E.): Major-General William Henry Cunningham, C.8.E., D. 5.0., of Wellington. Knight Bachelor: The Hon. Mr Justice George Panton Finlay, of Auckland. Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.8.E.): Mr Ernest Hedley Roy Green, of Wellington. Mr Robert Alexander Crookston Laidlaw, M.8.E., of Auckland. Mr Stanley Logan Patterson, of Hamilton. •* , Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. Mr William David Campbell, of Timaru. Mr Mason Te Rama Apakura Durie, of Feilding. Mr Frank William Gilligan, of Wanganui. Mr Charles Kirkpatrick Grierson, of Auckland. Miss Marie Emerentia Little, of Christchurch. Mr John Murray, of Wellington. Mr George John Park, of Auckland. Dr. Arthur Gentry Pitts, of Waimate. Mr Henry Charles Bayly Withell, of Ashburton. Honorary Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. The Rt. Rev. Joseph Darnand, of Western Samoa. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.87E.): Mrs Susan a Amy Barnicoat, of Wellington. Mr John Bruorton, of Christchurch. Mrs Jenny Henderson* Campbell, of Auckland. Mr Avalin Sutherland Carron, of Wark worth. Mr John Ira Fraser, of Dunedin ' Mr Sidney George, of Auckland. Mr Albert Percy Greenfield, of Dunedin. Mr Edgar Harding, of Woodville. to^ r James David Howitt, of WellingMr Frederick Hainsworth Hudson, of Levin. Mrs Maud Marian Kelly, of Nelson. Mr Thomas Daniel Lennie, of Christchurch. Mrs Ema Te Toroa Tangiariki Otene. of Hastings. Mr Arthur Henry Sivewright, of Havelock North. Joseph Stace, of Blenheim. Mr William Stapleton, of Invercargill. Mr Henry Sweney, of Christchurch. Mrs Mabel Sinclair Walden, of Riverton. Mrs Constance Lilian Weston, of New Plymouth. Mr Ernest Summers Wilson, of Dunedin.

MILITARY DIVISION Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (CR.E.): Captain Frank Edward Taylor, D.S.C., V.R.D., Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, of Wellington. » Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. Acting-Commander John David Keay, V.R.D., R.N.Z.N., of Wellington. Lieutenant-Colonel William Denzil Philp, D. 5.0., E.D., Royal New Zealand Artillery (Territorial , Force), of Palmerston North. Squadron Leader Cecil David Melville Kingsford, of R.N.Z.A.F. Headquarters, London. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.8.E.): Lieutenant Arthur Beevor Wilkinson, R.N.Z.N., of Auckland. Captain (temporary .Major) Wilson George Dixon, Royal’ New Zealand Artillery, of Upper Hutt. Major Leslie Rexnold Musgrave, New Zealand Regiment,'of Papakura. Chaplain, 3rd Class, Francis John Green, Royal New Zealand Chaplains’ Department (Regular Force), of Wai-, ouru. Lieutenant (temporary Captain) Hugh, Bannatyne Fraser-Tytler, Royal New Zealand Infantry (Territorial Force), of Wanganui. Warrant Officer Class II (temporary Warrant Officer Class I) Carl Alexander Walter, Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Regular Force), of Christchurch. . Flight Lieutenant Noel Alexander Spring-Rice, R.N.Z.A.F., of Hobsonville. Warrant Officer Leslie William Thompson, R.N.Z.A.F., of Whenuapai. Warrant Officer Clifford Huia Perrett, R.N.Z.A.F., of'Whenuapai. Air Force Cross (A.F.C.) Flight Lieutenant Raymond Arthur Mackinder, R.N.Z.A.F., of .Wigram. British Empire Medal (B.E*M.) Chief Petty Officer Claude Wilfred Mason-Riseborough, R.N.Z.N., of Auckland. Chief Petty Officer Mervyn Leslie St. Clare, R.N.Z.N., of Auckland. Petty Officer Edward Maurice Hancock, R.N.Z.N., of H.M.N.Z.S. Lachlan. Chief Engineroom Artificer James Nathan Rothwell, R.N.Z.N., of H.M.N.Z.S. Bellona. Staff Sergeant Joseph Matthew Lowe, Royal New Zealand Signals (Territorial Force), of Petone. Flight Sergeant James Hugh Watts, R.N.Z.A.F., of Wigram. Flight Sergeant William Harrison Staniland. R:N.Z.A.F., of Ohakea. Air Force Medal (A.F.M.) Sergeant Signaller Ivan Noel Moran, R.N.Z.A.F., of R.N.Z.A.F. Station, Lauthala Bay, Fiji. Commendation for Valuable Services in the Air Flight Lieutenant Francis John Vickers H.N.Z.A.F., of R.N.Z.A.F. Station, Lauthala Bay, Fiji. Flying Officer Bruce McGill. R.N.Z.A.F,, Whenuapai. Master Engineer Leslie Gordon Woods, R.N.Z.A.F., of R.N.Z.A.F. Stastion, Lauthala Bay, Fiji.