NEW YEAR HONOURS

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29401, 31 December 1960, Page 12

NEW YEAR HONOURS

Two Knighthoods; C.M.G. For Dr Averill (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON, December 30. Knighthoods have been conferred on Mr Guy Richardson Powles, High Commissioner for New Zealand in India, and on the Hon. Francis Boyd Adams, who recently retired as resident Judge of the Supreme Court in Christchurch, in the New Zealand New Year honours list announced today. Mr Powles is created a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, and the Hon. F. B. Adams a Knight Bachelor.

Two honours recipients of particular interest are Mrs Rowena Chatfield, better known as Rowena Jackson, who won fame in London as a prima ballerina, and Mr Murray Halberg, now a worldfamous distance runner, after his win in the; 5000 metres at the Rome Olympic Games this year. Both have been awarded the M.B.E. • In addition to Sir Francis Adams, Christchurch recipients of honours include Dr. L. C. L. Averill, chairman of the North Canterbury Hospital Board, who receives the C.M.G., and Mr C. W. F. Hamilton, a. manufacturing engineer, and widely known as the designer of the Hamilton jet boat, who receives the 0.8. E. The honours list, announced by the Governor- • General (Viscount Cobham) is:

Civil Division Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.8.E.) Mr Guy Richardson Powles, C.M.G., High Commissioner for New Zealand in India. Knight Bachelor The Hon. Francis Boyd Adams, a retired Judge of the Supreme Court, Christchurch. Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) Dr. Leslie Cecil Lloyd Averill, M.C., chairman of the North Canterbury Hospital Board, Christchurch. Mr Herbert Leslie Bockett, Secretary of Labour, Wellington. Commander of .the Most Excel- ■ lent Order of the British Empire (C.8.E.) Mr James Andrew, a member of the New Zealand Wool Board. Masterton. Mr Keith Nicholson Buttle, a former Mayor of Auckland. Mr George Edward Turney, a former Public Trustee, Wellington. Officer of the. Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. Mr Norman Rhind Bain, Crown Solicitor in Wanganui. Mr James Cumming, a member of the Petone Borough Council. Professor Elizabeth Gregory, Dean of the. School of Home Science of Otago University. Mr Charles William Feilden Hamilton, a manufacturing engineer, Christchurch. Mr Julius McLachlan Hogben, president of the Auckland Festival Society. Mr Carl Herluf Richard Jepsen. a philanthropist, Upper Hutt. Mr Geoffrey Nevill, Resident Commissioner, Rarotonga, Cook Islands. Mr Michael Rotohiko Jones, Maori Liaison Officer, Wellington. Mr Stanley Ivan Russell, Mayor of Nelson. Mr Arthur Hugh Ward, general manager New Zealand Dairy Board. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.8.E.) Mrs Rowena Othlie Chatfield, a former ballet-dancer, Auckland. Mr William Clayton, a member of the Westland Land Board, Ahaura. Mr Winter Cole, a former Paparua , County councillor, Christchurch. - Miss Esther Hill Elliott, matron, Ross Home, Dunedin. Mr Francis Stanley Grayling, president of the Taranaki Law Society, New Plymouth.

Mr Murray Gordon Halberg, the New Zealand distance runner, Auckland. [ Mr William Patrick Hartstonge, , former Mayor of Mosgiel, Dunedin. Mr Joseph Thomas Head, civil ■ staff. Royal New Zealand Navy, Auckland. Mr Neil Buchanan Hunt, a member of the National Roads Board, Rotorua. ; The Rev. ’ Ngapaka Kukutai, a Methodist minister and tribal elder, Tuakau. Miss Mary Elizabeth McLean, I a member of the Christchurch City Council. Miss Catherine Johnston. Ovens, ’ District Nurse, Motueka. Mrs Joyce Edith Phipps, a St. John Ambulance Brigade member, Auckland. _ Mr Papali’i Asiata Pauateu Pomau, Administrator, Savai’i . (Western Samoa). i Mr Robert John Runciman, a worker in the children’s health ■ camp movement, Timaru. (Posthumous). Mr Harold Welton Smith, chief , engineer, Ministry of Works, Invercargill. t Mr George Smith, Mayor of Huntly. , Mr Ernest Ronald Spriggs, a former Mayor of Napier. I Mr Horace Trevor , who saved lives during a fire at Russell this year. i Miss Gladys May Wilson, a sister at the Cook Hospital, Gis- . borne. . British Empire Medal (8.E.M.) , Constable John Dudley Cleeve, • New Zealand Police, Piopio. Mr Desmond Smith, Russell. i Sergeant Tohovaka, Nuie Police . Department, Nuie Island. Detective Senior - Sergeant George Colin Urquhart, New Zea- .' land Police. Christchurch. Queen’s Police Medal, for Distinguished Service. t Chief Superintendent Francis : John Brady, New Zealand Policei Auckland. ’ Queen’s Fire Service Medal, for Distinguished Service. Chief Fire Officer Henry James I Hayward, Kaikoura. , Deputy - Chief Fire Officer George Alexander MacKenzie, Auckland. i Military Division ■ Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.8.E.). Brigadier Frank Leo Hutter, ■ E.D., Q.H.S., Royal New Zealand Army Medical Corps (Territorial , Force), of Wellington. Air Commodore Thomas Fran- , cis Gill, D. 5.0., Royal New Zea- ■ land Air Force, serving in Singapore.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (0.8. E.

Lieutenant-Colonel Henry McKenzie Reid, Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (Regular Force), of Wellington. Lieutenant-Colonel Phillip John Oliver, E.D., Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Territorial Force), of Hamilton. Wing Commander Jack Hardy, Royal New Zealand , Air Force, of Christchurch.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.8.E.). 1 Temporary Lieutenant - Commander (S.P.) Frank Jgmes Glanville, Royal New Zealand Navy Volunteer Reserve, of Christchurch.

Captain (Temporary Major) Donald Hector McLeod, E.D., Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force), of Gisborne.

Captain Maysie Hildreth Moore, New Zealand Women’s Royal Army Corps (Retired List), of Wellington.

Flight Lieutenant Harvey Colin O’Loughlin, Air Training Corps, of Greymouth.

. Lieutenant and Quartermaster Henry Williamson, Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (Regular Force), of Ngaruawahia.

Warrant Officer (W) Catherine Frances Bryers, Women's Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Warrant Officer (Second Class) John Tasman Dawson, Royal New Zealand Infantry Corps (Territorial Force), of Edendale.

Air Force Cross (A.F.C.) Flight Lieutenant Alexander Robertson Campbell, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Ohakea. Flight Lieutenant William Joseph Cranfield, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Weedons, Christchurch.

Flight Lieutenant John Corfe Evison, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Auckland.

Air Force Medal (A.F.M.) Flight-Sergeant Peter Antwis, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Whenuapai. British Empire Medal (8.E.M.) Staff - Sergeant (Temporary Warrant Officer Second Class) lan McDonald Russell, Royal New Zealand Army Ordnance Corps (Regular Force), of Frankton Junction.

Staff - Sergeant (Temporary Warrant Officer Second Class) Robert Maurice Urquhart, Royal Regiment of New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force), of Christchurch.

Chief Petty-Officer John Barker, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Dunedin.

Chief Ordnance Artificer Samuel Harris, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland. Chief Engineering Mechanic Thomas Arthur Hardy, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland. Chief Wren Maureen Margaret McCambridge, Women’s Royal New Zealand Naval Service, of Timaru. Staff-Sergeant Frederick John Kinley,. New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force), of Gore. Flight-Sergeant Johnston Vivian William Thomas, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Christchurch.

Sergeant Peter Crowther, Corps of Royal New Zealand Engineers (Regular- Force), of Auckland.

Sergeant George Gordon Scott Harvey, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Whenuapai. Corporal James William Carter, New Zealand Regiment (Regular Force), of Auckland.