Biographical Notes

Press, Volume C, Issue 29536, 10 June 1961, Page 10

Biographical Notes

2 Sir Alfred Hayward repJ resented the New Zealand j Co-operative Dairy Company. “ Ltd., on the New Zealand Dairy Board from 1949 to - 1958 and was deputy-chair-e man from 1957. In London - in 1957 he was a main \ spokesman for New Zealand’s case against the dump3 tng of butter. Sir Roy Stevenson has been linked with much philanthropic, welfare, and youth work in Dunedin He I was born in Wellington in ■ 1892 and educated at the 0; Otago Boys' High School and the Universities of Otago ‘ and Sheffield A chartered 1 mechanical engineer, he 3 served overseas with the ; New Zealand Engineers in I the First World War. and ~ then spent some time studyj ing steel processes in Eng- ; land He is chairman and " managing-director of the 1 Dunedin Engine ‘ring and 8 Stc< Company. Ltd. and 2 during the Second World 2 War was chairman of the 2 committee which organised 2 ship repairs for merchant and 3 naval ships of the Allied 3, Powers at Dunedin and Port 3 Chalmers. He has been a jgenerous supporter of many 4 organisations, but few of his 4 gifts have been made known 5 to the public. 5 Mr G. B. Baker, is the 5 leader of the campaign to g eradicate the rabbit in New 6 Zealand and has been chair,man of the Rabbit Destruction Council since its incep4 tion in 1948 His services tn 2 agriculture have been recognised by the award of the 3 gold medal of the Royal Agri3 cultural Society of New Zeai land and by the New Zealand - Grasslands Association's spec- * ial award for outstanding eon4 tributions to New Zealand ! grassland farming. ) Mr F. F. Reid, was a bar--8 rister and solicitor in Bien-

neim before being appointed a stipendiary magistrate in Christchurch in 1935. He was chairman of the Armed Forces Appeal Board in 1941 and from 1944 to 1946 chairman of the War Pensions Appeal Board. He has been chairman of the Town and Country Planning Appeal Board since its inception and was recently appointed act-ing-chairman of the Local Government Commission. Mr J. IV. Macleod, is Canterbury district vice-presi-dent of the New Zealand Returned Services' Association, was a foundation member of the R.SA. in Christchurch and has served 25 terms at various times as president of the Rangiora association. He has the New Zealand R.S.A gold star badge. Mr Macleod who is 81 and chief of the Macleod Clan in New Zealand, was one of the original settiers in the Loburn orchard area and was president of .he Loburn Fruitgrowers' Association for 20 years He has had considerable local body experience. Detective Chief Inspector J. J. Halcrow retired from the Police Force recently His whole 35 years in the force were spent in Christchurch, and for most of the time he was a detective officer. He was in charge of 'he Criminal Investigation Branch when he retired. Wing Commander L. H. Edwards joined the Royal Air Force early in 1939 and was probably the first New Zealander to be taken prisoner by the Germans in World War H His aircraft was shot down two davs after the outbreak of the war. He joined the R.N.Z.A.F in 1944 after his repatriation Before the war he was a prominent representative Rugby player.

Lieutenant-Colonel R. E. Johnston is a Duntroon graduate who served in Fiji, the Middle East and Italy with the Second N.Z.E.F. and was seriously wounded. Since 1945 he has held staff and command appointments, and was recently appointed camp commandant at Burnham. Warrant Officer C. B. Fowler joined the Canterbury Regiment in May. 1911. as a rifleman and in 1912 transferred to the regimental band, of which he has been deputv bandmaster since June. 1953. Warrant Officer H. Preston has been chief cook at Burnham since 1958 He served in the Middle East and Japan.