Two Knighthoods Awarded In New Year Honours List

Press, Volume CIV, Issue 30948, 3 January 1966, Page 7

Two Knighthoods Awarded In New Year Honours List

Two new knighthoods are conferred in the New Year honours announced on Saturday. They are Sir Jack Butland, a prominent Auckland industrialist, and Sir Francis Kitts, Mayor of Wellington and a former Labour member of Parliament.

A wide range of other services to commerce, industry, farming, medicine, and local communities is recognised by other honours awarded throughout New Zealand. Prison officers’ work in the riots in Auckland and Christchurch is also recognised.

Sir Jack Butland is made a Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire and Sir Francis Kitts is made a Knight Bachelor.

Among the Christchurch people honoured are Mr T. W. Perry, a well-known Christchurch businessman, who becomes a Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George: Dr. L. A. Bennett, a surgeon and British Empire Cancer Campaign Society chairman, and Mr A. A. Macfarlane, former chairman of the Lyttelton Harbour Board and a prominent figure in the Amuri county, both became officers of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. Mr O. H. Frankel, the plant scientist, and a former Christchurch resident, has been knighted in the Australian list Mr fnia Te Wiata, the Maori bass receives the M.B.E.

Civil Division

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.8.E.). Mr Jack Richard Butland, of Auckland, director of Butland Industries, Ltd. Knight Bachelor. Mr Francis Joseph Kitts. Mayor of Wellington. Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.). Mr Arnold Everitt Campbell, of Wellington, Director of Education since 1960.

Mr Thomas Wilfred Perry of Christchurch.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.8.E.).

Dr. Brian Gerald BarrattBoyes, of Auckland, who was until recently senior surgeon in charge of the cardiothoracic surgical unit at the Green Lane Hospital. Mr Jack lan King, of Wellington, for services to architecture and the New Zealand Standards Institute. Mr Matthew Gurnet Latta, of Maungaturoto, a former chief engineer of the New Zealand Electricity Department. Mr H. J. Thompson, a stipendiary magistrate, who is the Shops and Offices Tribunal.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. Dr. Louis Amos Bennett, of Christchurch. The Rev. John Gilman Sharp Dunn, M.B.E. of Wellington, president of C.0.R.5.0. Mr William George Hilliker, of Dunedin for community services.

Dr. Cyril Spottiswoode Moy Hopkirk, E.D.. of Palmerston North, for services to veterinary science.

Mr Hallyburton Johnstone, of Hamilton, a former member of Parliament, for services to farming and political life.

Mr Henare Tiakiriri Keepa, of Whangarei, for services to the Maori people.

Mr Alexander Arthur Macfarlane, D.F.C., of Rotherham Mr Tasman Joseph McKee, of Nelson, for services to industrial development.

Mr Roland Maunsell, of Masterton, for services to sheep breeding. The Rev. Douglas Milne Riddle, of Chandigarh, India, a Presbyterian missionary. Mr Alex Gatonbv Stead, first president of the New Zealand Sheep Dog Trial Association.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.8.E.). Mr Frederick William Archer, of Reefton, for community and local-body services. Mrs Kathrine McAllister Bell, of Tauranga, for community services. Mr Reginald William Bennett, of Waiuku, for services to local government. Mr Royston Goodall Brown, of Te Awamutu, a former superintendent of the Invercargill Borstal. Mr Mervyn Mackie Chisholm. manager of Molesworth Station, for services to agricultural development. Mr Alfred Janies Cox, of Gisborne, for community services. Mr James Owen Cruse, deputy superintendent of Paparua Prison. Mrs Muriel Annie Eliza Eastwood, of Te Aroha, for community services.

Mr Leopold Faigan, of Milkers Flat, Central Otago, for services to local government. I Mrs Mary Elizabeth Gib!bard, of Dannevirke, for comiinunity services. Mr Samuel Swanston Green, Mayor of Dargaville, for community services. Mr Thomas William George| Howard Hammond, of Thorn- . ’tons Bay, Thames coast, for! services to Maori history and! ! ethnology. Mr William John Inskip, ofj Opotikt for services to local i government, Mrs Jessie Jarvis, of New Plymouth, for community ser-1 vices. Mr Frank Hugh Muirhead. ■ of Invercargill, for services I to community welfare. , Miss Irene Gwenivere Olor-! ’enshaw, of Waimate, a former;' matron of the Oarnaru Hospii tai. i ' Mr Alexander Reade Robbins, .of Featherston, for ser-li I vices to the R.S.A. and re- ! habilitation. *• ; Mr Inia Te Wiata, now in Britain, the well-known Maori bass singer. ’ ( British Empire Medil ( (8.E.M.) for Gallantry j Mr Charles Christianson < Hood, prisoner officer at , Paparua Prison. Constable Gustav Hjalmer Lindstrom, of Porirua East; < who arrested an armed!!

escaped prisoner at Waihi on November 27, 1964. Mr Humphrey Standford Stroud, of Auckland, for gallantry during the riot at Mt. Eden Prison.

Mr David Clark Taylor, of Auckland, similarly.

British Empire Medal (B.'E.M.)

Mr Frederick Charles Bush, of Timaru, for ministering to patients in the Timaru Public Hospital for 38 years. Constable Wilfred James Firmin, of Wellington, for good service in the police over 23 years. Mr George Sherman, of Mangakino, for service to hydro-electric construction with the Ministry of Works. Mr Lionel Janies Voice, of Auckland, for services to the blind. (Mr Voice is blind himself).

Queen's Police Medal for Dis' tinguished Service (Q.P.M.).

Assistant Commissioner Edward William Mahood, of Auckland, who has served 37 years in the New Zealand Police.

Queen’s Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service.

Chief Fire Officer Leonard Robert George Harlen, of Hastings, who has been 37 years in the fire service, and is also a Hastings city councillor. Chief Fire Officer Norman McLeod, of Mataura, who has been 40 years in the fire service, and was for nine years a Mataura borough councillor.

Military List Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.8.E.). Brigadier Stanley Frederick Catchpole, 0.8. E., M.C., E.E., Brigadiers’ list (territorial force), of Auckland.

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

Commander George William Shotter, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland. Lieutenant-Colonel Edward Harden Lyndale Maxwell, M.C., Royal New Zealand Artillery (regular force), of Wellington.

Wing Commander John Maxwell Carr, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wainuiomata.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.8.E.). Sub-Lieutenant Keith Ivor Knight, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland. Major (temporary Lieu-tenant-Colonel) John Moore Morris, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (regular force), of Wellington. Major Frank Finnegan, New Zealand Cadet Corps, of Christchurch. Warrant Officer (first-class) Walter Lessel Pearless, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (regular force) of Napier.

Squadron Leader John Lewis Nicholson Harris, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wigram.

Flight Lieutenant Colin Selwyn Harvey Calvert, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Ohakea. Warrant Officer James Vincent Mulcare, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Blenheim. Air Force Cross (A.F.C.). Flight Lieutenant John Stewart Boys, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wigram. British Empire Medal (8.E.M.). Chief Petty Officer Richard Vaughan Gordon, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland. Chief Communications Yeoman Joseph Eric Rea Collicoat, Royal New Zealand Naval Volunteer Reserve, of Auckland. Chief Petty Officer Stewart Raymond Sidney Edward Shorter, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Takapuna. Sick-berth Chief Petty Officer Douglas Frank Blanchett, Royal New Zealand Navy, of Auckland.

Staff-Sergeant Te Huia Bennett, Royal New Zealand Army Service Corps (regular force), of Wellington.

Corporal Niwa Kawha, New Zealand Special Air Service (regular force), of Papakura. Flight Sergeant Arthur Ronald Stacey, Royal New Zealand Air Force, of Wigram.