RECIPIENTS OF NEW YEAR’S HONOURS

Press, Volume CXIII, Issue 33113, 2 January 1973, Page 2

RECIPIENTS OF NEW YEAR’S HONOURS

New Zealanders honoured by the Queen in the New Year’s Honours List, as reported by the Press Association, are: Companion of Honour (C.H.) The Right Hon. John Ross Marshall, Wellington. Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.8.E.) Dr Robert Alexander Falla, C.M.G.. Wellington. The Rt Hon. Sir Alexander Kingcome Turner, Wellington. Knight Bachelor Mr Geoffrey Newland Roberts. C.8.E., A.F.C., Wellsford. Companion of the Order of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.) Mr Alfred Ernest Allen,! Papakura. Member of Parlia-' ment since 1957 and Speaker; of the House of Representa-I tives last year until his retirement. Mr Leonard Poulter Leary, M.C., Q.C., Auckland. Former president of the Auckland District Law Society, and a Queen’s Counsel since, 1952. Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.8.E.) Dr Graham Francis HalL] Wellington. Dean of the; Clinical School in Wellington,! former chairman of the New! Zealand Committee of tlte Royal Australasian College of I Phvsicians. Mr William Maxwell Man-] Chester, Papatoetoe. Senior! surgeon and head of >hej Middlemore plastic surgical unit, and in charge of the Auckland Hospital Board’s! plastic surgical services since ( 1950. In charge of the plastic' surgical unit at Burwood Hosnital 1944-47. The Hon. William Blair! Tennent, Palmerston North.! Minister of Education 1960 to 1964. chairman of the Com-! mpnwealth Parliamentary' As-' sdciation in 1965. and Chancellor of Massey University' since 1968. Dr Robert Martin William.-. Dunedin. Vice-Chancellor of

• Otago University from 1967 , to 1972. Order of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. Professor Dennis Geoffrey Bonham, Auckland. Head of Post-Graduate School of Ob--1 stetrics and Gynaecology, University of Auckland. Mr George Cyril Burton. ’ Wellington. Chairman of C.0.R.5.0., 1969-72. Mr Robert Donald Cox. Auckland. Chairman of the Auckland Building Society - jand a director of the Tourist Hotel Corporation. Mr Cecil Lancelot Stewarts Cross, Wellington. Chairman New Zealand Olympic and! British Commonwealth! Games Association since! 1966. Dr Francis William Dry,! Palmerston North. Senior lecturer in agriculture and! , zoology, Massey University, I and responsible for the deivelopment of the Drysdale 1 sheep. Dr Henry Edward Field,] I Christchurch. Professor of I education. University of Canterbury 1937-68. Mr Leonard Charles Harrison, Stratford. President of; I the Electric Power Boards’ Association. Mr Henry Charles Mc-j Queen, Wellington. Former Commissioner of Apprentice-, ships and chairman of the Dominion Museum management committee until 1972. The Hon. John Mathison,! Christchurch. Member of Parliament from 1947 until' 1972. Mr William Newton Sheat,| Lower Hutt. Chairman of the Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council since 1966. Mr Matiu Te Hau. Auck-j land. First Maori president of , the Auckland Assistant! Masters’ Association, and now adult extension lecturer,] I Auckland University. Mr Charles Stewart 1 Thomas, Christchurch. I I Former leading Christ-] .church lawyer. Chairman] Total isator Agency Board,; 1958-60. Mr George Augustus Walsh,] Tauranga. Member of Parlia-1 ment for Tauranga from 1951! until his retirement in 1972.! Mr Robert Richmond Rex,] Niue Island. Member of the'

Niue Assembly since 1955, and leader of Government business since 1966. Companion of the Imperial Service Order (1.5.0.) Mr Leslie James Davis, Auckland. High Commissioner ! of the Cook Islands from 1965 until his retirement in ! 1972. Former Assistant Secretary for Island Territories. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.8.E.) Mr Ronald Gilmour Anderson, Cheviot. Chairman of the i Cheviot County Council from 1953 to 1971. Mr John McKay Archibald, Brydone. Deputy-chairman of the New Zealand Dairy Board. I Mr William James CronI shaw Ashcroft, Havelock North. Mayor of Havelock North since 1966. Mr John Harband Brunt, ]Nelson. Member of the Nelson Harbour Board for more than 40 years and chairman I from 1967 to 1971 when he retired. Mr Stanley Norman Chatfield, Opotiki. Mayor of Optiki from 1956 until his retirement in 1971. Mr David Bartholomew Curry, Masterton. Chairman of the Masterton Licensing Trust. Mr James Riddle Earwaker, Alexandra. Member of the Vincent Hospital Board for many years. Dr Robert Stephenson Jor- ! dan Fitzgerald, Oamaru. Doctor and surgeon in lOamaru since 1922 and senior honorary surgeon at the Oamaru Hospital until 1951. Mr James Guy, Te Kopuru. ] Member of the North Auckland Electric Power Board i since 1949. Mrs Enyth Muriel Holddate, Auckland. Supervisor, ] extra-mural hospital, Auckland Hospital Board, and I former president of the New [Zealand Nurses’ Association. Mrs Anirau Miria Karauria, Mount Maunganui. Former president, Maori Women’s Welfare League. Miss Winifred Frances Lysnar, Wainui Beach, Gisborne. Worker with youth organisations for many years. Mrs Ival Moira MacDonald,

Invercargill. Provincial Girl Guides Commissioner for ■ Southland since 1963. Miss Shona Graham McFarlane, Dunedin, President Otago Arts Society from 1965 to 1969, and chairman of the visual arts committee, Queen Elizabeth II Arts Council. Mrs Beatric Annie Matheson, Raglan. Provincial president, Waikato Women’s Division of Federated Farmers i for nearly four years. ! Mr Alexander Prentice, Christchurch. Former secretary, North Canterbury Hospital Board, and voluntary organiser for 15 years of the Christchurch combined hospitals chapels appeal. Mr Donald David Rowlands, Auckland, president of the New Zealand Amateur Rowing Association, and a New Zealand selector since 1960. He was concerned with the management of the New Zealand rowing team at the Olympic Games in Munich. Mr Ronald Henshali Simmons, Auckland. Chairman of the National Society on Alcoholism since 1966. Mr Ernest William Taylor, Hamilton. Former treasurer to the Waikato Hospital Board, and one of the founders of the hospital chaplaincies in the diocese of Waikato. Mrs Waiharakeke Waitere, I Putiki (Wanganui). One of the instigators of the kindergarten movement at Putiki, and {active in Maori educational and cultural affairs. ! Mr John Anthony Roy i Walker, Otautau. Clerk of the Wallace County Council since 11946, and a member of the [National Hydatids Council (since 1963. British Empire Medal (8.E.M.) J Mrs Christabel Lenore i Bending, Marton. District i nurse at Marton from 1926 to 1949. Mrs Alice Bent, New Plymouth. Social welfare worker, particularly for Red Cross. Constable Peter Vincent Keown, Wanaka. Sole constable at Wanaka since 1967, and active in search and {rescue work. I Mr Walter McDougall. Lower Hutt. Lay worker for I St Vincent de Pau! Society. Mrs Eva Marion Rimmer, Edgecumbe. Paraplegic since 1952, represented New Zealand at paraplegic Olympic and Commonwealth Games since 1968. She has done much to’assist other para-; plegics. Mr Norman William Rossi-i ter, Westport. President of] the Buller Televiewers’ Soci-i ety. Instrumental in the in-i stallation of a television

translator service to Bullei >and parts of Inangahua. He has maintained the equipment without reward. Mr John William Roughan, Niue Island. Director of Public Works on the island since 1954. Mr Wesley Newsome Stanley, Hastings. He is 79, and for 41 years has issued permits and been a ranger for the Cape Kidnappers Board, the Clifton Domain Board, and Bird Sanctuary Board. British Empire Medal for Gallantry (8.E.M.) Mr Geoffrey Stewart Barrett, Wainuiomata. His award is for gallantry shown in seizing an armed man who shot and killed Mr P. A. P. Miet in the Royal Oak Jewellers, Cuba Street, Wellington, on March 10 last year. Mr Barrett disarmed the man and held him until the police arrived. Queen’s Fire Service Medal for Distinguished Service (Q.F.S.M.) ] Chief Fire Service Officer Gordon Drummond, Wellington, Chief Fire Service Officer for the Fire Service Council from 1964 until his retirement last year. Mr Randolph William McMillan, Temuka. Serving member of the Temuka Volunteer Fire Brigade since 1938, except for five years war service and chief fire officer for 22 years. Mr Elwyn Francis Quinlan. Te Awamutu. Secretary of the United Fire Brigades’ Association for the last eight years and a half. Military list Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.8.E.) Air Commodore Ernest Charles Gartrel, 0.8. E., D.F.C., Royal New Zealand Air Force, Wellington. Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. Commander John Wilfred Harper Fullerton Dickie, Royal New Zealand Navy, Wellington. Colonel Maurice Craig] Churton, E.D., Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment: (Territorial Force), Auckland. Group Captain Walter Gra-i ham Hughes, Royal New Zea-1 land Air Force, Wellington. Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British] Empire (M.8.E.) Lieutenant - Commander; Joseph Grant, Royal New! Zealand Navy, Wellington. Lieutenant - Commandei ] William Murton Wheeler,!

rSea Cadet Corps, New Zealand Cadet Forces, Dunedin. Captain Philip Richard Robert Rutherford, Royal New Zealand Artillery (Regular Force), Papakura. Major John Lawrence Manning, E.D., Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force), Christchurch. Warrant Officer First Class Jack Colin Cocker, Royal New' Zealand Infantry Regiment (Regular Force), Papakura. Warrant Officer Second Class Robert John Whitefield, Royal New Zealand Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (Territorial Force), Auckland. Squadron Leader Roger ■Musson Cattermole, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Heretunga. Warrant Officer Patrick Christopher Rice, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Ohakea. Air Force Cross (A.F.C.) Wing Commander Ivor Veitch Mackay, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Auckland. British Empire Medal (8.E.M.) Petty Officer Engineering Mechanic Dennis John Stapleton, Royal New Zealand, Navy, Auckland. Chief Petty Officer Writer David Alexander Seaton, Royal New Zealand Navy, Auckland. Warrant Radioman Allan Parker, Royal New Zealand Navy, Wellington. Corporal David lan Birda, Royal New' Zealand Army Service Corps (Regulai Force), Linton. Sergeant Hori Heteri Hokianga, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force), Manutuke, Gisborne. Warrant Officer Second Class Gilbert Alan Mains, Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment (Territorial Force), Dunedin. Warrant Officer Desmond Bruce Harlick, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Woodbourne. Flight Sergeant Eric Stan-

ley Dar, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Auckland.

Sergeant James Burns Duncan, Royal New Zealand Air Force, serving in Singapore.

British Empire Medal for Gailantry (8.E.M.) Chief Petty Officer Walter Steel Inglis, Royal New Zealand Navy, Wellington. Queen’s Commendation for Valuable Services in the Air Master Signaller Noel Joseph Crump, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Auckland.