Queen honours Dean and Nelson artist

Press, 16 June 1979, Page 1

Queen honours Dean and Nelson artist

An eminent artist and a prominent Anglican clergyman are among four new knights created in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List, announced at Government House yesterday. The Very Rev. Dean Martin Sullivan, of Auckland, has been made a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. The Dean, now living in retirement in Auckland, was Archdeacon of London from 1963 to 1967 and Dean of St Paul’s from then until his retirement in 1977. In accordance with

custom, Anglican clergy who receive knighthoods do not receive the accolade and therefore do not use the appellation “Sir.” Mr Mountford Tosswill “Toss” Woollaston, of Motueka, becomes a Knight Bachelor for his services to art. He has been an influential figure in New Zealand art for more than 40 years, and his paintings can be found in all New Zealand public galleries, major collections, universities, as well as in Australia, Britain and the United States. Mr Woollaston has worked in Taranaki, Nelson, Greymouth, and Dunedin, and has spent the last II years in Riwaka,

near Motueka. During his time in Greymouth, he worked as a door-to-door salesman during the day, to support his painting at night. The other knights are Mr L. E, Harris, of Puketapu, and Mr A. H. Ward, of Waikanae. A total of 109 people, ranging through sport, the arts and business, have been honoured in the Civil List, along with four in the Police List and 25 in the Military Division. Among the sporting personalities honoured is Mrs Linda Jones, of Cambridge, the first woman jockey to obtain a full riding licence. Mrs Jones, aged 26, who

has been awarded an M.8.E., was advised that she was too old when, in 1976, she applied to the Racing Conference for a probationary jockey’s licence. Mrs Jones persevered with her efforts and was granted a licence last winter. Within weeks she had her first success against all-comers, on Big Bickies at the Waikato Racing Club’s meeting on August 19, 1978. She has now ridden 48 winners in New Zealand, and impressed several visitors, including the famous Australian trainers, Tommy Smith and Bart Cummings, with her handling of Holy Toledo to win

the Wellington Derby last January.

Colonel I. H. Burrows, the Army’s South Island regional commander, has received an Order of the British Empire (Military Division). He is stationed at King Edward Barracks in Christchurch. In 1949 he attended the Royal Military College at Duntroon, Australia. Two years after graduating he became a Special Air Service troop commander in Malaya, before returning to New Zealand in 1958. In 1960, Ccrtont l Burrow s became adjutant of the Nelson-Marlborough - West Coast Regiment. During the early 1960 s he was a training officer at Bumham

Military Camp and a company commander in Malay a and Borneo. He was appointed commander of the S.A.S. Squadron in 1966, and was a staff officer at Army Headquarters, in Wellington, until 1970. He was then military attache in Kuala Lumpur. Malaysia, for three years, and commandant of the Army Schools at Walouru for two years. He was then appointed Director of Army Training—a post he held until taking over his present position in 1977. Colonel Burrows was awarded the Military Cross in 1956, during his first tour in Malaysia. HONOURS LIST, PAGE 3