SIR R. D. D. MACLEAN, K.B.

Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 1, 3 January 1927, Page 9

SIR R. D. D. MACLEAN, K.B.

Sir R. Di Douglas Maclean, X.8., who resided chiefly at .Napier, but. who also has a -'residence; on The Terrace, is a son of tho late Hon. - Sir Donald Maclean, who was a prominent figure ■ in the early clays of the Dominion, especially iv Hawkcs Bay,,-Sir R. D. D. Maclean was born in Wellington.in . 1852, and was educated at the Auckland Grammar 'School, -and in England, and became .a., barrister-atjaw, Middle Temple. In.his younger days Sir B. D. .'_ D. Maclean became keenly interested' iii -„' cycling, then "in;its infancy, and; he was . the first to ride acrosstho Rimutakas to ' Masterton, ;and.from Wellington to - Napier on a high' wheel bicycle. As a footballer he played in the first games under Rugby rules in the North Island at Wellington. He subsequently became a noted sheepfarmer and a-breed-' • e.r- of stud stock,, the progeny of his stud farm at ■Maraek'akaho winuiiig hundreds of prizes in the showering,;including .scores of .championships. Sir: ■R. D. D. Maclean has been" prominently I?C^ifi?d with th<s administration of the Navy League in New' Zealand. During the war he was a member of the executive committee of the Walton Military Hospital and the New Zealand .War, Contingent Association. He was -;: chairman of thoNew Zealand Soldiers' - Jiostel Committee. Sir R.D.D Mac- ' i? anh?; sals" served on the committee of tKo Eoyal Colonial: Institute. In '. Hawkes: Bay -ho .-was for- years actively rßOß^f'fcnn"," 1 loCal WdieS > alld' iro™ 1896 to 1899 he was member of Napier 'itoiJ ? Ouse of Bepreseutatives.- In 4 7i h °-maiTled a daughter of Mr. T. Butler-Stoney,- of Portland Park County Tipperary,.and;has one son and two daughters. Tho son was a captain in the Cameron Highlanders, and the tnine R a4 ghter man'iCtr CaPtaiu Foun- ' Through their vice-president, Mr R ,- Tingey,; the Maori AVar Veterans sent ■ this morning a'telegram of congratiila- " tions to Sir R. D. Dl Maclean n|bn tlfe honour conferred upon him by the liing. • ■.•-..-

MB. C. W. EARLE, C.M.G. •Mr C. W. Earle, C.M.G;, is managing director of tho Wellington Publishing Company,, Lta., and editor of "The Dominion. '■> He is president of-the New

Zealand Newspaper Proprietors' Association, which " office he has held since 1921, and has been intimately connected, with the Press ;pf Wellington and New Zealand since 1837, when, after being, educated at 'Thornton School and Wellington College, he,joined the staff .of the.:•• Evening Press" (Wellington). ■ He..was later a niember of the staff of ■the "New Zealand Times," the." Eventing Post/.' and the Christehurch "Press" (editorial assistant). After a

period as editor of.the '^Referee," Mr. Earle returned to Wellington to the position of sub-editor of the " Evening Post," later being appointed associate editor in 1906. The following year "The Dominion" was founded, with Mr. Earle at its head.

MR, J. r ALEXANDER, C.M.G.' Mr. John Alexander, C.M.G., is a well-known Auckland barrister, and was chairman of tho Royal Commission which sat in 1925 to investigate charges made by Mr. W. D. Lysnar, M.P., regarding the sale of the Poverty Bay Meat Works. For some years ho was a prominent yachtsman, and has been vice-commodore of tho Royal New Zealand Yacht Squadron. He has been closely, connected with tho Navy League, and has done good service as official visitor to the Avondale Mental Hospital. Mr. Alexander is a member of the Prisons Board.