NEW YEAR HONOURS

Greymouth Evening Star, 3 January 1938, Page 2

NEW YEAR HONOURS

LORD NUFFIELD PROMOTED PEERAGE FOR BIRDWOOD [BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.] RUGBY. December 31. At the head of the New Year honours is a Viscountcy conferred on Lord Nuffield for public and philanthropic services. Another philanthropist to be h*>noufed is Mr E. AV. Aleyerstein, who has given several large amounts to hospitals, and who is included among 34 new Knights Bachelor. Five new Barons have been created, including Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood, and three new Privy Councillors have been appointed. Five new Baronets have also been created. VISCOUNT. Lord Nuffield, for public and philanthropic services. He is chairman of Morris Motors, Ltd., and several associated companies. For several years he has been making gifts, totalling some millions of pounds, for health and charitable purposes. BARONS. Field-Marshal Sir William Riddell Birdwood, G.C.8., G.C.S.L. G.C..VIG.. C.1.E., D. 5.0.. who was General Officer Commanding the Australian and Neu Zealand Army Corps from 1914 to 1918; and the Australian Imperial Force from 1915 to 1920. He was Com-mander-in-Chief of the Army in India from 1925 to 1930- His outstanding war service began in South Africa and India. In the Great. War he was Commander-in-Chief of the Mediterranean Expeditionary 1* orce and commanded the Dardanelles Army 1915-1916 for the evacuation of the Gallipoli Peninsula. He commanded the sth Army in France in 1918-1919.

Sir Leonard Brassey .a former member of Parliament for Northamptonshire constituencies. He has been a member of the Jockey Club since 1898. being senior steward in 1902 and 190 S. Captain Sir Francis John Childs Ganzoni. who has been Unionist member of Parliament lor Ipswich from 1914.

Sir Henry Yarde Buller Lopes, chairman of the Devon County Council. He was Conservative member of Parliament for Grantham from 1892 to 1900. Sir Percial Lea Dewhurst Perry, K.B-E-, chairman of the Ford Motor Company, Ltd., and a director of the National Provincial Bank, Ltd. He was president of the Moten: Trade Association in 1914, 1915, and 1916, and in the last year he was also director of the Food Production Department.

PRIVY COUNCILLORS. Lord Lucan, K.B-E., C. 8., captain of the Honourable Corps of Gen'lemen-at-Arms, and an Irish Representative Peer since 1914Pt. Hon. Sir John Anderson. G.C.8., GxC.I.E., Governor of Bengal from 1932 to 1937. He entered the Colonial Office in 1905. Ho was joint Undersecretary to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland in 1920 and was Permanent Under-Secretary of State at. the Home Office from 1922 to 1932- He was created a Privy Councillor (Ireland) in 1920.

Air Robert Spear Hudson, Parliamentary Secretary to the Department 01 Overseas and until recently Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry for Health. BARONET. Sir Francis Vernon Thomson. K.B.E-, charman of the Tramp Shipping Subsidy Committee. ORDER OF THE BATH. Knights Grand Cross' (G-C.8.): Sir Robert Gilbert. Vansittart, G.C.M-G., K.C.8., M.V-0., Chief Diplomatic Adviser to the Foreign Office, and until recently Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs. He has held many in the Foreign Office and from 1928 to 1930 was Principal Private Secretary to the Primo Minister. Admiral Sir Robert Roland Charles Backhouse, K.C.8., C.M.G., Commandcr-in-Chief of the Home Fleet, since 1935- He was Third Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy from 1928 to 1932. General Sir Arthur Grenfell Wauchope, G.C-M-G., K.C-8., C.1.E.. D. 5.0., until recently High Commissioner and Commander-in-C'hiei’ in Palestine and TrniisJordania.

Knights Commander (K.C-B.): Sir Richard Henry Archibald' Carter, K.C.1.E., C. 8., Permanent Secretary of the Admiralty since 1936. He was Secretary-General of the Round Table Conference in 1930-31 and Assistant-Under-Secretary of State for India in 193 G. Mr Kenneth McKenzie Clark, Director of the National Gallery since 1934, and Surveyor of the King’s Pictures. Lord Gort, V-C., C.8.E., M.V-0., D-S-0., M.C., Chief of the Imperial General Staff and Commandant of the Staff College, Camberley. He was Director of Military Training at Army Headlquarters, India, from 1932 to 1936. ORDER ST MICHAEL & ST. GEORGE Knights Commander (K.C.M.G.): Sir Francis Lewis Castle .Floud, K.C-8., High Commissioner of Canada since 1935. He was Permanent Secretary to the Ministry of Labour from 1930 to 1934. Mr Arthur Francis Grimble, C.M.G-, Governor and Commander-iu-Chief of the Seychelles since 1936. Sir Wilfrid Thomas Southern, K.8.E., C.M.G., Governor and Commander-in-Chief pf the Gambia since 1936. He administered the Government of Hong Kong on various occasions while Colonial Secretary from 1926 to 1936. The Sultan of Shihr and Mukaria, Aden Protectorate (Honorary Member. Second Class). Mr. Herbert Hall Hall, C-M.G-, an Inspector-General of His Majesty’s Consulates since 1923. Sir Edmund St. John Debonnaire John Monson, Minister to the Baltic States since 1935 and Minister Designate to Sweden. He was Minister to Colombia from 1926 to 1929 and to Mexico from 1929 to 1934.

Companions (C.M.G.): Mr James Leishman Dodds, Acting Counsellor at the British Embassy, Tokio. Mr Hugh Lloyd Thomas, C.V.0., Envoy Extra-

ordinary and' Minister Plenipotentiary at Paris since 1935. He was Assistant Private Secretary to the Prince of Wales from 1929 to 1935. Mr Francis Hemming, C.B-'E., Secretary ofi the Non-Intervention. Committee. He- has been secretary to various Ministers and to many economic and research committees. Lieutenant - Colonel Charles Edward Dunscomb Bridge, D. 5.0., M-C., Secretary-General to the British Council. He was Military Attache at Warsaw and Prague in 192 < and 1925.

ROYAL VICTORIAN ORDER. Knight Grand Cross (G.C.V.O): Lord Horder, K.C-V.0.. Physician in Ordinary to the King. He was created a Baron in 1933. Knight Commander (K-C.V.O-1: JMr John Berkeley Monck. C.M.G., C.V.0., Vice-Marshal of the Diplomatic Corps since 1936. He was Assistant-Marshal from 1920 to 1936. ORDER OF BRITISH EMPIREKnight Grand Cross (G.8.E.): Sir Andrew Rae Duncan, chairman of the executive committee of the British Iron and Steel Federation, a director of the Bank of England, and a member of the Economic Advisory Council. Knight Commander (K.8.E.): Mr Clive Latham Baillieu, C.M.G : , 0.8. E., one of the Australian representatives on the Imperial Economic Committee since 1930.

Commanders (C.B.E-): Miss Gracie Fields, the musical comedy actress. Mrs Fyfe, who presided at the last annual Conservative conference..

Knights Bachelor iK-T-l: Mr G. lieeves Smith, chairman of the Coronation Accommodation Committee. Dr. T. Franklin Sibly. D.Sc-. Vice-Chan-cellor of Reading University since 1929. Rev. Herbert Dunnico. deputychairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Commons from 1929 to 1931. Mr Robert Rolo. C.B.E-. 0.8. E.. a director of the National Bank of Egypt, for services to the British community in Egypt. Mr Edward Wiliam Meyerstein. a retired s.cickhi oker. for philanthropic services- He has given several largo amounts to the Middlesex and other hospitals.

Companion of Honour (C.H.i: Mr 11. A. Gwynne, who was editor of the • Morning Post" from 1911 until its amalgamation with the “Daily Telegraph” last year. NEW ZEALAND LIST WEST COAST RECIPIENTS AUCKLAND. January 2. The Governor-General (Lord Galway) has announced that His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased on the occasion of the New Year, to confer the following honours in recognition of services rendered to the Dominion:— CIVIL LIST K.B.E. Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire: Theodore Rigg, Director of the Cawthron Institute. Nelson.

C.M.G. (Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St. George): Dr. Theodore Grant Gray, M. 8., C1i.8.. M.P.C., Director-General of Mental Hospitals. Wellington. Garnet Hercules Mackley, General Manager of Railways, Wellington.

C.B.E. (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire): Elgin Nathaniel George Poulton, private secretary to rhe Minister for Internal Affairs. Wellington.

0.8. E. (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) : Dr. Edward Pohau Ellison, M. 8., Ch.B., Chief Medical Officer and Deputy Resident Commissioner in the Cook Islands. Miss Mary Isabel Lambie, Director of the Division of Nursing, Health Department, Wellington. David John Evans, clerk of the Westland County Council. Hokitika. John Samuel Neville, Town Clerk. Christchurch. Goerge McCloghrie, manager of the Naval Base, Devonport. M.B.E. (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire): Mrs. Ethel Anne Kidd, of Auckland. Miss Gwendoline Gretchen Hoddinott, of Dunedin. George Millar, of Runanga. William Perkin Williams, of Lower Hutt. Mrs. Annie McVicar, of 'Wellington. MILITARY DIVISION C.B.E. (Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire): Colonel Searle Dwyer Mason, Officer Commanding the Third New Zealand Infantry Brigade. Timaru. 0.8. E. (Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire): Commander Charles Bourdas Tinley, R.N., commanding officer of H.M.S. Philomel and naval officer in charge and superintendent, Auckland. M.B.E. (Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire) : Warrant Officer Sydney Alexander Noble, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Hobson ville. AIR CROSS FOR CLOUSTON. LONDON. Decern aer 31. The Air Force Cross (A.F.C.) hasbeen awarded to Flying Officer A. E. Clcuston, the New Zealander. He recently came fourth in the IstresDamascus air race, and, with Mrs Kirby Green, set up three new records in flying from England to Cape Town and back. AUSTRALIAN AWARDS SYDNEY, January 2. Among the New Year honours awarded to Australians are: — Order of St. Michael and St. George: Knight Grand Cross (G.C.M.G.) Rt. Hon. Dr. Earle Christmas Grafton Page, P.C., ALB., Ch.AL, Leader of the Australian Country Party since 1920 and Alinister for Commerce and Deputy Prime Alinister since 1934.

Companion (C.M.G.): Dr. John Newman Morris, of Alelbourne, president of the ARctorian branch of the British Aledical Association in 1927 and 1928 and chairman of the council since 1921.

Knights Bachelor (KT.): Mr. Archibald Howie, Lord Mayor of Sydney. Dr. Charles Norman Paul, a Sydney skin specialist. Mr. George Dalziel Kelly, an important landowner in Victoria and president of the Graziers’ Association of Victoria since 1925. Mr. Charles Francis. Gerald McCann, Agent-General and Trade Commissioner for South Australia in London since 1934. POSTHUMOUS AWARD i MELBOURNE, January 2. The honour of Knight Bachelor was bestowed posthumously on the late Colonel Jhurray William James Bourchier, the time ■Lil’.'

death, was Agent-General for Victoria in London. He heard of the intended honouif a few hours before his death. Mrs. Bourchier has accordingly been granted the style of the title and the place'and precedence to which she would be entitled had Colonel Bourchier lived.