NEW YEAR HONOURS

Greymouth Evening Star, 2 January 1946, Page 6

NEW YEAR HONOURS

dominionrecipients FIVE KNIGHTHOODS AUCKLAND, January 1. The Governor-General has announced that the King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the New Year, to confer the following honours: — CIVIL DIVISION Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (K.C.M'.G.) Carl August Berendsen, C.M.8., New Zealand Minister at Washington. Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (K.8.E.) Alfred Clarke Turnbull, Administrator of Western Samoa. Knight-Bachelor (Kt.) Honourable Archibald William Blair, of Wellington. James Fletcher,'of Wellington. Honourable William Perry, M.L.C., of Wellington.

Companion of the Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.)

Bernard Carl Ashwin, Wellington. John Henry Boyes, Wellington. Cyril George Collins, Lower Hutt. Dr. Ernest Marsden, C.8.E., Wellington. Francis Raymond Picot, Wellington.

Commander of the Order of the British

Empire (C.8.E.)

Andrew Henson Allen, formerly Mayor of Dunedin. John Andrew Charles Allum, Mayor-

of Auckland. Ernest Herbert Andrews, Mayor of

.. Christhurch. Eugene Casey, Wellington. Denis Joseph Cummings, Putaruru. George Andrew Duncan, Lower Hutt. David Emmet Fouhy, Wellington. George Arthur Hayden, Wellington. James Stanley Hunter, Lower Hutt. William Marshall, Paeroa. Honourable Vincent Aubrey Ward,

M.L.C., Wellington. John George Young, Wellington. Frederick Millett Sherwood, Wellington.

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

Miss Annie Constance Affleck, Weirling ton. Miss Lillian Banks, Palmerston North. Mrs. Mary Jane Bentley, Wellington. John Balmain Brooke, Auckland. Cyril Blake. Burdekin, M.8.E., formerly of the staff of the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London. Frederick William Burton, Khandallah, Wellington. Ronald Alan Candy, Ngarua, Waitoa. Hector Christie, Wanganui. The Rev. Monsignor Thomas Frederick Connolly, Wellington. Robert Darroch, Wellington. David Alexander Ewen, M.8.E., Lower Hutt. Charles Stuart Falconer, Wellington. Clarence Richard Charles Gardiner, honorary agent of the New Zealand Government in Bombay. Everard Robert Cranston Gilmour, New Plymouth. Israel Joseph Goldstein, Auckland. Len Joseph Greenberg, Wellington. James Norman Greenland, Wellington. Harry Campbell Hemphill, Whangarei. Thomas William Hercock, Napier. Mrs. Ailsa Craig Dalhousie Hislop, Wellington. Alfred Joseph Hutchinson, Auckland. George Henry Jackson, Lower Hutt. Bertram Joseph Jacobs, Palmerston North. Alexander Howat Johnstone, K.C., Auckland. Arthur Selwyn Kempthorne, Lower Hutt. John Craigie Kirkness, Oamaru. Mrs. Elizabeth May Knox Gilmer, Wellington. Augustus Edward Mansford, Palmerston North. Robert Whiteford Marshall, director of the New Zealand Supply Mission, Washington. William Walter Mulholland, Darfleld. Edgar Rollo Neale, Nelson. Walter .Richard Newall, Wellington. Robert Hamilton Nimmo, Lower Hutt. Charles Henry Tarr Palmer, Auckland. George Pascoe, Wellington. Captain Robert Everett Price, Wellington. Algernon Instone Rainbow, HastMrs. Barbara Reid, Wellington. Miss Violet Agnes Russell, of the staff of the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London. Sidney Rattery Skinner, of the staff of the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London. Thomas Norman Smallwood, Upper Hutt. Joseph Thomas Spears, Wellington. Kingi Tahiwi, Wellington. James Ewing Thomas, Geraldine. Abraham Wachner, Invercargill. Charles Norman Machell WatsonMunro, Wellington. Charles Gilbert White, Wellington. Leonard John Wild Feilding. Dr. Donald MacDonald Wilson, M.C., Wellington. Rupert Samuel Wogan, Wellington.

Member of the Order of the British Empire (M.8.E.)

Joseph Abel, Wellington. Miss Rebecca Isabel Victoria Aitken, Gore. Mrs. .Etta Elaine Allen, Dunedin. Mrs. Annie Allum, Mayoress of . Auckland. Mrs. Margaret Andrews, Lower Hutt. Mrsrßose Appleton, Mayoress of Wellington. Mrs. Dorothy Annie Atmore, Nelson. ’ George John Blake Barber, Green Island, Dunedin. Mrs. Margaret Mills Barclay, Hamilton. Mrs. Doris Laura Barton, Taihape. • Miss Jean Blacker, Auckland. Thomas Francis Patey Briggs, Auckland. Ernest Escott Brooking, Wellington. Miss Madeleine Harriett Lerwell Browne, Wellington. Mrs. Blanche Mila Burke, care of the office of the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London. Margaret Sheila Bull, Gisborne. James Leslie Burnett, Whakatane. Mrs. Margaret Campbell, Auckland. Mrs. Mabel Castle, Silverstream, Upper Hutt. Charles, Nicholas Cathie, Wellington. Mrs. Gladys Chapman, Hamilton. Fred Evans Chappell, Wellington South. Mrs. Jean Olga Christiansen, New Brighton. Laurence Hugh Clapham, I-lawera. Mrs. Ada Vera Cocker, Auckland.

Mrs. Agnes Connolly, North East Vai- I ley, Dunedin. I Mrs. Doris Crawford, Hasting. ', j Miss Helen Iris Crdoke, Marton. j George William Dell, Christchurch. Mrs. Annie Jean Dickinson, Wellingl ton. Mrs. Mary Manson Dreaver, TakaI puna. ; The Rev. Arthur Rowley Ebbs, rector I of St. Matthew’s Anglican f Church, Manly, Sydney, New | South Wales. ‘Hewitt Edwards, Auckland. Albert-Richard Elcock, Hokitika. •Mrs. Mary Ann Ellen, Woodencl. Lady Elliott, Wellington. Nirs. Beryl Inez Ellis, Hamilton. i Mrs. Grace Macadam Evans, HaI wera. I Mrs. ■ Elizabeth Maud Faithfull, DarI gaville. Mrs., Linda Ferguson,- Sydney, New I South Wales. I Dr. Jeanie Gardner Fougere, Kaikohe.. Mrs. Meta Frances Fussell, Napier. Mrs. Ethel Marion Gould, Auckland. Laurie Oliver Hall, Whangarei. • ' Arthur Merlin Harding, Sergeant of Police, Feilding. Mrs. Marie Henrietta Hargest, Rakauhauka, Invercargill. Miss Minnie Gregory Havelaar, . Christchurch. Mrs. Mabel Roseline Heaphy, Heretaunga. Mrs. Elsie Mary Hyslop, Upper Hutt. Mrs. Ottoline Valeria Hole, Wellington. Mrs. Violet Ivy Inkster, Whangarei. • William Montrose Jenkins, Gisborne. Frederick Johnson, William Jones, Whangarei. Mrs. Edith Miriam Jordan, Masterton. Miss Betty Marion Kensington, Auckland. Mrs. Agnes Kilmour Kent-Johnston, , Hastings. Mrs. Mary Josephine Killery, Petone. Frederick Arthur Kitchingham, Greymouth. Mrs. Bella Fernie Logie, Lower Hutt. Mrs. Geraldine Emily Luckie, Wellington. 1 Miss Marie Agnes Malempre, Wellington. Mrs. Laurel Grace Barker McAlister, Timaru. Mrs. Elizabeth Hazel McCaldon, Kaiapoi. . Mrs. Ivy McCready, Auckland. Captain Francis Arthur Mclndoe, Wellington. James Duncan McGuire, Auckland Mrs. Christina McKane, Cobden, Greymouth. Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Meek, Napier. Mrs. Amy Gladys Miller, Wellington. Frank Mitchell, Nelson. Miss Ellen Constance Morice, Wellington. Walter George Neild, Lower Hutt. Mrs. Maisie Amelia ■ Noble, Moera, Lower Hutt. William Henry Paul, Hamilton. Miss Teresa Margaret Peckstone, Wellington. Mrs. Mary Victoria Cracroft Polson, Stratford. Reuben Charles Porter, Auckland. Mrs. Daisy Vida Chalmers Pottinger, Burnside, Dunedin. Mrs. Julie Robertson, Gisborne. Mrs. Helen Victoria Ross, Trentharn. 'Record Reign Ross, Hamilton. William Douglas Sanders, Blenheim. Mrs. Ethel Mary Scott, Wanganui. Mrs. Rose Elizabeth Seddon, Feilding. Mrs. Mary Phyllis Franklyn Shall* crass, Greymouth. Mrs. Eileen Mary Smith, Blenheim. Tom Smith, Christchurch. George Sparrey, Auckland. Percy Vernon Esmond Stainton, Fitzroy, New Plymouth. Edward Albert Stevenson, Auckland. Frank Emanuel Sutherland, Takauna. Tuoro Tango, Ohinemutu, Rotorua. Percy Thomson, Stratford. Mrs. Olive Thorburn, Waipukurau. Mrs. Hinehou Tureia, Gisborne. Mrs. Hilda Tweedy, Timaru. Mrs. Flora Amy Augusta Urquhart, Karaka, Papakura. Mrs. Fay Vernon, Christchurch. Mrs. Mary Karaka Waititi, Ruatoria. Edward George Walkinshaw, Auckland. Miss Charlotte Eliot Warburton, Palmerston North. Mrs. Clementina Margaret Wilkinson, Tauranga. Mrs. Mabel Helen Wilson Wilkinson, Eltham. Mrs. Ada Kathleen Wilson, Te Kuiti. Miss Jessie Banks Wilson, Oamaru. Mrs. Anne Whitaker, Auckland. Charles Richardson White, Wanganui.

British Empire Medal

Albert William Andrews, Auckland. George William Conmee, Auckland. Miss Joyce Alma Werner, Karaka

Creek, Thames. Victor Hamilton Humphreys, Ellerslie, Auckland. William Percy Huggins, Wellington. Eric Donald Mcßae, Auckland. Reginald Henry Nees, Wellington. Peter John Hope Purvis, Wellington. Albert Edward Naulls, Wellington.

‘Mrs. Leone Gertrude De Zoete Coventry, Gore. Mrs. Merva Sheldon Jeune, Fairlie. William John Taylor, Timaru. Mrs. Katharine Mary Deans, Dar-

field. Mrs. Helena Marian Barnard, Wel-

lington. Mrs. Pirihira Heketa, Wellington. Miss Ophir Hallam, Aromoho, Wan-

ganui. Miss Nancy Ellaby Cotterill, Gisborne. Mrs. Isabella Oliver Grace Jones,

Putaruru. Miss Catherine Caw, Te Aroha. Miss Te Kioto Riwai, Christchurch. Mrs. Hiria Tangaere, of Rangitueka. John Penfold, Ruatoria. Mrs. Eve Winifred Moore, Auckland. Mrs. Gertrude Lucy Stitchbury,

Lowry Bay, Wellington. Mrs. Margaret Colleen Groom, Wel-

lington. Kenneth Wells, formerly of ’the New Zealand barque Pamir, of Blenheim.

MILITARY DIVISION.

Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath (K.C.8.) Lieutenant-General Edward Puttiek, C. 8., D.S.O, N.Z.S.C, General Officer Commanding the New Zealand Military Forces, Wellington.

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (K.8.E.). Air Vice-Marshal Leonard Monk Isitt, C.B.E, R.N.Z.A.F, Chief of the Air Staff, Air Officer Commanding the Royal New Zealand Air Force, Wellington. Major-General Fred Thompson Bowerbank, 0.8. E, M.C, E.D, K.H.P, N.Z.M.C, Director-Gen-eral of .New Zealand Medical Services (Army and Air), Wellington.

Companion of the Order of the Bath

(C. 8.

Brigadier Leonard George Goss, N.Z.S.C., Deputy-Chief of the General Staff, New Zealand Military Forces, Wellington.

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

Group Captain Trevor Watts White, E.D., R.N.Z.A.F., Chief Air Liaison Officer, New Zealand Air Mission, Ottawa. ; Acting-Group Captain Gordon Ham- . ish Martin Pirie, R.A.F., formerly. Director of Operations, Royal New Zealand Air Force. Officer of the Order of the British Empire (0.8. E. Chief Officer (Miss) Hermione Ruth Herrick, Director of the Women’s Royal New Zealand Naval Service, of Wellington. Acting-Commander John Churchill Elworthy, R.N. (Retd.), of Auckland. • Lieutenant-Colonel (Temp. Colonel) Arthur Bongard, M.C., N.Z.S.C., Christchurch. Lieutenant-Colonel Alfred John Coutts, N.Z.T.S., Auckland. Lieutenant-Colonel Richard Allen Hogan, N.Z.T.S., Wellington. Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Walter Archer Breach, N.Z.T.S., Wellington. Major (Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Henry Ernest Erridge, N.Z.A.0.C., Lower Hutt. , Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Caswail John Walter Parsons, N.Z.T.S, Lower Hutt. Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel James Donald Swan, N.Z.T.S., Auckland. Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas George Ball, N.Z.T.S., Wellington. Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel John Hugh Phillipps, N.Z.T.S., Wellington. Major (Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel) Harry Waine Washbourn, N.Z.D.C., Timaru. Temp. Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick William Mothes, M.8.E., N.Z.T.S., New Zealand Military Liaison Officer, Sydney, N.S.W. Wing-Commander Edward Caradus, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Acting-Wing Officer (Mrs.) Elsie Naomi Carlyon, W.A.A.F., Wellington. Acting-Wing Commander John Matthias Gamble, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Group Captain Frederick Russell Chisholm, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. Matron (Miss) Katharine Sybil Williams, N.Z.A.N.S. (attached to R.N.Z.A.F.), Feilding.

Member of the Order of the British

Empire (M.8.E.).

Lieutenant-Commander Ralph Leslie Cross, V.D, R.N.Z.N.V.R. (retd.). Wellington. Tonin. Lieutenant-Commander Tudor Roberts, V.D, R.N.Z.N.V.R.. Wellington. John Norman Richards, warrant writer officer (temp.), R.N.Z.N, Wellington. Temp. Lieutenant Arthur Lovat Fraser, D.S.C, R.N.Z.N.V.R, Lyttelton. Acting-Lieutenant-Commander Richard Blampied. R.N.Z.N.V.R, Wellington. Cyril Carr, Senior Master, Royal Navy, H.M.N.Z.S. Tamaki. Temp. Lieutenant William Williamson, R.N.Z.N.V.R, Dunedin. Third Officer (Miss) Mary Eleanor Chesney, W.R.N.Z.S, Lower Hutt. Lesley Samuel George'Martin, temp, warrant engineer, R.N.Z.N, Auckland. Lieutenant - Commander Wybrants Olphert, R.N.Z.N.V.R,' Wellington. Captain (Temp. Major) John Albert Worsnop, N.Z.S.C, Christchurch. Contain (Temp. Major) Robert Harry Pcrrett, N.Z.S.C, Lower Hutt. Major Francis John Martin, N.Z. Army Pay Corps, Gisborne. Senior Commander Dorothy May Hawkins, W.A.A.C, Auckland. Temp. Major Hans Christian Frithjof Peterson, N.Z.A, Wellington. Temp. Major William James Birss Hunter, N.Z.T.C, Wellington. Major Benjamin William Henry Smart, N.Z.T.C, Hawera. Honorary Captain Charles Pike, N.Z.T.S, Wellington. .Temp. Captain Percival Nowall Erridge, N.Z.A.O.C, assistant to the New Zealand Liaison Officer, Melbourne. Charge Sister Margaret .Hitchcock, N.Z.A.N.S, Levin. , Major Geoffrey Hardurn Neal, N.Z.S.C, Wellington. Major Gavin Eugene Pollock, N.Z.T.S, Wellington. Senior Commander Mary Eulalie Whyte, W.A.A.C, Wellington. Captain Albert de Bolton Peel Steward, M.M, N.Z. Permanent Staff, Auckland. Captain William Vincent Quane, N.Z.T.S, Auckland. Temp. Captain William Frederick Sellen, N.Z. Permanent Staff, Wellington. Temp. Captain James Laurence Oli-phant-Rowe, N.Z. Permanent Staff, New Plymouth. Temp. Captain William Edmonds. N.Z. Permanent Staff, Ashburton. Captain. Eden William Smith, N.Z.T.S, Christchurch. Lieutenant (Temp. Captain) Robert William Bortland, N.Z. Temporary Staff, Christchurch. Captain William Charles Francis, N.Z.T.S, Upper Hutt. • Captain Harry Gordon Remshardt Sedgley, N.Z.T.S, Christchurch. Lieutenant Arthur William Herbert Gaily, N.Z.T.S, Lower Hutt. Warrant Officer I (Temp. Major) Alan Holmes, N.Z. Permanent Staff, Palmerston North. Warrant Officer I Thomas William Page, N.Z.T.S, Rotorua. Acting-Squadron Leader Rawlings William McSkimming, R.N.Z.A.F, Auckland. - Squadron Leader Murray Davy Nairn, R.N.Z.A.F, Auckland. 'Acting-Squadron Leader Philip Edward Laughton-Bromley-, R.A.F, Exeter, England. Acting-Flight Lieutenant James Francis Sharkey, R.N.Z.A.F., Whangarei. Warrant Officer William Arthur Everson, R.N.Z.A.F, Masterton. Flying Officer Claude Patrick Perrett, R.N.Z.A.F, Hawera. Acting-Squadron Leader Maurice Leonard Pirie, R.N.Z.A.F, Auckland. Warrant Officer Rex Bernard Robins, R.N.Z.A.F, Bulls. Squadron Leader George Frederick Chippendale, R.N.Z.A.F, Nelson. Acting-Squadron Leader Cecil William Franks, R.N.Z.A.F, Wellington. Flight Lieutenant John Ronald Day, R.N.Z.A.F, Invercargill. Squadron Leader Alwyn Palmer, R.N.Z.A.F, Christchurch. Flight Lieutenant Maurice Colin Kain, R.N.Z.A.F, Dunedin. Squadron Leader Bruce Robert Rae, R.N.Z.A.F, Wellington.

Flight Lieutenant 1 James Douglas Mackay, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch.

Air Force Cross. Squadron Leader Jonas William Henry Raft, R.N.Z.A.F., New Plymouth. Flying Officer Charles Alexander McDonald, R.N.Z.A.F., Woodville. Squadron Leader Graham Carrick Martin, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Flight Lieutenant John Herbert Penney, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Flight Lieutenant Henry Keith Patience, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Acting-Wing Commander Lloyd Hern Parry, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch. Flight Lieutenant Alan Frederick Jacobsen, R.N.Z.A.F., New Plymouth.

Royal Red Cross, Second Class (A.R.R.C.).

Temp. Petty Officer Arthur Robert Everitt, R.N.Z.N.. Auckland. Chief Petty Officer Ernest Alfred

Tibbesham, Auckland. Chief Petty Officer Writer' Robert Turner Bywater Lutman, Auck-

land. Chief Petty Officer Leslie James El-

liott, Dunedin. Leading Signalman Reginald Percy Vincent Hayter, R.N.Z.N., Auck-

land. Chief Petty Officer Kennedy Welton Sparke, Auckland. Acting-Leading Seaman Ernest Mar-

tin, Levin. Sergeant (Temp. W.O. I) Albert Vic- . tor Calder, N.Z.T.S., Upper Hull. Staff Sergeant Horace Haines McCullough, N.Z.T.S., Auckland. Staff Sergeant James Carson,

N.Z.T.S., Burnham. Staff Sergeant John Reginald Hay, 2nd N.Z.E.F., Fiji section. Staff Sergeant Walter Eric. Appleby,

N.Z.T.S., Wellington. Temp. Sergeant Robert Hay Watson, N.Z. Dental Corps, Wellington. Staff Sergeant Leslie George Tyne, N.Z.T.S., Dunedin. Sergeant James Higgms, N.Z.1.5..

Nelson. ,. + Sergeant Frederick Augustus “N.Z,A., Auckland. . Temp. Warrant Officer Edwaid thur Preston, Gisborne. Sergeant Raymond Metton Undec"wood, Auckland. Sergeant Ambrose Charles Hui onfield, N.Z. Engineers, Rongotea. Staff Sergeant William James Diack, N.Z.T.S., Silverstream. Staff Sergeant Joy Higgms, M .A.A.C., Wellington. ’ Staff Sergeant Matthew Spence, N.Z.T.S., Upper Hutt. Senior Sergeant (Mrs.) J un^.^ c 2°A" kindale (nee Purser), W.A.A'..

New Plymouth. Flight Sergeant John Leonard Logan, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington. Corporal (Mrs.) Eileen Daisy Owen, W.A.A.F., Wanganui. Leading Aircraftman lan Burke, R.N.Z.A.F., New Plymouth. Flight Sergeant George Raymond R.N.Z.A.F., Feilding. Flight’ Sergeant James McArthur ° Grant, Fairlie. Flight Sergeant John Curtiss Henry, Auckland. Sergeant (now Warrant Office l -) George, Noel Dew, R.N.Z.A.F.,

Auckland. . Acting-Warrant Officer Raymond Leonard Woodfield, . R.N.Z.A.r.,

Christchurch. Sergeant Percy Thomas Hum. R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. Flight Sergeant John Errol McNeill- ” R.N.Z.A.F., Tauranga. Flight Sergeant Charles William Cooper, R.N.Z.A.F., Wellington.

Commendation for Valuab'e Service

in the Air.

Acting-Squadron Leader Robert Duncan McVicker, R.N.Z.A.i;., Auckland. Flight Lieutenant Harold Dale Ellerington, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland! Flight Lieutenant Colin Sydney Marceau, D.F.C., Auckland. Flight Lieutenant Richard Thomas °Mounsey, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. Flight Lieutenant Leonard Frederick "Poore, R.N.Z.A.F., Christchurch. Flight Lieutenant John ■ Strand, R.N.Z.A.F., Lower Hutt. Flying Officer Donald Alfred Williams, R.N.Z.A.F., Auckland. Warrant Officer Kenneth Douglas MacLachlan, R.N.Z.A.F., Whangarei.

MR. NASH AND MR. JORDAN

LONDON, Jan. 1

Mr. Nash, New Zealand Minister of Finance, and Mr. Jordan, New Zealand High Commissioner in London, have been appointed members of the Privy Council. The appointments are gazetted in the New Year’s Honours list. New Zealanders who are already Privy Councillors are the Prime Minister (Mr. Fraser), G. W. Forbes, and the Chief Justice (Sir Michael Myers).