Royal Honours Investiture Held

Manawatu Times, Volume 63, Issue 237, 7 October 1938, Page 16

Royal Honours Investiture Held

LORD GALWAY OFFICIATES AT CEREMONY IN WELLINGTON WELLINGTON, September 5. An investituto was held at Government House, Wellington, by the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, tonight. His Excellency conferred the honour of knighthood on Sir Theodore Rigg, director of the Cawthron Institute” Nelson, and upon Sir ThomasEasterfield, of Nelson, and invested them with the insignia of Knight Commander of tho Most Excellent Order of the British Empire. His Excellency subsequently presented orders and decorations to the following:— C.M.G.—Dr. T. G. Gray, directorgeneral of mental hospitals; Mr. G. lx. Mackley, general manager of railways; Mr. J. Wood, Engineer-in-Chief and Under-Secretary to tho Public Works Department. C.B.E.—Mrs. Annie Elizabeth Kelly, Christchurch; Colonel S. D. Mason, Timaru.

O.B.E.—Miss M. I. Lambie, Wellington; Mrs. Sadie MacDonald, Wellington; Mr. D. J. Evans, Hokitika; Mr. J. S. Neville, Christchurch. M.B.E. —Miss E. F. Andrews, New Plymouth; Miss R. T. Cameron, Rotorua; Miss K. M. Finnane, Wellington; Miss G. G. Hoddinott, Dunedin; Mrs. Annie Me Vicar, Wellington; Mr. J. C. Brown, Westport; Mr. G. Millar, Runanga; Mr. J. H. O’Donnell, Wellington; Mr. W. P. Williams, Lower Hutt; . .ujor A. W. Hall, Royal Indian Army service Corps (retired), Christchurch; Pay-Master-Lieutenant H. R. Sleeinan, R.N., Wellington; Lieutenant T. Couzens, Indian Army Corps of Clerks (retired), Christchurch; Warrant-Officer W. S. Simpson, Royal New Zealand Air Force, Christchurch.

Volunteer Officers’ Decoration.—Surgeon Lieutenant-Commander H. K. Corkill, R.N.V.R. (New Zealand Division), Wellington. Efficiency Decoration.—Colonel S. D. Mason, C.8.E., Timaru; LieutenantColonel F. W. Kemp, M.C., M.D., Upper Hutt; Lieutenant-Colonel R. W. Fenton, Wellington; Major »• H. Irving, Masterton; Major E. M. Christie, Wellington; Major W. H. B. Bull, M. 8., Wellington; Captain J. L. Dighton, Wellington.

Medal of the Order of the British Empire.—Staff Seregeant-Major E. J. Barwell, Wellington. Tho investiture was followed by a reception at which a large number of guests were presented to their Excellencies.