HONOURS LIST

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXIV, Issue 22726, 12 May 1937, Page 5

HONOURS LIST

AUCKLAND'S MAYORESS MERITED DISTINCTION WELFARE WORK INTEREST The honour of a knighthood which has been conferred upon the Mayor of Auckland is shared by Lady Davis, who, during her term of oflice has done much to merit the distinction. A true >'ew Zea lander, Lady Davis' grandparents were passengers on the second ship carrying settlers to arrive in Wellington. There they settled and founded the well-known Luxford family. Lady Davis was born in Wellington but was married in Auckland and at the age of 22 was Mayoress of Newmarket. Always noted for her interest in the work of charitable organisations, her

activities in this direction have been intensified since she became Mayoress of Auckland and her practical assistance

. and genuine interest in the work of the various organisations with which she is connected have been a source of much gratification to the different committee members. It was Lady Davis who, in collaboration with the late Mrs. Nellie Ferner, started the Auckland Community Sunshine Association on its career of helping young children in delicate health and poor circumstances, and her interest in this organisation has never wavered. Lady Davis is also a member of the Auckland Hospital Auxiliarj* 4 and for many years belonged to the Society for the Protection of Women and Children. Interests of Rural Women A keen worker in the interests of the rural woman, .Airs. H. M. Wilson, 0.8. E., widow of the late Mr. C. K. Wilson, of Piopio, is a well known •figure in local body activities, women's organisations and social institutions in the W aikato. Mrs. Wilson was born in the Mackenzie County, South Island, and became' a school teacher, but at the age of 29 she and her mother took up land at Levin, which they worked together, even building the house in which they lived for three years. Mrs. Wilson married Mr. C. K. Wilson, a . member of 'the Levin County Council and a prominent farmer, who took up farming near Piopio in 1910. She joined the "Women's Division of the Farmers' Union in and was appointed Dominion president in 1935. For some years she has been a member of the Waikato Hospital Board. Hospital Service Mrs. Clarissa Eliza McLaren, M.8.E., has been matron of the Seacliff Mental Hospital since 1921. She entered the mental hospital service at Seacliff in 1906, and in 1915 was appointed matron of the Mental Hospital at Auckland. She returned to Seacliff Hospital as matron in 1921. After "having been in the service of the Hospital Board in Christchurch for Arc . vea , rs > Miss llo.se Muir, M.8.E., retired in June of last year from the position of lady superin- " ten dent of the Christchurch Public Hospital. She joined the staff in 1910 as home sister, and in 1916 became matron; , I'or the past twelve years matron of the Dunedin Hospital, and for eight years representing tlie New Zealand Trained Nurses Association on the purses and Mid wives Registration Board, which controls the training and examination of nurses, Miss Edith Penelope Tennent, M.8.E., is a well known figure in the nursing world. A Worker for Peace Well known in Christchurch for her public work in many Mrs. Elizabeth Best Taylor, 0.8. E., was for a period the Dominion president of the Womeri's Christian Temperance union and is now a member of the world advisory committee of 1110 union. . the Pan-Pacific Women's Conference held at Honolulu some years ago, Mrs. Taylor attended as one of the New Zealand delegates. Her husband, the late 1 Mr. T. E. Taylor, was a member of Parliament for many years and with him, while /ho was Mayor of Christ- * church, Mrs. Taylor founded the Christchurch Free Kindergarten Association. _ She also has been a keen worker in the interests of peace. Miss Miriam Mayes, M.8.E., matron of the Auckland Mental Hospital, has been in the service of the department since 1907. She has done a considerable amount of relieving work in various parts of the Dominion and for the i last, 10 years hay, occupied her present position in Auckland. Miss Mayes was stationed at Trentbam during the «reat War/' and worked through the meningitis epidemic that followed it.