HONORS FOR N.Z.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 17977, 3 January 1933, Page 11

HONORS FOR N.Z.

SIR WILLIAM PERRY NOTED BREEDER OF STOCK A product of New Zealand conditions is Sir William Perry, J.P., the well-known slieep.-armer ana breeder of stock, of Penrose, Masterton. Bom at Penrose in 1863, he is the son of a pioneer Wairarapa family, and was educated at Masterton. He was a keen Rugby enthusiast, and captained the Masterton Club, earning representative honors for his district before retiring from the giame. For nearly 50 years he has been associated with farming, and the breeding of fine stock has been his chief interest in lifp since he became established in the industry.

Ho was an acknowledged authority on the Lincoln sheep in 1907, when he established his own stud for the breeding of Romneys. His successes in the show-ring have been numerous, and his stock is represented in many parts of tlie world where the Romney breed has gained a footing. For three years lie was president of the Masterton A. and P. Association, and since the inception of the Royal Show Association in 1924, he has been president of that body. A member of Farmers’ Union executive bodies, the Meat Control Board, the Wool Allocation Commission, and numerous other bodies representing primary industrial interests, he has served the industry also in the capacity of a freezing company director and on the Board of Agriculture, of which lie has been president. He is the author of an informative and authoritative book on slieepfarming in New Zealand.

THE MINOR AWARDS Mr. Robert Sutherland Forsyth, C.M.G., was born at Dunedin in 1880, and in his earlier years was a Rugby representative and is still a keen golfer. He joined the National Mortgage and Agency Company as a junior cleric in 1896, and spent many years at head office, being in charge of produce and merchandising departments for 10 years there, before being given charge of branches at Ashburton and Timaru in succession. Tie was chairman of the South Canterbury Chamber of Commerce in 1922-23, and was appointed to his present position as London representative of the New Zealand Meat Board in 1923.

Mr. George Percival Newton, C.8.E., was born in Victoria, and came to New Zealand in 1893. He joined'the Education Department as a temporary clerk, and later became a committee clerk in Parliament. He afterwards served as clerk to the Bank ol' New Zealand Commission, and in 1896 was appointed a temporary clerk in the Colonial Secretary’s office, since become the Department of Internal Affairs. By 1912 he had advanced to the post of assistantUnder Secretary, and deputy (Jerk of writs. In 1928 he succeeded to the post of Under Secretary of Internal Affqirs, from which appointment he recently retired. Mr. Newton is an enthusiastic and energetic member of the Town Planning Board. 1 Another Dunedin-bom executive is honored in Mr. James Mafchbanks, C.M.G., M.1.0.E., who. recently retired from the post of general . manager and chief engineer to the Wellington Harbor Board. Born in Dunedin and educated j

in Otago, he entered the Public Works Department in 1878, and was articled under the late Mr. W. N. Blair, engi-neer-in-chief at that time. He studied at Otago University for liis degree, and was assistant engineer in Otago for the department, carrying out much tunnelling work. He later located the railway line through the Mnnawatu Gorge, and was in charge of important engineering works for several years thereafter. He joined the Wellington-Mana\yatip Railway Company in 1890 as assistant engineer, in charge of construction and maintenance advancing to resident engineer and chief egiheer in 1897. In 1909 he took up the appointment with the Wellington Harbor Board, in which he rendered exceptional service to the port and province.