BIRTHDAY HONORS

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXIX, Issue 30, 2 June 1923, Page 5

BIRTHDAY HONORS

THE NEW ZEALAND LIST. ft i TWO knighthoods. Per ‘Press Association.. Auckland, June 1. The Governor-General announces that His Majesty the King hos been graciously pleased, on the occasion of his birthday, to confer the following honors in recognition of distinguished services:— K.B.E.—Robert Howard Nolan, C.B.E.—Honorary secretary and officer in charge ot the New Zealand Soldiers’' Club in London front uhe date of its inception early in the wiar until ifcfi close smite time after hostilities ceased. This clu'o, which was atbuirJably conducted, was of incalcuable lvalue to New Zealand troops on leave. Sir Robert Nolan was formerly associated with agricultural development and progress in the Tara- ! naki province. He was created a Commander of the Order of the Bri'tish Empire in 1918. iviNiGHT BACHELOR.—The Honorable Frederick Kovans Chapman.— Appointed a Judge of New Zealand in 1903; president of the Court -of Arbitration 1903-1907, compiler of the New Zealand Statutes, 1921. C.B. MdLITARY DIVISION). — Commodore Alan Geiffitey Hotham, C.M.G.—James Williiam Tibbs, King. In recognition of valuable services rendered in organising, recruiting and training for the New Zealand division of the Royal Navy and as naval adviser to the New Zealand Government. , ' ,U.M.G. —James William Tibbs, M.A.—One of the Dominion’s leading educationalists. Ho recoartly retired from the position of headmaster of the Auckland Grammar School, winch Re had occupied for many years with conspicuous success. Thomas Edward Donne.—Secretary to the New Zealand High Commissioner’s Office in London. He joined the New Zealand public slorvice in 1875; was superintendent of the Department of Tourist and Health resorts in 1901; entered the High Commissioner’s oiliee. at,, Ldpdon in 1909. . O.B.E.—•Frederick William Flanagan.—Permanent head of tlie Valuation Department. He has bfeeu a member of the New; Zealand public service for more than half a cent my. AUSTRALIAN HONORS. Press Association—Copyright, (Received 11.15 a.m.) London, June 1. Tho following Birthday honors are announced:— Knights Bachelor.—Knibbs, Obnrnionwealth Science Director; Wm. Loton, Perth; Swanson, Lord Mayor of Melbourne.