NEW ZEALANDERS HONOURED

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 83, Issue 2, 4 January 1939, Page 10

NEW ZEALANDERS HONOURED

THE NEW YEAR LIST BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES Conspicuous service has been rendered by the recipients ot New Year honours in New Zealand: KNIGHTS BACHELOR. Sir Henry Ostler, who was born "in Timaru on July 1, 1876, alter a brilliant scholastic career, was appointed editor ot the New Zealand Law Reports, and practised as a barrister in Wellington. In 1910 he was appointed Crown Solicitor and joined the Crown Law Office. On February 2, 1925, he was appointed a King’s Counsel, and by the Gazette of the same date he was appointed a Judge ot the Supreme Court of New Zealand. Before taking up his law studies, he farmet. in the Levin district from 1892 to 1900. A keen sportsman, Sir Henry was captain of the Levin and Victoria University College Rugby fifteens, also representing Horownenua, Manawatu and Wellington at Rugby. Sir Charles Luke, J.P., now 81 years old, was born in Penzance, Cornwall, in 1857, and arrived at Wellington with his father, the late Mr. Samuel Luke, in 1874. With his brother, the late Sir John Luke, Sir Charles was associated for many years in the building up of the foundry, business of S. Luke and Sons, and was one of the managing directors of that firm till 1913, when he retired from business to devote himself to local body work. He was never a member of the Wellington City Council, but was elected Mayor for 1895, and has since taken a keen interest in local body affairs. More particularly has he been connected with the administration of hospital affairs. One of the most honoured posts to which Sir Charles was ever appointed was his selection as a member of the Royal Commission on Federation with Australia in 1901. Throughout his life in Wellington he has been a pillar of the Primitive Methodist Church, having been elected president of the conference in 1890, 1902 and 1913. He was also the first vice-president of the United Methodist Church. He was a member ot the Legisltivc Council from 1907 to 1916. C.M.G. Mr Arthur Telford Donnelly, C.M.G., is one of the leading barristers in Christchurch, where he has been Crown Prosecutor since 1911. Born in Christchurch in 1890, he was admitted to the Bar in 1911 and entered into partnership with his father, the late Mr, Michael Donnelly. From 1916 to 1919 Mr. Donnelly served in France with the Otago Regiment. In 1935 he was appointed one of the Government nominees on the directorate of the Bank of New Zealand, being elected chairman in 1937. Mr. T. D. H. Hall, C.M.G., Clerk of the House of Representatives, was born in Wellington in 1885. In June, 1921, he was appointed assistant law draftsman, being for many years associated with the drafting of important measures, particularly those affecting local bodies. In 1930 he was appointed Clerk of the House of Representatives. C.B.E. Mr. T. R. Aicken, C.8.E., was born in Cambridge, Waikato, in 1886. He was transferred from the Railway Department to the Parliamentary Secretarial Corps, being associated with Messrs. J. G. Coates, W. Downie Stewart, W. B. Taverner, and W. Veitch. He is now private secretary to the Minister of Finance (Mr. Nash). He was associated with Mr. Downie Stewart on his visit to Honolulu for trade negotiations with the Canadian Government, and in 1932 accompanied Mr. Setwart to Ottawa for the Imperial Conference. In 1937 he accompanied Mr. Nash on his visit to London. Mr. A. VV. Mulligan, C.8.E., was appointed in February of this year to the position of general secretary of the Centennial branch of the Department of Internal Affairs. He was appointed in 1916 private secretary to the Minister of Agriculture. Two years later he was transferred to the position of private secretary to the Minister of Lands, which he held till this year. During that period he was associated with the late Hons. W. D. S. Macdonald, D. H. Guthrie, and A. D. McLeod, Rt. Hon. G. W. Forbes, Sir Alfred Ransom, and the present Minister of Lands (Mr. Langstone). 0.8. E. Mr. S. J. Harrison, 0.8. E., general ’secretary of the New Zealand U.S.A., was born in Marton in 1893. Despite ill-health he made several attempts to enlist during the Great War but was discharged unfit. However, he was appointed quartermaster-sergeant to the Fiftenth Reinforcements, which he accompanied overseas, and later was appointed Q.M.S. to Imperial troops sent to India. 111-health caused him to be returned to New Zealand where he played a leading part in the demobilisation of the New Zealand troops. Mr. Samuel Saltzman, 0.8. E., who has been a resident of Dunedin for the past 25 years and is in business there as a clothing manufacturer, has made many generous bequests to hospital and charitable organisations in Otago during the past three years.