FEB. 7] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE 131

New Year Honours List

Office of the Minister of Internal Affairs,
Wellington, 6th February, 1946.

HIS Excellency the Governor-General has announced that His Majesty the King has been graciously pleased, on the occasion of the New Year, to confer the following Honours :—

CIVIL DIVISION

Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (K.C.M.G.)—

Mr. Carl August Berendsen, C.M.G., New Zealand Minister at Washington.

Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (K.B.E.)—

Mr. Alfred Clarke Turnbull, Administrator of Western Samoa.

Knight Bachelor—

The Honourable Archibald William Blair, of Wellington.
Mr. James Fletcher, of Wellington.
The Honourable William Perry, M.L.C., of Wellington.

Companion of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George (C.M.G.)—

Mr. Bernard Carl Ashwin, of Wellington.
Mr. John Henry Boyes, of Wellington.
Mr. Cyril George Collins, of Lower Hutt.
Dr. Ernest Marsden, C.B.E., of Wellington.
Mr. Francis Raymond Picot, of Wellington.

Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (C.B.E.)—

Mr. Andrew Henson Allen, formerly Mayor of Dunedin.
Mr. John Andrew Charles Allum, Mayor of Auckland.
Mr. Ernest Herbert Andrews, Mayor of Christchurch.
Mr. Eugene Casey, of Wellington.
Mr. Denis Joseph Cummings, of Putaruru.
Mr. George Andrew Duncan, of Lower Hutt.
Mr. David Emmet Fouhy, of Wellington.
Mr. George Arthur Hayden, of Wellington.
Mr. James Stanley Hunter, of Lower Hutt.
Mr. William Marshall, of Paeroa.
The Honourable Vincent Aubrey Ward, M.L.C., of Wellington.
Mr. John George Young, of Wellington.
Mr. Frederick Millett Sherwood, of Wellington.

Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)—

Miss Annie Constance Affleck, of Wellington.
Miss Lillian Banks, of Palmerston North.
Mrs. Mary Jane Bentley, of Wellington.
Mr. John Balmain Brooke, of Auckland.
Mr. Cyril Blake Burdekin, M.B.E., formerly of the staff of the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London.
Mr. Frederick William Burton, of Khandallah, Wellington.
Mr. Ronald Alan Candy, of Ngarua, Waitoa.
Mr. Hector Christie, of Wanganui.
The Right Rev. Monsignor Thomas Frederick Connolly, of Wellington.
Mr. Robert Darroch, of Wellington.
Mr. David Alexander Ewen, M.B.E., of Lower Hutt.
Mr. Charles Stuart Falconer, of Wellington.
Mr. Clarence Richard Charles Gardiner, Honorary Agent of the New Zealand Government, Bombay, India.
Mr. Everard Robert Cranston Gilmour, of New Plymouth.
Mr. Israel Joseph Goldstine, of Auckland.
Mr. Len Joseph Greenberg, of Wellington.
Mr. James Norman Greenland, of Wellington.
Mr. Harry Campbell Hemphill, of Whangarei.
Mr. Thomas William Hercock, of Napier.
Mrs. Ailsa Craig Dalhousie Hislop, of Wellington.
Mr. Alfred Joseph Hutchinson, of Auckland.
Mr. George Henry Jackson, of Lower Hutt.
Mr. Bertram Joseph Jacobs, of Palmerston North.
Mr. Alexander Howat Johnstone, K.C., of Auckland.
Mr. Arthur Selwyn Kempthorne, of Lower Hutt.
Mr. John Craigie Kirkness, of Oamaru.
Mrs. Elizabeth May Knox Gilmer, of Wellington.
Mr. Augustus Edward Mansford, of Palmerston North.
Mr. Robert Whiteford Marshall, Director of the New Zealand Supply Mission, Washington.
Mr. William Walter Mulholland, of Darfield.
Mr. Edgar Rollo Neale, of Nelson.
Mr. Walter Richard Newall, of Wellington.
Mr. Robert Hamilton Nimmo, of Lower Hutt.
Mr. Charles Henry Tarr Palmer, of Auckland.
Mr. George Augustus Pascoe, of Wellington.
Captain Robert Everett Price, of Wellington.
Mr. Algernon Instone Rainbow, of Hastings.
Mrs. Barbara Reid, of Wellington.
Miss Violet Agnes Russell, of the staff of the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London.
Mr. Sidney Rattery Skinner, of the staff of the High Commissioner for New Zealand in London.
Mr. Thomas Norman Smallwood, of Upper Hutt.
Mr. Joseph Thomas Spears, of Wellington.
Mr. Kingi Tahiwi, of Wellington.
Mr. James Ewing Thomas, of Geraldine.
Mr. Abraham Wachner, of Invercargill.
Mr. Charles Norman Machell Watson-Munro, of Wellington.
Mr. Charles Gilbert White, of Wellington.
Mr. Leonard John Wild, of Feilding.
Dr. Donald MacDonald Wilson, M.C., of Wellington.
Mr. Rupert Samuel Wogan, of Wellington.

Member of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (M.B.E.)—

Mr. Joseph Abel, of Wellington.
Miss Rebecca Isobel Victoria Aitken, of Gore.
Mrs. Etta Elaine Allen, of Dunedin.
Mrs. Annie Allum, Mayoress of Auckland.
Mrs. Margaret Andrews, of Lower Hutt.
Mrs. Rose Appleton, Mayoress of Wellington.
Mrs. Dorothy Annie Atmore, of Nelson.
Mr. George John Blake Barber, of Green Island, Dunedin.
Miss Margaret Mills Barclay, of Hamilton.
Mrs. Doris Laura Barton, of Taihape.
Miss Jean Blacker, of Auckland.
Mr. Thomas Francis Patey Briggs, of Auckland.
Mr. Ernest Escott Brooking, of Wellington.
Miss Madeleine Harriett Lerwell Browne, of Wellington.
Mrs. Blanche Mila Burke, care of Office of the High Commissioner for New Zealand, London.
Mrs. Margaret Sheila Bull, of Gisborne.
Mr. James Leslie Burnett, of Whakatane.
Mrs. Margaret Campbell, of Auckland.
Mrs. Mabel Castle, of Silverstream, Upper Hutt.
Mr. Charles Nicholas Cathie, of Wellington.
Mrs. Gladys Chapman, of Hamilton.
Mr. Fred Evans Chappell, of Wellington South.
Mrs. Jean Olga Christiansen, of New Brighton.
Mr. Laurence Hugh Clapham, of Hawera.
Mrs. Ada Vera Cocker, of Auckland.
Mrs. Agnes Connolly, of North-east Valley, Dunedin.
Mrs. Doris Crawford, of Hastings.
Miss Helen Iris Crooke, of Marton.
Mr. George William Dell, of Christchurch.
Mrs. Annie Jean Dickinson, of Wellington.
Mrs. Mary Manson Dreaver, of Takapuna.
The Reverend Arthur Rowley Ebbs, Rector of St. Matthew’s Anglican Church, Manly, Sydney, N.S.W.
Mr. Hewitt Edwards, of Auckland.
Mr. Albert Richard Elcock, of Hokitika.
Mrs. Mary Ann Ellen, of Woodend, Rangiora.
Lady Ann Allan Elliott, of Wellington.
Mrs. Beryl Inez Ellis, of Hamilton.
Mrs. Grace Macadam Evans, of Hawera.
Mrs. Elizabeth Maud Faithfull, of Dargaville.
Mrs. Linda Ferguson, of Sydney, N.S.W.
Dr. Jeanie Gardner Fougere, of Kaikohe.
Mrs. Meta Frances Fussell, of Napier.
Mrs. Ethel Marion Gould, of Auckland.
Mr. Laurie Oliver Hall, of Whangarei.
Mr. Arthur Merlin Harding, Sergeant of Police, Feilding.
Mrs. Marie Henrietta Hargest, of Rakauhauka, Invercargill.
Miss Minnie Gregory Havelaar, of Christchurch.
Mrs. Mabel Roseline Heaphy, of Heretaunga.
Mrs. Ottoline Valeria Hole, of Wellington.
Mrs. Elsie Mary Hyslop, of Upper Hutt.
Mrs. Violet Ivy Inkster, of Whangarei.
Mr. William Montrose Jenkins, of Gisborne.
Mr. Frederick Johnson, of Wellington.
Mr. William Jones, of Whangarei.
Mrs. Edith Miriam Jordan, of Masterton.
Miss Betty Marion Kensington, of Auckland.
Mrs. Agnes Gilmour Kent-Johnston, of Hastings.
Mrs. Mary Josephine Killery, of Petone.
Mr. Frederick Arthur Kitchingham, of Greymouth.
Mrs. Bella Fernie Logie, of Lower Hutt.
Mrs. Geraldine Emily Luckie, of Wellington.
Miss Marie Agnes Malempre, of Wellington.
Mrs. Laurel Grace Barker McAlister, of Timaru.
Mrs. Elizabeth Hazel McCaldon, of Kaiapoi.
Mrs. Ivy McCready, of Auckland.
Captain Francis Arthur McIndoe, of Wellington.
Mr. James Duncan McGuire, of Auckland.
Mrs. Christina McKane, of Cobden, Greymouth.
Mrs. Margaret Elizabeth Meek, of Napier.
Mrs. Amy Gladys Miller, of Wellington.
Mr. Frank Mitchell, of Nelson.
Miss Ellen Constance Morice, of Wellington.
Mr. Walter George Neild, of Lower Hutt.
Mrs. Maisie Amelia Noble, of Moera, Lower Hutt.
Mr. William Henry Paul, of Hamilton.
Miss Teresa Margaret Peckston, of Wellington.
Mrs. Mary Victoria Cracroft Polson, of Stratford.
Mr. Reuben Charles Porter, of Auckland.
Mrs. Daisy Vida Chalmers Pottinger, of Burnside, Dunedin.
Mrs. Julie Robertson, of Gisborne.
Mrs. Helen Victoria Ross, of Trentham.
Mr. Record Reign Ross, of Hamilton.
Mr. William Douglas Sanders, of Blenheim.
Mrs. Ethel May Scott, of Wanganui.
Mrs. Rose Elizabeth Seddon, of Feilding.
Mrs. Mary Phyllis Franklyn Shallcrass, of Greymouth.
Mrs. Eileen Mary Smith, of Blenheim.
Mr. Tom Smith, of Christchurch.
Mr. George Sparrey, of Auckland.
Mr. Percy Vernon Esmond Stainton, of Fitzroy, New Plymouth.
Mr. Edward Albert Stevenson, of Auckland.
Mr. Frank Emanuel Sutherland, of Takapuna.
Mr. Tuoro Tango, of Ohinemutu, Rotorua.
Mr. Percy Thomson, of Stratford.
Mrs. Olive Thorburn, of Waipukurau.
Mrs. Hinehou Tureia, of Gisborne.
Mrs. Hilda Tweedy, of Timaru.
Mrs. Flora Amy Augusta Urquhart, of Karaka, Papakura.
Mrs. Fay Vernon, of Christchurch.

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