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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 14, 1 February 1937, Page 8

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Biographical Sketches of Recipients outline of; activities • Short biographies of New Zealanders who are included in the • honours annouhced to-day are as foUow: — sir george troup Sir George Troup, K.B., O.M.G., who was mayor of Wellington from 1927 to 1931, was bon\ in London in 1863. He was educated at Gordon 's College, Aberdeen, and served his cadotship to architecture in Edinburgh. Ha arrived in New Zealand in January, 1884, and joined a Government suryey party ,in Otago. Three years later he was appointed a draftsman in the Railway Department, and in 1890 was promoted to chief draftsman. In 1901 he hecanie offi.ee and designing engineer, and in 1919 was made oflices in charge of the architectural branch. He retired on. superannuation in 1924 He was one of the founders and for 30. years president of the Wellington Boya' InstRute and has long been an elder of St. John's Church, where for years he was leader of the S§nior Young, Men's Bible Class. He was also president of the Young Citizens' League, and sat on the councils of Queen Margaret College and Scots College, and for many years has been a trustee of the T. G«Macarthy Trust. When mayor he was an ardent advocate of street-widening and of town-planning generally, and he took the iniative in the public appeal which culminated in the erection of the new Dominion Museum and National Art Gallery. Elected to the Wellington City Council in 1925, he served as a councillor for two years before being elected mayor. He was chairman of the tramways and electricity committees, the City and Suburban Highways Board, and the City and Suburban Water Board. He was also a member of the Town Planning Board and the board of governora of Wellington Colleges. In 1937 he was made a C.M.G. and the same year contested the Wellington North eeat for Parliament. sir george harper Sir George Harper, K.B., O.B.E., ls one of the best-known and most highlyesteemed citizens of Christchurch. Hi vitality and undiminished interest in public affairs are remarkable, for, while many younger men have retired from active work, Sir George continnes to serve the community in many capacities. He is a member of the Christchurch Domains' Board, the board of governors of Christ 's College, the Cathedral •Chapter, the board of trustees of the McLean Institute, and he served for some time on unemploymenf relief organisations. The fourth son of the Most Rev. H. J. C. Harper, Primate of New Zea- . land,' and first Bishop of Christchurch, Sir George was born on April 24, 1843, at Stratfield Mortimer, Berks, England of which parish his father was vic;u

from 1840 to i856. He received Jus early education at St.. Peter's College, Badley, Berks, and Eton, and is now the oldest living Etonian. Bishop Harper arrived at Lyttelton on December 28, 1856, but Sir George did not come out until 1858. He attended the upper department of Christ 's College for several years, and in 1866 he went to London and studied for the Bar at the Inner Temple. In June, 1869, he was called to the English Bar, and a year later, on his return to Christchurch, he was admitted a-s a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme- Court of New Zealand. Between , 1870 and' 1880 he was engaged in most of the principal cases in Christchurch and in the Court of Appeal. Eor many years he has been a member of the New Zealand Law Society and the Canterbury District Law Society, of which he was president for t/o years. He has "been a, member of the governing body of Christ 's College since 1900, and aub-warden si'nce 1920. He is also a Fellow of the College. He joined the " Christ 's College Rifles Volunteer Company m 1883 as captain. For services during the war period he was awarded the O.B.E. He retired from aetive legal work in the firm ofg Harper, Pascoe, Buchanan and Upham in 1930. professor hugh mackenzie Professor Hugh Mackenzie, C.M.G., foundation professor of English language and literature at Victoria University College, who is about to retiro after 38 years ' service, was born at Ardross, Ross-shir'e, Scotland, in 1861, and is a half-brother of the formex New Zealand Minister of Lands, Sir John Mackenzie. Professor Mackenzie began his- education at Ardross School, and 'then went to the Tain Royal Academy and the Grammar School of Old Aberdeen, where he won a scholarship •in 1878. He entered the University of St. An* drews in 1881, and took first ranii honours in rhetoric anl English literature, first rank honours in logic and metaphysics in 1883-84, and in the theory, history and practice of education in 1885-86. He took the degree oi Master of Arts in 1880. Voi, three years after graduating Uu

further studied literature and philosophy unde Professors T. S. Baynes and S. P. Pattison, and took honours in advaneed logic and metaphysics in 1889. He lived in St. Andrews for 17 years, engaged in trSorial and journa!T3tic work, and assistant master at St. Sal-

vator's private school, and, when he was appointed to Victoria University College, was tutor to the Marquis of Bute. Professor Mackenzie was chairman of the Victoria College professorial board in 1907-8. He ' has published numerous booklets on Celtic literature, and his other works include " The Task of Education and of StatesmansMp," and "A Defence of Secular Education. captain l. v. morgan Captain L. V. Morgan, C.B.E., M.V.O., D.S.O., formerly second naval member of the- New Zealand Naval Board, was born in England in 1891, and was educated at Horris Hill and th© Royal Naval Colleges at Osborne and Partmouth. He was fiag-lieuten-

ant to Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes in 1918. He took part in the operations against Zeebrugge and Ostend, and was flag-Iieutenant to- Admiral of the Fleet Earl Jellicoe in the H.M.S. New Zealand in 1919. mr j. w. a. heenan Mr. J. W. A. Heen^n, C.B.E., un-der-secretary of the Department of Internal Affairs, was born at Greymouth in 1888. He was educated at the Mount Cook School, Wellington, where he wo nthe Queen' s scholarship, at Wellington College, and at Victoria University College, where he took the degree of LL.B. He joined tlie Colonial Secretary's office^in January, 1906, and he transferrecl to the law drafting office in 1920. Mr Heenan js well known in the sporting world. He is a life member of the Wellington centre of the New Zealand Amateur Athletic Association, and has been a member of the council

she is a member of the Rissington Women' s Institute, which has gone from strength to strength since it took its pioneer step many years ago. miss eileen duggan Miss Eileen May Duggan, O.B.E., M.A., is one of New Zealand's bestknown poets. She was born at Taumarina and received her early education there. Later she went to Victoria University College, where she graduated master of arts with first class honours in 1918. She also ' won the Jacob Joseph Scholarship. She spent a year on the teaching staff of the Dannevirke High School, and was lecturer in history at Victoria College for a year. •» Miss Duggan has contributed much verse and literary criticism to papers in New Zealand and abroad. Her publications include "Poems" (1924) and "New Zealand Bird Songis" (1929). Her poems have been reprinted in the "Literary Digest," and she has been represented in five American anthologies. She has just received an offer from an English firm of publishers for the publication of a selection of ber poems. mr richard brown Mr Richard Brown, M.B.E., was in fche service of the Wellington Hospital Board for more than 20 years. Rising from store elerk to accountan^ he was later appointed secretary) a position he held for seven or eight years. He retired because of ill-health about four years ago. mr h. a. sommerville Mr H. A. Sommerville, M.B.E., has been secretary of the Auckland Hospital Board since 1918. He is the son of the Rev. Robert Sommerville, who was formerly clerk of the Auckland Pres'bytery. ■ He is a fellow of the New Zealand Accountants' and Auditors' Association and of the New Zealand Society of Accountants. Mr Sommerville had a good business training before he joined the board as assistant secretary in 1915, Ho served in the National Bank at Auckland and in its branch offices for nine years, and on leaving the bank's service became accountant £tnd secretary of the Komata Reefs Gold 'Mining Company. He was with this company for 16 years until it ceased its operations in New Zealand. mr w. s. wharton Mr W. S. Wharton, M.B.E., . has been associated with hospital and charitable aid work in Christchurch for 51 years. He came to New Zealand from London m 1884, and two jears later joined the staff of the North Canterbury Chantable Aid Buard. He continued in the same service when the charitable aid board amalgamated with the North Cahterbury Hospital Board in 1910, and he has been secretary of the board since 1912. ...

of the N.Z. A.A.A., a member of the New Zealand Boxing Council, a member of the management committec of the Wellington Rugby Union, and a member of the Olympic Council. He has also taken a keen interest in racing, and is a recognised autkority on tliorouglibred breeding. Some years ago he was a member of the Eastbourne Borough Council. miss jerome spencer Miss Spencer, who received her postprimary education at tlie Napier Girls' High Schdol, subsequently joining the teaching staff and becoming lady principal, has always taken a keen interest in educational matters. She is at present a member of the Napier Secondary Education Board, having first been appointed in 1931. But it is in connection with her work in organising the Townswomen's Guild and Woroeu't Institute movements in New Zealand that she is best known. She founded tlie New Zealand Townswomen's "Guild several years ago, when, as a result of her efforts a small group of institutes was formed, the first at Rissington. Tlie movement grew rapidly, for its worth in bringing country women together with mutuaj interests was soon appreciated. Witli the idea of givmg to townswomen tliat same community of interests, Miss Spencer directed her thoughts in another direction, and in June, 1932, at Napier the first Townswomen's Guild was formed in New Zealand. Since then no fewer than eight similar organisations have been formed in towns and cities of tlie Dominion, Miss Spencer is an ex-president of th© New Zealand Federation of Women's Institutes. At the presen^ time