HONOURS

Hokitika Guardian, 4 January 1932, Page 2

HONOURS

NEW YEAR'S-LIST.

(By ; TeUyraph—Rer press Association)

; : -RtfetßV, January 1. ; One '/Viscouijty,'-five Bspwnies, threw •Privy, Cpunciliorships, three Baronetjcies) • twpnty-eight’ 'Knights, ■ • a large . nnTnbjer " of appointments affcj prqmbUqiis lip vqrjoqs .'Orders of Chivr ah y, 'a,r<? qnfloimeed ip New Year ihonours list. The principal noHouiß are,'<o be. • •*•»’ • • • .f ' V-isQourii;—Baron Sapbey, 'Lord Chartcei'ior.'.', iy '' ' v ' .be Batons:—Mr .Clifford Alien (formerly -Cha'i'iuan of •; the In.depend-, ent kahonr. Party); Colonel Wilfred . (Ashley, ; -'(who. was! Minister of., in' the last ConservativeiGoyprtjment); Mr Walter- Guinness. ] ■M. I?':,’'-(Minister of AgrieqWnre in the lash ,- Conservative Government) ; .-Mf iStratton-'Jpnes, Liberal -M.?., for Camborne,' Cornwall, Sir William. Mitch•elrsp.il, M.P., (Postmapter-Ganerai hi the last Conservative Goyerpment. .•; 'To be Privy CotjticiJloi’s-Major Walter ' ’ Elliott' (Fipanpijl -Secretary to t^e. -.Treasury); Sir[Thomas Ipskip (Solipitor-Oeneral) * Colonel Sir Clive iWigrpm (Private. 'Secretary It <j His Majesty). '■ '• * ' L. Xn ..be BaropetpPe'fy Hams, liberal St,P.; (Formerly - Ctyjjnnjjn q,f the London County Cpupcili; Sjr Karry HopP,' M.P,, j Mr Arthur (M.p.j '.'(Pipancial Secretary, to ..ttys ■ • i»' the vConservatiyo .Gorprpmentj,' ; ; • , '■ Tba" nof .IfttigWi include :~M.* tGeppge Buekslon Brptyhe, -a surgeon ((who- endowed th« Hop&e p’hore Lhkl?" lee jjhjirwin lived and - B av ? ih -te Natiop, and who ha? girf-u gepei financial suport to, medical research work')'’;’ Dqptor ©qnry Dale. .(UjrectorT in-Gbjef of the National Institute fpii (Medical Ppaearcb and Secretary to the '.Royal - Society)•Patrick Ged'des, d?menks r Professor of Botany ut S|Andrew’s University, (for Ins services -to education); Richard Hoyje* -Jacjfson - (Cjliairman Tof , the Empire Cotton Growing Corporation); • Mr Thomas McAra (Secretary ,to the Newspaper? Proprietors’ AsSpciatjon) ; • Mr Erhept Simmon (formerly M»?*» and MemW. of the Rational Gbw eminent);. M r Henry Wellcome (founder of ij,e W-ellcoum Research Institute, »Wd ithe Weh'comp Tropical Research t#|>oi'atorips at Ehartoum); -Mr . Henry Wilkina (President of the- CM-opemive WholeSjale and Major >lao KenVie-Woocl, liberal' M.P., (Assistant. whip). : 1 ly . Mr John Buchan; M.Pthe. novpl-. ist, is appointed a Companion of Honour, for'public, educational and Literary eerVioes. '• : -:-

Promotions and appointments in of-British -Rmpire. include Dowgger Viscountess. .Co\ydray, [to, be frame Grapd Cross,’ in recpgpitiob '.'of numerous benefactions, particularly in connection? with hospUpls apd f the nuking ,'profession;! >iies . Margaret Tu«V (late ; Principal of : Bfd ford .k .College? tor women); Ppcter llditb : "Rrpv(rh KPririoipir of. the ..Women’s H'ospif.,).; iLndhityad. ’• Pujab'' 8nd J H-alote T.jihyV (•Queen of- Tonga) M> -be ;. Dame Oom-manders-.'.m.-' <£'■'■ x: " - '.Mr. eraj 'of • the? Chinese?: - : 'Mahihiine.' ,f.Customs 'is to',.he Knight; Codimahder;• ' Among ..tbp/se, • b.pppiPted' i .' &mm^)i,d’ 0r , S : an'this orderjare Miss Hariiette Chick, (a distinguished , scientific designer , 61 super marine aviation works),- for services in, connection with the.. Schneider Trophy contest. Lord -Peel becomes Knighi Grand *iCommander -of the Star of India., In the Order of Sc. Michael and? Saint •George, Sir Francis Humphreys' (High Commissioner, Iraq) - becomes. Knight Grand Cross; while Neville Ffnderson (British Minister of ?Beigrade) and Mi’ Stephen Tallents (Secretary of the Empire Marketing Board) becomes Knight Commanders. Appointments in the Royal I'ictorian Order include:—Sir WaHo;-d Davies, Doctor of Music, to be Commander.

Among those awarded the ICarsarihina Medal is the former Speaker of the House of Commons, Mr J. H. [Whitley, late Chairman of the Royal Commission on Labour in India. A targe number- of officers in the Indian and Colonial 'services also receive honours.

[Promotions in the Air Force inculde;—Air Vice Marshall, Six" John ISteel to be .Air ‘.Marshall, and Air Commodore Maeuwan to Air Vice Marshall. ADELAIDE, January 1.

y ew Year honour? in South Australia include Knight of .tho. British Empire, Mr V. J. Young, Managing Director of the Elder Dempster Company; Knight Bachelor, Mr W . b. T Goodman, Ch ef Engineer and Oenirral Manager of the Ade,an!e Municipal Tramwavs for twenty-five years. The [Labour Premier, Mr Hill, said, that politics should not enter into the question of recognition of citizens’ service. BRISBANE, January 1. New Year Honours in Queensland ar6 ._lCompanion of. St. Michael an Bt. George, Mr J. W. Davidson, Commissioner of Railways; Companion of the British Empire, Mr W. B. Slade, Pastoralist for many years, and prominent in the development of the Dar - jnv Downs ; Order of the Bmish Empire, Miss Florence Chatfield. Superintendent of Diamamma 'Hospitals for chronic diseases. The King'n Police Medal is aware ed to Serg.--.nt W, ” f Br,sb “**' for bravery in disarming of a nn during a shorting affray. rjnpißT -Tonnary J-

Mrs Rose Stephens, widow of a IHobart solicitor, has _ i 0 B. E. for humanitarian ph fan pic work. She served as a nurse m she South African War.

POLICE MEDALS. |. WELLINGTON, January 1. - The Governor-General has received 'Official advice tha,t ithe King’s Police •Modal'has been conferred upon Constable Frederick Arthur Horace Baker and Constable -Walter Sydney Hammond, of. the' ■ New Zealand Police Force, in recognition of. conspicuous bravery displayed by them in their endeavours to rescue members of the crfw of the steamer “Progi-esS,’’ which 'was wrecked at Obiro Bay, Wellington, on.; lst May ~ J^'M-Xot-e.-—the Ring’s Police Medal was instituted in 1909 as . a reward ]“qnly'- for acts of exceptional courage and skill or conspicuous devotion ho duty" .to the officers and men of any ■ recognised police force or organv,ied fire brigade. *in the United Kingdom,' India and Ris. Majesty’s Domtii'idns beyond the seas. lbe uutnoei of medals awarded - in any one year shall not exceed 120. HO RECOMMENDATIONS MADE ... GOVERNMENT'S ATTITUDE. WELLINGTON, -Jan. 1. . -For th<? -second time wthin six months, the Government- declined to limke any recommendations for the Royal honours list,,with a result that go New Years Honours will be conferred upon ?New JJefitopderg this year. Honours ai'p conferred thoughout the op the Eing’s birthday and Np,Vf'v'V® ar? s Guy, aud it ig almost unpi’fbe.clenteoi for the Dominion not to take advantage of' Hir. pleasure in f)bi»' toppeot for n. whole year. • official pKplahetion'' of the fact thpt' tbere would bp jap, honours list on this ocqogjpn was given to-day by either the Ppltne Minigter, . who ifj spending the 1 hojidfty? in the south, or bv the Governor-Geperhl,- who ik.'at Auckland, . It is stat<M that ,in ?the first place the Government sees no-reason why if should fajke advantage of conferring Rpydl Honours'twice a year if it does not-- cafe to ■‘ do ; secondly, it is pointed opt'.that other and mdre serioup quepfions have occupied the attention pf' the Government for the nagt. few months, and it ha? not seen •its Way: clear to devote considerable attention to - a question that' does not demand more Urgont! consideration {.tyat the di%mlt economic position of the country.' . Vlt has been customary for Dominion Govei'toneuts to forward lists for recommendation twice a year, but nb compulsion exists; The question is ejlr fjrely one for- the Government' concprnnd, and it -is stated? that the Nfw Zealand Government came .to thp con' clqsioq : tijat the times did pot call for the conferring of honours. A-t the time recommtndatipns, for birthday hpnours were dqe; the pnited Government was going through ia particularly dffl&cvjlt time, and was announced after' the Emp-re. lists • without reference tp N®w Zealanders that the Prime Minister had beefi tpo occqpied. \yith other , !.tbings. '• Since . that, time, hetoSs been-,even more, intensively engaged wiih .'official', duties and - the pqstoion ’pf’thh ' country? has been no easier ’ with k renult that wheu a qper tidn ;.'of,fNer.'Ysbr ihonqpr?;fas raised atith©.’ ap'pptotod’time' decided ■. 9nf.?W^ ea ( ll “f' f ° r ••immediate ? 5 ‘