Knighthoods for Two New Zealanders

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 601, 1 March 1929, Page 10

Knighthoods for Two New Zealanders

EX-MINISTER A K.C.M.f AUCKLAND SURGEON HONOURED Press Association WELLINGTON, To-day There are two new knights for \ Zcu land in the New Year Honour,,'' the issue of which lias been detaved v! I cause ol' liis Majesty's illnesi r I official message says that his Maw'll has been graciously pleased to core 'B the following honours, which, :n V fcj ordinary course of events, would u. fl been conferred on New Year's Day I K.C.M.G. The Hon. William Nosvvorthv T Ashburton. J KNIGHT BACHELOR Mr. Carrick Hey Robertson, of An, I land. "**■ ■ C.M.G. Mr. Hugh Fraser Ayson, R es i d _ I Commissioner of the Cook Islands I Chief Judge of the High Court’Ll Native Land Court in these islands’'! Mr. John William Macdonald, P„v I Trustee, of Wellington. I C.B.E.—Civil Division Mr. John Baird Thompson, Und». i Secretary of the Lands and Survev n, I partment, Wellington. SIR WILLIAM NOSWORTHY Sir William Nosworthy, K.C.M.G «. I was born in Christchurch in lss? k 1 been a prominent ligure in the siCI Cany for many year.-, and is knnf. I principal.y tor his work as Minister ; I Agriculture. As a youth he served I short period in a gram merchant s I later gaining experience of station lii I belore joining his brother in she.? I farming, acquiring ••Whakare" from li’ I F. Peter. Sir William was elected to the in 1908 by the Ashburton electorate a"’ I was a whip of the party in 1912, acting I chief whip also in the National I ment. He attained Cabinet rank in lsf l holding at various times the portfolios r I Agriculture, Tourists, Jmniigratiwj Finance, External Affairs, Postmaste* 1 General and State Eire and Accident It | surance. After the Ashburton electors’ 1 had been eliminated by the Boundary 1 Commission, Sir William Nosworthv df 1 cided that he would not seek re-electin* I to Parliament. SIR CARRICK ROBERTSON Sir Carrick Robertson, K. 8., M.8.8' (London), F.R.C.S. (England), an F.A.C.S. (Hon.), Foundation Fellow r the College of Surgeons of Australasia and past president of the New Zeala” branch of the British Medical Associate is a native of Glasgow, Scotland, wherhe was born in 1879. His youth w* spent in London and it was at St. Dur.stan’s College there that the brilliar career as a surgeon was begun. He attended the London University and Guy’s Hospital, where he was awarded among other prizes, the Treasurer's Goic Medal. He came to New Zealand in 19K and for five years was superintendent c the Waihi Hospital In 1911 he commenced the practice of his profession iAuekland. In addition to being pas president of the New Zealand branch e the British Medical Association he habeen, on two occasions, president of th; Auckland division. For the past 15 years. Sir Carrick haserved with distinction the Auckland Hospital Board as an honorary surgeor. He performed active service in the wa: as a surgeon. MR. J. W. MACDONALD Mr. John William Macdonald, C.M.G has had a distinguished career in th* Public Service and now occupies the pos? of Public Trustee and chairman of the Rural Credits Board. Joining the Justice Department in 1900 he qualified for tb legal profession. In 1906 he was tranrferred to the Public Trust Office, as i clerk in its legal department. He wr appointed assistant-solicitor in 1907, a: solicitor in 1909. This position he he!; until 1917. when, on the reorganisation :: the department, he was appointed Assis’ ant Public Trustee, and a member c the newly-constitutcd board in chargee the office. On the setting up of th* New Zealand Clearing House, to carry or the Versailles Treaty with Germany, an that of St. Germains-en-Haye with Auf tria, the New Zealand work was handed over to the Public Trust Office, and wa ; under All*. Macdonald’s charge. On th death of Air. R. Triggs, Air. Macdonald succeeded him as Public Trustee. AIR. H. F. AYSON Air. Hugh Fraser Ayson, C.M.G., is Resident Commissioner and Chief Hig: Judge in the Cook Islands. He is a so: of Mr. F. L. Ayson, formerly chief inspector of fisheries. Qualifying for the barb remained in legal practice until 1916 wh?: he was made Judge of the Native Land Court, Judge, of the High Court and deputy-resident commissioner of the Cooi Islands. Two years later he returned to New Zealand as a Judge of the Nativ* Land Court. In 1922 he returned to tfe Cook Islands. AI. J. B. T HOMPSON Air. John Baird Thompson, C.8.E., wh is Under-Secretary of the Lands an« Survey Department, was born in Irelairin 1868, and joined the New Zealand Lands and Survey Department in 1891. took charge of the drainage work of th Piako Swamp in 1909 and the followin? year took over the drainage works on th* Rangitaiki Plains. In 1913 he was appointed chief drainage engineer in char?* of the drainage operations of the Land> and Survey Department throughout N'e* Zealand. In 1920 he was sent on a tour of the United States, Canada and Mexicc for the purpose of investigating and reporting upon the drainage methods followed in those countries, and to purchas machinery for drainage development i' New Zealand. In March. 1922, on th retirement of Air. T. N. Brodrick, he appointed to his present position.