Islands People

Honoured In New Year List

Nearly two dozen Islands people received awards in the New Year Honours List. They are:

British Solomon Islands

CMG —Mr. L. M. Davies, Chief Secretary of the Western Pacific High Commission.

OBE—Miss K. S. Poole, former Information Officer; Miss L. H.

Mahoney, Methodist Mission, Choiseul.

Cook Islands

OBE—Mr. A. O. Dare, until re :ently New Zealand Resident Com missioner; Chief Judge Herbert John Morgan, of the Land Court, MBE—Mrs. U. T. Wichman (for child welfare work); Mr. Classic Strickland (for work in church and government).

BEM—Mr. Tukua Cameron for 40 years); Mr.

David Metuarau (for government vork).

Fiji

CMG—Mr. H. P. Ritchie, Financial Secretary.

MBE—Miss F. L. Charlton, retir ng principal of Adi Cakobau School; Mr. Shiu Nandan, a senior field jfficer of the Department of Agri culture; Mr. Bakshi Singh Mai, a Suva msinessman.

BEM—Sivorosi Tora, head cox wain of marine section of RNZAF at Bay.

Hubert And Ellice Islands

OBE—Mr. E. H. G. Blacklock, 4C, former London Missionary •ociety accountant in Tarawa.

MBE—Mr. Reuben K. Uatioa, broadcasting Officer, official member f the Advisory and Executive Coun ils.

BEM—Mr. Berati Naou, Magis rate of Tamana.

Nauru

CBE—Mr. R. S. Leydin, Admin- Jtrator.

New Hebrides

MBE—Mr. W. L. Reid, president f the New Hebrides British Ex ervicemen’s Association.

Papua-New Guinea

BEM (Military Division) —Tern-

porary WOII Bouwe-Pawa, Royal Australian Infantry, Wewak.

Others

OBE—Mr. R. S. Swift, Assistant Secretary, Australian Territories De partment; Mr. E. J. Coode, former British Consul in Tonga, and for many years an Administrative Officer in Fiji. He now lives in Britain.