Islands people

honoured

Mr. T. R. (Reid) Cowell, who has been in charge of the South Pacific Office, Suva, for several years, was awarded the Order of the British Empire in the New Year’s Honours list.

MR. COWELL, who joined the British Colonial Service in the early forties, recently retired to be come Assistant Registrar at the Aus tralian National University, Canberra.

Other Islands people to receive awards in the New Year’s Honours list are:

Fiji

MBE (Civil) —Mr. Desmond Singh, chairman of Ba Township Board; Sister Mary Herve, Fiji Leprosy Hos pital, Makogai.

MBE (Military)—Warrant Officer Isoa Vakaciwa, Fiji Military Forces.

Queen’s Police Medal —Senior Superintendent T. Hamilton, head of

Cid.

Norfolk Island

OBE —Mr. Frederick James Need ham, president of the Norfolk Island Tourist Bureau for 12 years and president of the Norfolk Island Council from 1960 to 1965, for ser vices to the community.

Papua-New Guinea

MBE (Civil) —Miss Morva Kek wick, matron-in-charge, St. Agnes Home for Girls, Port Moresby; Mrs.

Thelma May Price, Port Moresby, for services to the welfare of the people of Papua.

Solomon Islands

MBE (Civil) —William Arthur Ben nett, Assistant Broadcasting Officer,

Bsip.

British Empire Medal —Jabin Wara himiae. District Headman, Malaita.

Miss Morva Kekwick, who was awarded the MBE in the New Year's Honours List, has been a missionary with the Anglican Church in Papua for 30 years —first as housekeeper at Dogura, the cathedral station in the Milne Bay District, and later as matron of St. Agnes Home for Girls.