Birthday Honours

For Islands

People

More than two dozen Islands

people received major awards

in this year’s Queen’s Birthday

Honours List. They are:

British Solomon Islands

OBE—The Rev. Father J. M. Wall, of the Marist Mission.

MBE—J, L. O. Tedder, administra tive officer; Miss G. G. Davies, headmistress of the South Seas Evangelical Mission School.

Fiji

OBE—John Anthony Moore, Suva, former MLC and business manager in Fiji for CML Assurance Society; Edward John Fox Hackett, Suva, Government Public Relations Officer.

Fiji’s new Commissioner of Police, Mr. R. T. M. Henry, was also made

an OBE in the Queen’s Birthda Honours. Mr. Henry arrived in Fi on June 16. He served in Sarawa before going to Fiji.

MBE Mrs, Jagganath, Labasj Josefa Emosi Rigamoto, MN Rotuma; William Phillip Ragj Suva.

ISO Frederick Ernest Moor Warner, Suva, former Registrar c Co-operative Societies.

Queen’s Police Medal Thome Arthur Handford, Suva, Actin Commissioner of Police.

Gibert And Ellice Islands

BEM—Te Teb’a Rimon, islan magistrate, Nikunau; Fit i 1 a Puapua, island magistrate, Vaitupi

New Hebrides

OBE—Mr. G. S. Kennedy, Cor dominium Treasurer.

MBE—T. Bila, higher clerical office: British Service.

Papua-New Guinea

OBE Frank Cotter Hendersoi B.Sc.Agr. (Syd.), Konedobu, Assi: ta n t Administrator (Econom; Affairs).

MBE—Thomas William Ellis, DEC Mt. Hagen, District Commissione Western Highlands, BEM—Nasare Rabi, Rabaul, P-NC Electricity Commission linesman for rescuing fellow worker s Rabaul, Jan. 12, 1967.

Mr. I. W. Ellis, P-NG "old hand", who was honoured by the Queen.

Mr. F. C. Hen derson, of P NG, who was made an OBE.