GHANA

Bolt, Basil Franklin

(1923– ).

Ghana Civil Service.

Basil Bolt was born in 1923. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University College and served in the armed forces from 1941 to 1946. In 1949 he was appointed Administrative Officer in the Gold Coast and from 1958 to 1960 was a member of the Ghana Civil Service.

McLaren, Clyde Alexander

(1923– ).

Ghana Civil Service.

Clyde McLaren was born at Auckland, New Zealand, on 4 October 1923 and attended Mount Albert Grammar School and Auckland University College before undertaking post-graduate studies at the University of London. He served in the Second World War from 1941 to 1946 and in 1950 was appointed a cadet on the Gold Coast. Since 1958 he has been an administrative officer in the Ghana Civil Service.

HONG KONG

SeeUnited Kingdom — Colonial Service.

INDIA, PAKISTAN, CEYLON

New Zealanders working in these countries represent a number of occupations, such as business and commerce, missionary work, medicine, teaching, and engineering. In India a sample of prominent expatriates might include such missionaries as the Revs. B. N. and M. J. Eade, of the New Zealand Baptist Missionary Society, Agartala; Brigadier M. J. Gould, the Salvation Army's editorial and literary officer in Poona; the Rev. and Mrs R. S. Roxburgh, of the United Church Compound, Uttar Pradesh; Major and Mrs R. P. D. Snow, Salvation Army workers in the Poona district; Lorraine Saunders, who has given nearly 30 years' service in India and is now stationed at Kharar; and the Rev. Max R. Robinson, of Saharanpur's United Christian Seminary.

D. N. Chalmers came to India in 1948 and is stationed in Calcutta as manager for India of the New Zealand Insurance Co.D. W. C. Kelsall is an engineer for Sir Alexander Gibb and Partners. Another engineer, who is also a businessman handling electrical equipment, is A. Monkhouse, of Baroda. Lieutenant-Colonel W. F. Titchener worked originally with the Missioners' Association, but is now in business in Ahmedabad as a “management consultant”.

In the medical field Dr H. D. L. Russell is Regional Community Development Adviser at the World Health Organisation Regional Office, New Delhi. Two New Zealand women are working at the Christian Medical College, Ludhiana – Sister M. C. Livingston, who has spent 30 years in India, and Dr Beryl Howie.

Molly Mullan is headmistress of Bishop Azariah School and D. J. R. Cashe has been principal of Noble High School, Masalipatour, since 1939.

In Pakistan Lieutenant-Colonel Maurice Brown is principal of the Pakistan Army Cadet College. He was formerly with UNMOGIP. Among businessmen are I. L. Burr, managing director of the Pakistan Shell Oil Co. in Chittagong; and D. L. Sutherland, of the National Insurance Co. of New Zealand, at Karachi. Another Karachi resident is the Rev. Canon S. N. Spence, of Holy Trinity Compound.

Dr Marjorie R. Young is medical superintendent of the Seventh Day Adventist Hospital in Gopalganj and Dr G. R. Butterfield is stationed in Karachi.

There are very few New Zealanders working in Nepal and Afghanistan, but a recent arrival is F. Young, ICAO Adviser in the Department of Civil Aviation, Katmandu. Miss D. M. Ross also works in Katmandu as a World Health Organisation nurse. At Kabul is Miss M. S. Lochore, a United Nations technical assistant.

Those in Ceylon work mainly in Colombo - R. J. S. Bean, formerly a tea planter, now in business as a merchant; C. R. Dodd, of the commercial services of Radio Ceylon; N. H. Bow; K. D. Banks; and H. W. A. Tarrell. Group Captain Watts is Station Commander at Katunayake, Negombo.

ITALY

Ojala, Eric Mervyn

(1916– ).

Director, Commodities Division, Department of Economics and Social Affairs, Food and Agricultural Organisation, Rome.

Eric Mervyn Ojala was born at Auckland, New Zealand, on 16 September 1916. He was educated at Tauranga District High School and Auckland Grammar School before studying for the Agricultural Intermediate Examination at Auckland University College. He completed a master's degree in agricultural science at Massey Agricultural College in 1939 and then completed a B.A. in economics at Auckland University College in 1945. From 1946 to 1948 he did post-graduate work in agricultural economics at the University of Oxford. His first appointment was as an instructor in agriculture for the New Zealand Department of Agriculture, 1938 to 1942. After serving in the New Zealand Army for 18 months, he was appointed as an agricultural officer for the Defence Force (later Public Service) at Guadalcanal in the British Solomon Islands Protectorate to develop a progressive agricultural policy for the area. From 1949 to 1952 he was a rural economist in New Zealand, after which he spent three years as Deputy Chairman of the Research Council for the South Pacific Commission. Since 1956 Dr Ojala has been Regional Economist for Asia and the Far East for the Food and Agricultural Organisation of the United Nations stationed at Bangkok, and chief of the ECAFE/FAO Agriculture Division. He published Agriculture and Economic Progress in 1952.

Since 1959 the operatic tenor Colin Young (Wellington) has lived in Italy, where he sings under the stage name, Enrico Colli. He has travelled widely and has sung in Spain, Austria, Germany, France, Switzerland, and Australia.

JAPAN

Among New Zealanders living in Japan and holding responsible positions in Tokyo are Dr William Hare Newell (1922– ), who is associate professor of sociology in the Department of Anthropology at the International Christian University; Dr Alan Derek Fair (1921– ), a physician and paediatrician at the Tokyo Medical and Surgical Clinic; Douglas Moore Kenrick (1912– ), who is in business as president of D. M. Kenrick (Far East) Ltd.; and Sydney Brookes (1915– ), the chief representative of Reuters in Japan and Korea.

KENYA

Congreve, Roy

(1913– ).

Assistant Director of Surveys.

Roy Congreve was born in Wellington, New Zealand, on 3 May 1913. He was educated at Wellington College and trained as a surveyor. In 1938 he was appointed staff surveyor in Kenya. He saw active service in the Second World War and has been in Kenya since then as Superintendent of Surveys, 1953–55, and Assistant Director of Surveys since 1955.

Gould, Sir Trevor Jack

(1906– ).

East African Court of Appeal.

Sir Trevor Gould was born at Aratapu, near Dargaville, New Zealand, on 24 June 1906. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University College and was admitted as barrister and solicitor both in New Zealand and in Fiji. From 1938 to 1941 he was Crown Counsel in Hong Kong. He was on active service for the following four years, three of which he spent as a prisoner of war. From 1946 to 1957 he held further positions in the Colonial Legal Service as Puisne Judge from 1948 and Senior Puisne Judge from 1953. In 1958 he was appointed to his present post, Justice of Appeal in the East Africa Court of Appeal. He was created Knight Bachelor in 1961.

Raymer, Arthur John

(1913– ).

Education Officer.

Arthur Raymer was born in 1913. He was educated at Canterbury University College, at Cambridge University, and at London Institute of Education. Since 1943 he has been an Education Officer in Kenya.

Sinclair, Sir Ronald Ormiston

(1903– ).

Chief Justice and President of the East African Court of Appeal.

Sir Ronald Sinclair was born at Auckland, New Zealand, on 2 May 1903. He was educated at Christchurch and New Plymouth Boys' High Schools and was admitted barrister at law, Middle Temple, London, and barrister of the Supreme Court, New Zealand. In 1931 he went to Nigeria as Acting District Officer, and became a Magistrate in 1936. Two years later he was posted to Northern Rhodesia as Resident Magistrate. He was appointed Puisne Judge in Tanganyika in 1946 and went to Nyasaland as Chief Justice in 1953. From 1955 to 1957 Sir Ronald was Vice-President of the East African Court of Appeal. In the latter year he became Chief Justice of Kenya and in 1962 he was appointed President of the East African Court of Appeal. Sir Ronald was knighted in 1956.

Sinclair-Lockhart, Sir John Beresford, 13th Bart.

(1904– ).

Resident Magistrate.

Sir John Sinclair-Lockhart was born on 4 November 1904. He was educated at Kings College, Auckland, at Auckland University College (B.Sc.), and at Canterbury University College, where he obtained his B.E. (Civil). He attended Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, and then practised civil engineering in New Zealand. He joined the Colonial Administrative Service in 1934, where he served until 1955. From 1939 to 1945 he served in the Royal Artillery in which he attained the rank of Major. In 1960 he was appointed Resident Magistrate in Kenya, which post he held until 1962.

Skipper, Gordon Armstrong

(1914– ).

Provincial Commissioner.

Gordon Skipper was born at Auckland, New Zealand, on 23 February 1914 and was educated at Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University College. Apart from the four years (1952–56) when he was seconded to the West Pacific High Commission, he has worked in Kenya since his appointment in 1939 as District Officer. From 1957 to 1962 he was Senior District Commissioner when he became a Provincial Commissioner.

LEBANON

Nairn, Norman, C.B.E.

(1894– ).

Retired company director.

Norman Nairn was born on 19 November 1894 at Blenheim, New Zealand, the eldest son of David Mathewson Nairn, a medical practitioner. After serving with the New Zealand Forces during the First World War he and his brother formed the famous Nairn Transport Co. Ltd., of Beirut, which instituted a regular passenger service between Beirut (Lebanon), Damascus (Syria), and Baghdad (Iraq). Until the late 1950s Norman Nairn was managing director of the company. In 1926 he was awarded the O.B.E. (Civil) and the C.B.E. (Civil) in 1948. He lives in retirement at Beirut.

MALAYSIA

Abel, William Wilkie

(1910– ).

Mining engineer.

William Abel was born at Dunedin on 6 February 1910. He was educated at Otago Boys' High School and proceeded to the University of Otago, where he graduated B.E. (Mining) and B.Sc. He spent two years working for mining companies in Otago, but in 1934 he joined the Pahang Co. Ltd., of which he is now the general manager.

Almao, Kenneth Martin

(1903– ).

Commissioner of Inland Revenue, Sarawak (retired).

Kenneth Almao was born at Wellington, New Zealand, on 28 May 1903 and was educated at Wellington College and Victoria University College. Beginning as an assistant to the Commissioner of Inland Revenue in Fiji in 1926, he has held positions connected with inland and stamp revenue in Fiji, Hong Kong, and Sarawak. In 1959 he was Chairman of the Direct Taxation Commission in Sarawak and a year later was appointed Commissioner of Inland Revenue there. He was on military service from 1940 to 1946. He retired from the Colonial Service in 1962 and now lives in Auckland.

Davies, George Maxwell, D.F.C.

(1913– ).

Professor of agriculture.

George Maxwell Davies was born at Dunedin on 28 January 1913. He was educated at Otago Boys' High School, at the University of Otago, and at Massey Agricultural College, where he gained his B.Agr.Sc. and was a Bledisloe Prize winner. He then joined the State Advances Corporation as a farm appraiser and gained a diploma in farm management and valuation from Canterbury Agricultural College in 1940. While on active service with the RNZAF from 1940 to 1944, he was awarded the D.F.C. in 1942. He resigned from the State Advances Corporation in 1946 to become senior lecturer in soil science at Massey Agricultural College for two years. From 1948 to 1959 he served as a Regional Grassland Husbandry Officer for the United Kingdom Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, and Food. In the latter year he was appointed professor of Agriculture at the University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur.

Dixon, Lindsay Stewart

(1917– ).

Administrative Officer, Sabah (North Borneo).

Lindsay Dixon was born at Marton Junction, New Zealand, on 28 August 1917. He gained M.A. at Auckland University College in 1941 and afterwards served in the Air Force. In 1948 he became a cadet in the Colonial Service in North Borneo. From 1955 to 1958 he was seconded to British Honduras as a Labour Adviser. Since then he has been an Administrative Officer in North Borneo.

Greig, Arnold Lessel Macmorland

(1913– ).

Surveyor-General.

Arnold Greig was born at Amatikulu, Zululand, South Africa, on 24 February 1913. He was educated at Auckland Grammar School and Auckland University College. He qualified as a surveyor and is a member of the Institute of Surveyors (N.Z.) and a fellow of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors. From 1937 to 1941 he was engaged in the Topographical Division of the Survey Department of the Federation of Malaya. In the last six months of 1941 he was attached to Survey of India for specialist training. During the Malayan campaign he was a Lieutenant in the Field Survey Company of the Federated Malay States Volunteer Force and spent three years as a prisoner of war in Singapore, Korea, and Manchuria. From 1946 to 1958 he was attached to the Survey Department of Perak, Singapore, Kelantan, Kedah, Malacca, and headquarters. Arnold Greig was appointed Deputy Surveyor-General in 1958 and has been Surveyor-General for the Federation of Malaya since 1960.

Harvey, John Allen

(1900– ).

Formerly Comptroller of the Household to the Paramount Ruler of Malaya.

John Harvey was born at Dunedin on 20 August 1900. He was educated at Christ's College and at the University of Otago, where in 1922 he graduated M.A. with first-class honours in economis. Two year later he sat the United Kingodom Open Civil Service Examination and was appointed to a cadetship in the Malayan Civil Service. In 1929 he obtained his B.A. from Cambridge University. During the Malayan campaign (1941–42) he served with the Federated Malay States Volunteer Light Battery. The following two years were spent in Nigeria, where he served as head of the Lands and Mines Branch of the Secretariat of the two northern provinces and, during the first half of 1944, he redrafted Nigeria's mining legislation. Later in that year he was released to the Army and became Military Administrator of the Cocos-Keeling Islands before taking part in the reoccupation of Malaya in 1945. In 1946 he rejoined the Malayan Civil Service and was given the task of organising the Federal Social Welfare Department. From 1949 to 1952 he was Commissioner of Lands, chairman of the Rural Board, and member of the Legislative Council of Singapore. He then became British Adviser at Pahang until his retirement in 1954. In 1957 he was recalled to become Comptroller of the Household to His Majesty the Paramount Ruler of Malaya.

Honey, Charles Raymond

(1925– ).

Assistant Director of Public Works (Buildings).

Charles Honey was born at Hastings, New Zealand, on 8 July 1925. He was educated at Palmerston North Boys' High School and Auckland University College School of Architecture, where he qualified B.Arch., A.R.I.B.A., A.N.Z.I.A., and was senior scholar in architecture for 1945. From 1946 to 1949 he served with the New Zealand Military Forces. He joined the Malayan Public Works Service and was stationed at Kuala Lumpur (1950), Alor Star (1953), and Johore Bahru (1954), before becoming Superintending Architect of the Public Works Department in 1958. Since 1959 he has been Assistant Director of Public Works (Buildings). The Sultan of Johore has conferred the Pingat Ibrahim Sultan Medal upon him.

Logie, Raymond Hamilton

(1918– ).

Assistant Director of Lands and Survey Department, Sarawak.

Raymond Logie was born at Sawyers Bay, Dunedin, New Zealand, on 14 May 1918. He was educated at Otago Boys' High School and trained as a surveyor. In 1948 he joined the Colonial Service in Sarawak as Assistant Superintendent of the Lands and Survey Department. He became Superintendent in 1949 and, in 1962, Assistant-Director.

Neal, Mathew Gilbert, B.E.M.

(1910– ).

Puisne Judge.

Mathew Neal was born at Wellington, New Zealand, on 19 December 1910. He was educated at Wellington College and Victoria University College. From 1939 to 1946 he served with the armed forces and in the latter year joined the Colonial Legal Service. His first posting was to Malaya as a District Judge. In 1948 he became Legal Adviser in Perak. He was appointed Official Assignee and Registrar of Companies, Trade Unions, and Societies in the Federation of Malaya in 1955. Two years later he took up his present position as Puisne Judge. He has been decorated by the Sultans of Kelantan and Perak and was awarded the British Empire Medal.

Purchase, Charles Ernest, Q.C.

(1907– ).

Attorney-General, Sabah (North Borneo).

Charles Purchase was born at Ashburton, New Zealand, on 2 February 1907. He was educated at Christchurch Boys' High School and Canterbury University College and is a barrister of both the New Zealand Supreme Court and the Inner Temple, London. In 1940 he was appointed Assistant Administrator-General in Uganda and, a year later, Resident Magistrate. His next appointment was in 1947 as Assistant Attorney-General in North Borneo. Since 1951 he has been Attorney-General and, on occasions between 1953 and 1958, acted as the Governor's deputy.

Reeves, Bruce Aubrey, D.S.C.

(1914– ).

Director, Lands and SurveyDepartment, Sabah (North Borneo).

Bruce Reeves was born in 1914. He was educated at Nelson College and trained as a surveyor. In 1939 he was appointed to Sarawak, but from 1942 to 1946 was on active service. After demobilisation he was Superintendent of Lands and Survey till 1949, when he spent a year as Settlement Officer. From 1950 he has been in North Borneo, first as a surveyor and subsequently as Deputy Director of Lands and Survey. Since 1958 he has been Director.

Taylor, William Reginald

(1906– ).

General manager, Selanyang Tin Dredging Ltd., Selangor.

William Taylor was born at Oamaru, New Zealand, on 6 July 1906 and was educated at Waitaki Boys' High School. In 1934 he was appointed mechanical engineer with Messrs Osborne and Chappel, Ipoh, Perak. Between then and 1941 he was also on several tin-dredging companies in Selangor. He held a commission with the Federated Malay States Volunteer Forces, was taken prisoner of war, and spent the next five years in Singapore and Thailand and in recuperating in New Zealand. From April 1946 to June 1948 he was engaged in rehabilitating the tin-mining companies he had previously worked for. Since 1948 he has been general manager of Selayang Tin Dredging Ltd., at Selangor. In 1957 he was awarded the Selangor Meritorious Service Medal. W. R. Taylor is mining representative on several committees and councils.

Wylie, Sir William Campbell, Q.C.

(1905– ).

Chief Justice, Sarawak and Sabah.

Campbell Wylie was born at Dannevirke, New Zealand, on 14 May 1905, and was educated at Auckland Grammar School and at Auckland University College. He then qualified as a barrister at the Inner Temple and saw military service from 1941 to 1946. He held the position of Crown Counsel in Malaya in 1946 and, in 1950, became Senior Federal Counsel. From 1951 to 1955 he was Attorney-General at Barbados, in 1955 in British Guiana, and in 1956 in the West Indies. From 1959 to 1963 he was Federal Justice of the Supreme Court of the West Indies and is now Chief Justice of Sarawak and Sabah. Campbell Wylie was knighted in 1963.

Apart from these, a number of New Zealanders have settled in other parts of the Federation and made worth-while contributions to the progress of their respective areas.

C. B. Murray, who is now on contract in the Survey Department in North Borneo. Another surveyor, who is a senior officer in Singapore's National Housing and Development Board, is W. Smart.

In the engineering field H. Somes is a director of one of the large firms in Singapore and has been in the area for more than 20 years.

A. McRae manages the Singapore branch of South British Insurance Co.; A. Jenkin is accountant for the Straits Times. Originally appointed as head of the engineering Department of Singapore Polytechnic, I. Scollay became principal about three years ago. In the medical field Professor Ellis has been in charge of the anatomy department in the School of Medicine, which is now part of the University of Malaya.

MALTA

Thomas, Owen Lewis

(1916– ).

Professor of biology, Royal University of Malta.

Owen Lewis Thomas was born at Napier, New Zealand, on 10 January 1916. He was educated at Timaru and Napier Boys' High Schools before proceeding to Otago University and Oriel College, Oxford. In 1945 he became a junior lecturer in anatomy at Otago University, but in the following year received a Beit memorial medical research fellowship in comparative anatomy at Oxford University. He became a senior lecturer in physiology at St. Bart's Hospital Medical School in 1952 and was appointed professor of biology at the Royal University of Malta, Valletta, in 1960. He holds the degrees of M.D. (with distinction), Ph.D. (Oxon), and a F.R.M.S.

MEXICO

Although Mexico is a country seldom visited by New Zealanders, a few do make their way there. Among these may be mentioned Jennifer Johnson, of Wellington, who is a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dancing, London, and now teaches ballet in Mexico City.