New Administrator for Nauru.
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THE appointment of Commander R. C.
Garsia as administrator of Nauru Island has been approved by the Federal Cabinet, but the official an nouncement will not be made till the for mal assent of the New Zealand Govern ment has been received.
Commander Garsia has had a distin guished career in the Australian Navy.
Joining as a lieutenant from the Royal Navy in 1914, he was in the expedition which occupied New Guinea. Later he was in H.M.A.S. “Sydney” in her battle with the “Emden.” Towards the end of the war, he served in the second British squadron in the North Sea and returned to Australia with the rank of lieutenant commander.
After having been in command of the training ship “Tingira” he visited Great Britain to prepare a report on training methods in the R.N., and on his return was appointed to command reserve ships at Garden Island.
Commander Garsia is expected to as sume office on December 31, when Mr.
W. A. Newman’s term as administrator will expire.