Mr. A. W. Seymour

Promoted from Fiji to Trinidad

MR. A. W. SEYMOUR, Colonial Secretary of Fiji, has been selected for appointment as Colonial Secretary of Trinidad, in succession to Sir Selwyn Grier, Governor designate of the Wind ward Islands.

This is an important promotion for Mr.

Seymour, and he has received many con gratulations. Mr. Alfred Seymour is 53 years old. He was educated at St. An drew’s University, and joined the Colonial Office Service, as a cadet in Ceylon, in 1905, and rose, step by step, in that ad ministration, until he was Registrar-Gen eral, in 1926.

He was appointed Government Secre tary in Fiji in December, 1926, and he since has acted, on occasion, as Governor and High Commissioner. Before leaving Suva in May last for ten months’ furlough in England, Mr. Seymour was invested with the Order of C.M.G., which had been conferred upon him by the King.