Fiji
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New Governor Of
THE King has approved the appoint ment of Sir Arthur Richards, Gover nor and Commander-in-Chief of Gambia, as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Wes tern Pacific, in succession to Sir Murchi son Fletcher, who has been appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Trinidad and Tobago.
Sir Arthur Frederick Richards is 50 years old, and was educated at Oxford, where he graduated B.A. He joined the Colonial Service in 1908; and he spent the next 25 years in Malaya, rising stead ily from post to post in the various British Administrations there, and rendering dis tinguished service. He was appointed Governor of Gambia, and knighted, com paratively recently. Sir Arthur Richards has a special knowledge of the Asiastic races, and in that respect is well qualified for the Fiji post, where he will have to deal with the Indian problem.