Sir Arthur Richards Returns
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From Pacific Tour
From Our Own Correspondent.
Suva, Aug. 26.
\ FTER a tour lasting two months, the Governor of Fiji (Sir Arthur Richards) returned to Suva from the is lands of the Western Pacific High Con\mission territory in H.M.S. Leith on August 18.
His Excellency, who made the tour in his capacity of High Commissioner for the Western Pacific, was accompanied by the Central Medical Authority (Dr. A. H.
B. Pearce) and the Secretary to the High Commission (Mr. H. H, Vaskess).
The tour embraced extensive visits to New Hebrides, Solomon Islands, and the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, as well as an inspection of the Mandated Territory of Nauru. At all the High Commission terri tories visited, His Excellency met the natives and discussed their problems with them, and was, by this means, able to get a thorough insight into the territories he administers.