New Resident Commissioner

Solomon Islands residents will like their new Resident Commissioner, Mr. W. S.

Marchant, who, accompanied by his wife, passed through Sydney at the end of October, on his way to Tulagi, 8.5.1. Mr.

Marchant is a man of genial tempera ment, well read and much-travelled, who is keenly interested in men and affairs.

Most of his Colonial Office experience has been gained in Africa, and he was transferred to 8.5.1. from Tanganyika.

Mr. and Mrs. Marchant came to Sydney, from East Africa, via London, United States, and Suva.