Dr. McGusty Leaves Fiji

Fine Record of Medical Services Chief

AFTER thirty-three years of continuous medical service to the Colony of Fiji, Dr. V. W. T. McGusty, Secretary of Indian Affairs and Director of Medical Services, has left for overseas on retire ment. He may reside in future in New Zealand. During his last week in Fiji, many farewell functions were arranged in his honour, particularly among the Indian communities of Suva and Lau toka.

During his term of office he was stationed in practically every part of the Colony. Apart from his medical duties he took over the job of Acting-Secretary of Indian Affairs and later Secretary, and at various times was Governor’s Com missioner, Acting-Colonial Secretary, Chairman of the Suva Town Board and Acting-Governor. He has given the best years of his life to Fiji, and no public official there is held in higher regard.

Dr. McGusty’s recent achievement, in planning a great new medical service to cover all the British territories in the South Pacific, will give his name a per manent place in the medical history of the South Seas.

Dr. H. S. Evans has been appointed Acting-Director of Medical Services pend ing a permanent appointment. It was announced in December that Dr. J. C.

R. Buchanan, formerly Assistant Director of Medical Uganda, has been appointed Inspector-General of Medical Services in the South Pacific, and would arrive in Suva about March. It was not stated whether this appointment of Inspector-General would supersede the position of Director of Medical t>ervi -s for Fiji and the High Commission for the Western Pacific.