Mr. F. E. Johnson Retires

From Bsi Service

rE well-known head of the Treasury, Customs and Postal Department of the British Solomon Islands Ad ministration, Mr. F. E. Johnson, ISO, AFIA, has decided to retire this year from the service of the High Commission of the Western Pacific. Mr. Johnson joined the service in 1908, in the New Hebrides, when 30 years old, as Inspector of Labour and Acting Commandant of Constabulary; he was 8 years in the Condominium; and in 1919 he went to the Solomons as Treasurer. He was a member of the Advisory Council, and he acted as Re sident Commissioner on a number of occasions.

Mr. Johnson was at Tulagi when the Japanese invaded the South Pacific; and, when partial evacuation of the Protec torate became necessary, he was selected by headquarters, in 1942, to proceed to Sydney, to take charge of the BSI office and records there, and act as liaison officer between the BSI Administration and various fighting organisations in the Solomons. The Japs are gone, the fight ing services are moving on, the Sydney job, presumably, has been carried through to a happy conclusion; and now Mr.

Johnson, who is 67 years old, may enjoy the leisure he has well earned. He will carry with him the good wishes of many hundreds of people, who have appreciated his courtesy and efficiency in his long official life.

Lloyd Ambler To Succeed

MR. LLOYD E. AMBLER, who has been in the service of the Fiji Govern ment and the Western Pacific High Commission since 1909, has been appointed' BSI Treasurer, in succession to Mr.

Johnson. Most of his service, since 1921, has been given at Commission head quarters in Suva, where he was appointed Chief Clerk and Accountant in 1932. He is a veteran of World War I.