Fiji Treasurer
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Transfer to Trinidad Announced
RESIDENTS of the Central Pacific have learned with regret of the impending departure of the Fiji Colonial Treas urer, Captain A. R. W. Robertson, who has been promoted to the office of Finan cial Secretary of the Crown Colony of Trinidad and Tobago, in the West Indies.
He has been a high official of Fiji, and a member of the Executive and Legislative Councils, since 1939, and his ability and courtesy gained for him many loyal friends.
He filled many posts during the diffi cult war years. In January, 1947, with Fiji’s Governor, he attended the confer ence in Australia which formed the South Seas Regional Commission. Since Sir Alexander Grantham’s transfer to Hong kong, he has acted as Colonial Secretary, while the Colonial Secretary (Mr. Nicol) is acting as Governor. Captain Robert son probably will remain in Fiji until November or December.
Captain Robertson was assistant Treas urer in Gold Coast, 1929-36. and Deputy
Treasurer in British Guiana, 1936-39. He took a keen interest in military organisa tion in West Africa, and was captain in the Gold Coast Defence Force.