New Colonial Secretary

In Fiji

MR. A. F. R. STODDART, Chief Assis tant Colonial Secretary, Sierra Leone, has been appointed Colonial Secretary, Fiji, in succession to Mr. J. P.

Nicholl, CMG, who was recently trans ferred to Hong Kong.

Mr. Stoddart is expected to arrive in Fiji before the end of September. He was bom in 1904 and was educated at Trinity College, Oxford. He was appointed to Nigeria as a Cadet Officer in 1927 and became a District Officer in 1937. He was transferred to Sierra Leone in 1942 as Chief Secretary from October, 1947, to March, 1949.