Successor Announced
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WPHC Appointment—
Sir R. Stanley's Successor Announced
THE appointment of Mr. John Gutch, CMG, QBE, as High Commissioner, Western Pacific High Commission, in succession to Sir Robert Stanley, KBE, CMG, who will leave Honiara, BSIP, shortly on pre-retirement leave, has been announced.
Mr. Gutch was until recently Chief Secretary, British Guiana, and is at present carrying out a special assignment in that Terri tory.
He began his Colonial Service career as an Administrative Officer in the Gold Coast in 1928, and had served in Palestine and Cyrenaica before being appointed to British Guiana in 1950.
Sir Robert Stanley was the first High Commissioner to be appointed to the Western Pacific territories after they were severed from the jurisdiction of the Governor of Fiji.
Formerly the Governor of Fiji was also HCWC.
Sir Robert took up his position in Honiara, BSIP, at the end of 1952.
The High Commission territories include the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony, and the British share in the New Hebrides Condominium, as well as BSIP.