Old South Pacific Friend Arrives

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Mr. P. D. Macdonald, Cmg,

who has been appointed Colonial Secretary in Fiji in succession to Mr. A. R. Stoddart (retired), passed through Sydney (from London en route to Fiji) in mid- September, and has assumed duty in the Colony.

Mr. Macdonald is no stranger in the South Pacific. After completing his education at Cambridge, he went to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands as a cadet officer in 1932; and he served in various capacities in the territories of the High Commission for the Western Pacific until 1940, when he was Assistant Secretary of the Commission, and

stationed in Suva. He then waa Assistant Colonial Secretary in Trinidad for four years; served another term in Fiji as an admims trative officer; and returned to the West Indies in 1949 as Colonial Secretary, Leeward Islands, where he acted on a number of occasions as Governor, Mr. Macdonald was warmly greeted by many old friends on his arrival in Suva—among them, the Governor. Sir Ronald Garvey and Macdonald were closely associated in the services of the Western Pacific High Commission and the Fiji Government in the years be tween 1932 and 1942.

Mr. P. D. Macdonald, Fiji's new Colonial Secretary, with Mr. H. Davidson, Financial Secretary, and Mr. J. V. Lister, Assistant Colonial Secretary, shortly after his arrival at Nadi Airport.

Photo: Fiji Public Relations.