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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 June 1964Vol. 35, No. 6

Knighthood For

p. 39 · Read in the full issue

New W.P.H.G.

As everyone expected, Mr.

Robert Sidney Foster, Sir David Trench’s successor as British High Commissioner for the Wes tern Pacific was knighted just be fore he left London to take up his appointment in Honiara.

The Queen received him on May 7 and invested him with the insignia of a Knight Com mander of the Most Distin guished Order of St. Michael and St. George.

Sir Robert (at least, we pre sume it’s Sir Robert ) and Lady Foster are expected to arrive in Honiara in mid-June.