Norfolk Island's
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Administrator
Leaving Soon
Norfolk Island's Administrator, Major- General R. H. Wordsworth, and Mrs. Wordsworth will leave Norfolk Island on August 16 to retire to their home in Tasmania. Major-General Words worth has been Norfolk's Administrator since May, 1962.
His chief task while on the island has been negotiation with the Council over amendments to the Norfolk Island Act, 1957. These amendments were passed by the Australian Parliament last October.
Recently the Council unanimously car ried a resolution requesting the Minister for Territories to extend Major-General Wordsworth's term of office for 12 months.
However, the Administrator, who has given long service to his country in the Army and as a member of the Australian Senate, and will soon be 70, had made up his mind to retire.
He will remain in office for the Council elections on July 1 and the subsequent swearing-in of the new Council.
Major-General Wordsworth has proved a popular Administrator and Mrs. Words worth shares her husband's popularity.
Merval Hoare
Major-General Wordsworth.