New RC gets down
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to GEIC business
The Gilbert and Ellice Islands new Resident Commis sioner, Sir John Field, KBE, CMC, accompanied by Lady Field, arrived in Tarawa on January 9. He succeeds Mr. V.
J. Anderson who retired in mid -1969.
Sir John is the 13th Resident Commissioner of the GEIC and the first knight to hold the office (Sir Arthur Grimble was knight ed after he left the colony).
He has had a long and dis tinguished career in the Colonial Service, was actmg Administ ator of Montserrat at the time of his appointment and, before that, was Governor of St. Helena.
Sir John and Ladv Field had their introduction to life in the GEIC: They were due to leave on a tour of the Group within a couple of weeks of their arrival—by colony small ship.