AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICE

Evening Star, Issue 21013, 29 January 1932, Page 9

AMERICAN CONSULAR SERVICE

APPOINTMENT TO SYDNEY Pre.;? Affiscifttion—By Telegraph—Copyright. WASHINGTON, January 27. (Received January 28, at 1 a.m.) It is announced that Mr John K. Caldwell (of Berea, Kei\£ucky), now detailed to the Department of State, has been assigned to the post of ConsulGeneral at Sydney. MR CA' - YELL’S CAREER. WASHINGTON, January 28. (Received January 29, at 10 a.m.) Interviewed by the Australian Press Association, Mr Caldwell said he was unable to sail for two or three months, duo to the Far Eastern He had never been in Australia, but anticipated his visit eagerly. “ I have always heard the conditions affecting the post spoken of highly, and since my , terra of service here has expired I am gild to get the assignment. The situation will be entirely new to me, particularly since we have no embassy there, so I have made no definite i plans.” Mr Caldwell’ will be accompanied by Mrs Caldwell. The appointee is fifty years of age. He entered the Consular service in 1906, and has been assigned to Kobe, Yokohama, and Wladivostock. He was appointed secretary to the Embassy at Tokio in 1920, and since 1925 has b -n stationed here.