COLONIAL GOVERNORS
CHANGES ANNOUNCED.
(British Official Wireless.)
(Rec. 5.5 p.m.) Rugby, June 14. The Colonial Office announces that the King has accepted the resignation of Sir Cecil Clements, Governor and Commander-in-Chief pf the Straits Settlement and High Commissioner for the Malay States. His Majesty has approved of the following appointments: Sir Shenton Thomas, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Gold Coast to succeed Sir Cecil Clements; Sir Arnold Hodson, Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Sierra Leone to succeed Sir Shenton Thomas; Mr Herbert Henniker Heaton, Colonial Secretary of Cyprus, to be Governor and Comman-der-in-Chief of the Falkland Islands in succession to Sir James O’Grady, who is retiring next January.
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Southland Times, Issue 22351, 16 June 1934, Page 5
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