OFFICIAL WIRELESS

Hokitika Guardian, 28 July 1928, Page 2

OFFICIAL WIRELESS

THE COLONIAL OFFICE. KNOWLEDGE AT FIRST HAND. (British Official Wireless.) RUGBY, July 25. Brigadier-General Sir Samuel Wilson permanent Under Secretary' for tho Colonies,. leaves England on August Ist on an official visit to the West African Colonies. He will be accompanied by' Dr. Stslfvton, Chief Medical Adviser to the Colonial Secretary, and by Mr Holmes, of the Colonial Office.

As stated by Mr L.-S. Amery, the Colonial Secretary? in a recent iltbato en tlie Colonial Office estimates. this tour lias been arranged in accordance with established policy' of affording file Jr~ permanent officials in the Colonial Office .opportunities of making themselves familiar with local conditions in 'the Colonies, of meeting as many as possible of officials serving overseas, and of discussing local problems with the authorities concerned, on the spot.

Sir Samuel Wilson’s previous experience as Governor of Trinidad and of Jamaica Will render his forthcoming tour of particular value. It has also been thought desirable that Dr. Stanton, as Chief Medical Adviser to the Colonial Secretary, should make nimself personally familiar with problems Confronting the local medical authorities in an area where the public health is of vital and daily increasing importance. The party is due to arrive at Lagos on August' 16th, and will visit the other West African Colonies in turn on the homeward juorney, reaching Akra about' September 16th, Freetown on October 10th,' and Bathurst about October 22nd.