Fiji Preparing for an Election

From Our Own Correspondent

Suva, May 1.

|3RESENT indications are that there will be an election for the Legislative Council under the new Letters Patent within the next few months, and new rolls are being prepared. All electors must register, whether they are on the old rolls or not.

Under the new constitution, so far as the European representation is con cerned, there will be two nominated members and three elected members. The rearrangement of the electoral divisions, leaves three instead of the former five— the Southern, the Northern and Western, and the Eastern, which now includes Vanua Levu and other islands, which were formerly a separate electorate.

It is not known whether Mr. Alport Barker will be opposed for the Southern Division, it being generally assumed that Sir Maynard Hedstrom (former member for the Eastern Division) and Sir Henry Scott (senior member for the Southern Division) will be the nominated members.

It is presumed that Mr. H. H. Ragg and Mr. J. P. Bayly, who represented the Northern and Western divisions respec tively in the past, will contest the seat for the new 1 combined division.

Mr. H. Gibson, of Labasa, has an nounced that he will contest the new Eastern division with Major W. E. Wil loughby Tottenham. The major is the member of the old Vanua Levu and Taveuni division.

Little has been heard of the position

as regards the three Indian electorates and it is not known what action will be taken by aspiring Indian politicians.