Ratu Sukuna

New Honour For

IT has been announced that Major Ratu J. L. V. Sukuna, BA, CBE, who probably is the most distinguished native Fijian of the present day, is to be appointed Adviser on Native Affairs (practically, Minister for Native Affairs in Fiji) when Mr. C. E. Pennefather retires from that position shortly. Ratu

Sukuna will be come a mem ber of the Exe cutive Council.

Ratu Sukuna was at Oxford University, studying law, when the 1914 war broke out. He joined the French Foreign Legion, rendered dis tinguished ser vice and was dec or ate d.

Later, he com pleted his law studies and ret u r ned to Fiji where he became noted for his ad minist r a t i v e gifts. He was District Com missioner in the Lau Group when he was called to Suva

to take charge of the Fiji Government’s new native land plan.

Ratu Sukuna, with Sir Henry Milne Scott, Lieut.-Colonel Brewster and Ratu Edward Cakobau, went to London in 1937 as the official representatives of Fiji at the Coronation of George VI. Soon after that, he was awarded the CBE.

The “Fiji Times” says that Ratu Sukuna accepted his new post with reluctance: he had hoped to go on active service with the Fiji Forces.

Ratu Sukuna.