Fiji Council

Ratu Sukuna Joins Fiji Council

r:E Honourable Ratu J. L. V. Sukuna was sworn in and took his seat for the first time in August as a mem ber of the Executive Council and the War Council of Fiji.

In welcoming*Ratu Sukuna, the Gov ernor (Major-General Sir Philip Mit chell) referred to the fact that not since the days of Cakobau’s Government had there been a Fijian member in the Col ony’s Executive Council. That there was one now was a tribute to those who had brought about the happy relation which existed to-day between the Fijian race and the race which has, since Cession, assumed responsibility for their govern ment and welfare.

As for Ratu Sukuna himself, His Ex cellency said that his becoming a mem ber of the Executive Council added one more to the list of distinguished services he had already rendered his people and the British Commonwealth of Nations.