Part-Europeans In
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No Preference For
Fijian Land Leases
From Our Own Correspondent SUVA, August 8.
THE Legislative Council of Fiji had no power to direct the Native Lands Commission to give preferential treatment in any claim for the leasing of land made before the Commission This was a point emphasised during a debate on a motion by Mr. F. G. Archibald which, in effect, asked for special treat ment of part-Europeans by reason of the fact that they are also part-Fijians.
After stating the problems that face the part-European people, Mr Archibald said he was content to withdraw the motion as the debate had served to dis close a difficult question.
The Governor (Sir Brian Freeston) said that the Government had every sympathy with the part-European, who had “a foot in both camps.” Within the legal structure, he added, the Govern ment would do all it could to help.
A son was born to Mr. and Mrs. R. T.
Collings, of Gunanur Plantation. Kokopo, New Guinea at Namanula Hospital, Rabaul, on August 2, 1949.