Retires

Sir Hugh Ragg

IN his address at the opening of the Fiji Legislative Council on October 3, the Governor announced the retire ment of Sir Hugh Ragg.

In one capacity or another Sir Hugh has given 24 years of continuous member ship to the Council. He was the elected member for the North-west Division until the 1947 election. He did not contest the seat and later became a Government nominated member. He also became a member of the Executive Council.

Sir Hugh was born in Fiji about 66 years ago and has spent all his life there achieving great commercial success As a young man he worked for a number of the leading firms but soon branched out for himself. Eventually he became in terested in the hotel business and the fine string of hotels of Northern Hotels Ltd in Viti Levu bear witness to the success of his enterprise.

He was knighted in the 1947 New Year Honours. He has given lavishly of time energy and money for the betterment of Fiji.

In speaking of his retirement on October 3, the Governor said . “It is my earnest hooe that Sir Hugh’s mvaluable advice, though no longer ten dered in this Council, will still be available to Government in another sphere.”