Advisory Council
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Annual Meeting of BS Islands Advisory Council
From Our Own Correspondent
Honiara. Sept 20.
11HE 1950 session of the BSIP Advisory Council will be opened on October 9.
The Council, which meets annually to discuss Protectorate Government Esti mates and any other matters of im portance, has advisory powers only, copies of the minutes of proceedings, and recom mendations by members being forwarded to the High Commissioner for the Wes tern Pacific, at Suva.
This year’s Council is expected to con sist of 14 members, under the chairman ship of the Resident Commissioner (Mr.
H. G. Gregory Smith). There are five non-official members—the Rt. Rev. S. G.
Caulton, Bishop of Melanesia; Mr. L. C.
Thomas, General Manager of Lever’s Pacific Plantations Pty., Ltd., Mr. R. C.
Symes and Mr. L. F. Gill, well-known planters and traders; and Mr. G. H.
Kuper. Four official members—the Judi cial Commissioner (Mr. W. T. Charles); the Secretary to Government (Mr. V. J.
Andersen); the Treasurer (Mr. R. F. Ran kin) ; and the Senior Medical Officer (Dr.
J. S. McKenzie Pollock)—have been ap pointed. A new departure, which the Government regards as an important con stitutional advance, is the appointment of Solomon Islanders to the Council, four of whom have been chosen to represent the various administrative districts of the Protectorate. Appointment of native members to sit on the Advisory Council has caused some differences of opinion among non-official members.