Rural Local Government
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Plan For Fiji
SUVA, Sept. 22.
A REVISED scheme for local government in rural areas in Fiji will be published in the near future, said the Acting Governor (Mr. A. F. R. Stoddart) in the course of his opening address to the Legis lative Council on September 19. ■ The system is to cover those parts of the country which are not pro vided for by the administrations of townships and the Fijian Adminis tration.
“The system proposed will have far-reaching effects upon a large pro portion of the inhabitants of the Colony,” Mr. Stoddart added.
An enormous majority of the people affected will be Indians, but “all sections of the community” will be invited to comment on the pro posals, after which the plan will be placed before the Legislative Council.
The Fijians, administered and heavily taxed by their own set-up, are not interested. The rank-and file Europeans are inclined to suspect “something to please the Indians.”