Only Fijians Wanted on Forestry Board
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Forestry Board
DURING the debate on the Fiji Forestry Bill in Suva late June, the second Fijian member, iavuama Vunivalu, strongly opposed i clause which seems to permit non-Fijians or non-Europeans to become members of the Forestry Board. The Board will have con siderable powers, and the lands nainly involved will be Fijian jwned.
The Fijian member, noting that the door appeared to be thrown >pen for the first time to members >f other races (i.e., Indian) to be come seated on a Board which will leal principally with Fijian lands, appealed to the Governor to give
most serious consideration to the constitution of the Forestry Board.
The inclusion of other races on the board, he said, would not be in keeping with the Deed of Cession or with the present wishes of the Fijian people.
Mr. H. Maurice Scott, MLC, of Suva, was in Sydney in early July en route to Fiji. He was one of Fiji’s representatives at the Corona tion and visited the Fiji Battalion in Malaya on his way home.
Enterprise of NG Gold and Petro leum Development, NL, in July applied for a permit to search for oil in the Sepik District of NG.