Fiji Council
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Election on August 29
ONLY member to be re-elected unopposed to the new Fiji Legislative Council is Mr. H.
Maurice Scott, European Member, of the North-western Division.
Other nominations announced, at closing late July, are:— Southern Division. —European: J.
N. Falvey, C. S. Phillips, J. B.
Turner. Indian: Hari Charan Akheel, Hari Charan, Vishnu Deo.
North - western Division.—Euro pean: H. Maurice Scott (elected unopposed). Indian: A. D. Patel, Babubhai Patel, Ajodhya Prasad, Hari Shankar, Tulsi Ram Sharma.
Eastern Division. —European: F.
G. Archibald, H. B. Gibson, W. E.
Willoughby-Tottenham. Indian: J.
Madhavan, Odin Ramrakha.
From these will be elected, on August 29, one European and one Indian member for each Division.
Two other European and two Indian members will be nominated by the Governor, who also nominates all five Fijian members.
There is a hope in many quarters that the Governor will nominate Fijian-born Indians to the Indian vacancies.