By Tactics

Mr. Gibson Defeated By Tactics

Fiji lawyer and MLC, Mr, H.

Gibson, made news when he w» elected chairman of the Economir Committee of the South Pacific Coo ference in Rabaul. Many people ha hoped that an indigene would elected as committee chairman. M Gibson was nominated by the GC bertese delegates, supported by ft

Bsip.

Another group sought to have Mae ’Uli’uli lunouniua, Acting- Treasurer ■ Tonga, elected; but this was defeat), because Mahe ’Uli’uli didn’t vote t himself, and Mr. Gibson did. TI ballot resulted 5-6 in Mr. Gibson favour.

Taking the chair, Mr, Gibson t» the meeting that he wasn’t an i digene, but he had lived most of I life in Fiji and this was “almost good as being one”. He would, said, be very sympathetic.

Not everyone was happy, thoup Somebody suggested that voting m: have been too much along nation lines (which wasn’t quite right; < French voted for Mr. Gibson). An way, there were second thoughts som where, with the result that Ma; ’Uli’uli was appointed deputy chairun and on the resolution of the Americas the chairman and the deptui chairman were to take charge of meetings on alternate days.

The next day, however, Mr. Gib* found himself in more strife. AD. some argument about voting rights became clear that some people s thought Mr. Gibson shouldn’t be thd at all. So Mahe ’Uli’uli and Mr. CD son both resigned their posts fon re-election, which resulted in Tongan becoming chairman and R? mond Gadabu, of Nauru, depm chairman.