Sugar Council

Members

The Fiji Sugar Advisory Council, set up by legislation recommended in the Trustram Eve Report, had its teething troubles.

AN election for a representative of the Sugar Employees’ Union was declared invalid, and another had to be held. Then the independent chair man (Air-Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Sanders) had a spell in hospital.

Sir Arthur, before he left for England (where he expected to have talks at the Colonial Office about the Fiji sugar industry) saw the Sugar Industry Advisory Council, com pleted, as follows; Sir Arthur Sanders (independent chairman), Ratu Edward Cakobau (independent vice-chairman), Mr. J.

W. M. Tidex (independent accoun tant); Government representatives —the Financial Secretary and the Director of Lands (posts held at present by Mr. H. P, Ritchie and Mr. D. T.

Lloyd); Millers’ representatives —Mr. J.

C. Potts (chief manager of the CSR Co. in Fiji), Mr. J. M. Aitken (manager of the Lautoka mill), Mr.

A. S. Hermes (manager of the Labasa Mill), Mr. L. M. Sherwood (the CSR industrial manager in Fiji), and Mr. Lil Ram Sharma (a CSR field officer); Growers’ representatives —Swami Rudranand, Mr. Ujagir Singh, Mr. G.

R. Bhola, Ratu Marika Latianara, Mr. Ram Jati Singh; Mill workers’ representatives —Mr.

Mohammed Ramzan (secretary of Public Works and Allied Workers’

Union), and Mr. Mohammed Tora (secretary of Wholesale and Retail Workers’ General Union); Fiji Sugar Tradesmen’s Union— Mr. C. A. Eyre.