Local Councils In

The BSIP To Have More Power

A bill to grant new and more )owers to local native councils

yas presented by the BSIP

jovernment at the Legislative

Council meeting in July.

PHE bill is seen as a step towards L self-government for the Solomon slanders.

The bill provides for a system of )cal government applicable to every ne in the Protectorate. It will re lace a 1953 ordinance on local overnment.

The bill follows the provisions of rdinances on local government in ther colonial territories, with some lodifications to suit local conditions.

It provides for the establishment f councils by warrant of the High ■ommissioner.

It is intended that all areas of the rotectorate shall come under the uthority of either a local or town auncil, and that all residents in each area, regardless of race or ationality, shall be able to stand for ection, vote in the elections, and be ibject to council by-laws.

Other provisions of the bill are: • A council shall be a body cor arate capable of sueing and being fed and of acquiring, holding and isposing of movable and unmov-

Me property.

• All members of a council shall be elected. • A warrant establishing a coun cil shall specify what functions shall or may be performed by the council. • Councils shall have the power to make by-laws to put into effect the functions conferred on them, but a by-law shall not have effect until ap proved by the High Commissioner. • A council may levy rates on everyone within the area of its authority, and these shall be payable into council funds. • Council messengers shall have powers of arrest without warrant cor responding with those of the police, and all persons so arrested shall be taken as soon as possible before a

police officer, a native court or a magistrate.

The bill will abolish the existing Native Tax.

Initially, most councils are expected to levy a basic rate similar to the Native Tax, but other rates, including property rating, may be introduced.

Suva Beauty

Marries

Well - known Suva beauty Miss Tuila Wendt, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Alf Wendt, was married recently at the Cen tenary Methodist Church, Suva, to Mr.

Bill Kyler, an Ameri can student who has been serving as a District Officer in Fiji under a Ford Foun dation grant. They will live in the US.

Photo: S. A. Whippy.

To cherish a clear, youthful complexion, areas where age signs first begin to show should be given extra rich nourishment at night.

Massage gently with Ulan vital ising Night Cream along the deeper expression lines in an upward and outward movement.

Be very careful with the delicate skin tissues around the eyes.