BUDGET SURPLUS
FINANCIAL POSITION IN FIJI. Australian Press Association.) SUVA, February 21. The Fiji Legislative Council opened, tin's morning. The Governor- announced that- the 1932 accounts of the . colony show a slight surplus, instead of the estimated deficit. He also read, from, the Secretary of Slate (Mr J, H,. Thomas) a. cable stating; “It is impract--(icable, imder present conditions, to contemplate the adoption of a system of common roll representation, in preference to the existing -system of elec-
tions in Fiji.” This refers to a request by the Indian members of the Council for a common roll,, instead of separate rolls and members for the Europeans and Indians, as at present.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 February 1933, Page 6
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