Fiji's Constitution.
(Per:Pre;s Association.)
AncKLiSD, Satiirdav. Archdeacon Calder, Anglican Bishop's Commissary, interviewed on his return from Fiii, said he wen: to the Islands thinkingit would be a very good thins; for a Crown colony to blossom into the glorious freedom of a Colonial Constitution, but after reading the Constitution and seeing the relative proportions of white men and natives, and learning of other matters he knew nothing of before, he had come to the conclusion tint federation would bo a very gond thin« for New Zealand, butnot for Fiji. The natives were fairly treated. It is treatment they tan understand. It does nnr accord with a white mm's views, hut Fiji is noi. a white nvui's roniitrr. Fiji is_ ruled for the natives in acc'ordanee witli nntiro capacities. He did not think tho natives knew anrt'.inpf about federation—that wa-i oniirely v. white man's move, principally storekeepers. llj was unablo to speak'of the views of planters on fedrration, but there was much porencss in coiisequeneo of the Federal tariff affecting licir Sydney markets.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7321, 14 June 1902, Page 2
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172Fiji's Constitution. Manawatu Standard, Volume XL, Issue 7321, 14 June 1902, Page 2
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