FIJI AND FEDERATION.
A CLERGYMAN'S VIBWS. PKR PRESS ASSOCIATION. Auckland, June 14. Arch Itacon Calder, Anglican Bishop's Commissary, interviewed on his return from Fiji, feaid hj« went to theIsiands thinking it wiuld be a very g-od thing for a Crown colony t< bio-sun into the glorious freedom of e colonial constitution, but lifter r<adin<. tne cjnstitut on and seeir g r,h« relitivproportions of whitu m-n and nitiyen, anl ltiHrning of other matters he knew nothing if bsforv, he hul come to the conclusion that fedora'ion would be a very gojd thing fur Now Zealand, but no 1 ; for the Fjians, The natives were fairly treited. It is Hutment the) can undei soand. It dues not aec-rd with a while u.au's views, but Fiji is uot a wlnta ma i'a country. Fiji is rule! for nrtives in accordat.cr with themtive capabilities. 110 did nrt think the natives knew anythu g a'out federation. That W'S a white man's move. The principal utorekyepers wiie unabla lo sp ak of thiviews of the planters on federation, but thoia was much fcorenis.-.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 16 June 1902, Page 2
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177FIJI AND FEDERATION. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue XXIV, 16 June 1902, Page 2
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