INDIANS IN FIJI.
RESULTS UNFAVORABLE. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Suva, March 15. The Indian Commission, which is visiting Fiji, has practically concluded its labors and Jr returning to India after the arrival of the Governor, Sir Cecil Rodwell, on the 25th. The results are believed to be unfavorable. Members of the commission do not favor I Indian immigration for labor, but for ' settlement, which will not help the planters, who are generally averse to a settlement scheme without labor conditions. Mr. Sharma, speaking at Nadi, advised Indians to burn in effigy the Colonial Sugar Refining Company. The delegates state that they are still negotiating with the company regarding wages. Europeans strongly oppose the equal status proposals. Meetings are suggested to encourage European, instead of Indian, settlement and to oppose the Indian claim for equal status.
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Taranaki Daily News, 16 March 1922, Page 5
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134INDIANS IN FIJI. Taranaki Daily News, 16 March 1922, Page 5
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