NO TIME LOST.

Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 103, 3 May 1930, Page 9

NO TIME LOST.

INDIA COMMISSION. Report To Be Made in Few Weeks. VAST COMPLEX PROBLEM. (British Official Wireless.) (Received 12 noon.) RUGBY, May 2. Sir John Simon, chairman of the Indian Statutory Commission denied to-day that there had been any undue delay in the issue of the report of the Commission. He said: ''The larger part of the report is not only in the printer's hands, but is in its final form for production, and what remains is in an advanced state. "It ought to be remembered that the Commission could not enter upon preparation of the report, which necessarily has to cover a vast range of questions, including many which are quite as important as those prominent in the public notice, until last September after the joint sittings which the Indian Central Committee in London concluded. If it succeeds completing its report in a few weeks, the time taken will not be more than was necessary for full consideration of the numerous complex questions involved in an inquiry of the highest constitutional importance not merely for the moment but for the future." It is understood that the work will be completed in about three weeks. The Commission, consisting of seven members, was appointed in November, 1927. Its main terms of reference were to examine the existing system of Indian government, advise on necessary changes, and state how far responsible government might be conceded. It visited India twice, where it made personal investigations on the spot. Witnesses and experts have been examined in London and some leading Indian centres, such as Calcutta, Bombay and Madras.