NEW HEBRIDES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19604, 5 April 1927, Page 9

NEW HEBRIDES.

COMMISSION OF ENQUIRY. DOMINION REPRESENTATIVE. A. and N.Z. SUVA, April 4. The light cruiser Diomede arrived at Suva from Auckland on Saturday. She brought the Administrator of Western Samoa, Major-General Sir G. S. Richardson, who is on his way to the New Hebrides for the joint Commission, which will sit shortly. As a result of discussions which took place during the Imperial Conference it was decided to send to the New Hebrides a commission comprising representatives of the British, Australian and New Zealand Governments, with the following terms of reference: — To report. upon the position of British settlers in the New Hebrides with special reference to\ any disadvantages under which they may be working in comparison with French settlers. In particular to consider (1) The provision of an adequate supply of labour for British settlers; (2) any further measures to assist British settlers in the production and marketing of their crops. And to indicate what financial assistance, if any, would be required from Government, whether by loan or otherwise, for carrying into effect any recommendations which the commission may make. The "Commissioners are:—Great Britain : Sir Eyre Hutson, Governor of Fiji and High Commissioner for the Western Pacific; Australia: Brigadier-General T. Griffiths, Administrator of Nauru Island; New Zealand: Major-General Sir G. S. Richardson.