COUNCIL IN FIJI.
DISPUTE OVER ELECTION.
INDIAN MEMBERS WITHDRAW.
(Received November 5, 5.5 p.m.) SUVA. Nov. 5. The motion of three Indian members of the Fiji Legislative Council favouring a common electoral roll having been defeated they withdrew and announced their intention to resign. Under the new Letters Patent the Indians elect three members on a communal roll and the Europeans elect six on a separate roll. The Indians want one common roll, to which the Government and the European members of the Council are definitely opposed.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20405, 6 November 1929, Page 11
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