INDIAN IMMIGRATION.
FIJI LABOR SITUATION. Elec TeL Copyright—United Press Assn.* .Australian ami N.Z Table Association. (Received March. 15, 1.35 p.m.) '/SUVA, March 15. The Indian Commission visiting Fiji has practically concluded its labors and is returning to India, after the arrival of Governor Rodwell en .the 25th. The results are believed to be unfavorable. Members of the Commission do not favor Indian immigration for labor settlement, which will not .help the planters, who are generally averse to a settlement scheme without labor conditions.
Sharma, speaking at Nadi, advised the 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 {.lie equal status proposals. Meetings are suggested to encourage European instead of Indian settlement and oppose the* Indian claim for equal status. Very few Indians have accepted the reduced rates of pay_ offered by the company and are working on their own rice fields and farms.
The sugar outlook is pessimistic, unless sufficient labor becomes available
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 15774, 15 March 1922, Page 6
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