ISLAND COLONIES.
CLOSER UNION PROPOSED. British Official Wireless RUGBY, April 1. In a despatch to the Governors of Trinidad, Windward Islands and Leeward Islands, Lord Passfield, Secretary for the Colonies, states that he has been carefully considering the question of some form of closer union between those islands and the many issues which such an administrative change would involve. He proposes that a Commission consisting probably of two or three persons, with very broad terms of reference, should proceed as soon as possible to the colonies concerned to conduct a comprehensive inquiry into the whole question. Before coming to any decision as to the appointment of a Commission, Lord Passfield has asked the Governors whether they concur in the principle in the proposal, and has requested them to submit their views at an early date. Lord Passfield’s despatch, which reviews the whole subject of federation in the Caribbean area, expresses the view that, at least at the present, the proposed inquiry could not usefully be extended to other colonies.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18844, 6 April 1931, Page 7
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169ISLAND COLONIES. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 18844, 6 April 1931, Page 7
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