COLONIAL POLICY
IMPORTANT INQUIRY IN WEST INDIES United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright, (Received June 15, 6.30 p.m.) LONDON, June 14. The Secretary of State for the Colonies, Mr Malcolm Macdonald, announced in the House of Commons the appointment of a Royal Commission to inquire into the social and economic conditions of Barbadoes, British Guiana, British Honduras, Jamaica and Windward Islands. Mr Macdonald also announced the appointment of a new Governor of Jamaica, namely Sir Arthur Frederick Richards, who k at present Governor of Fiji, in succession to Sir Edward Denham. Dealing with the disturbances in the West Indies Mr Macdonald expressed the opinion that they were not antiBritish but were due to uncertainty of employment, low wages and bad housing. Mr Macdonald also emphasised, in regard to Palestine, that a change of Minister implied no change in the Government’s policy.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21064, 16 June 1938, Page 7
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141COLONIAL POLICY Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 21064, 16 June 1938, Page 7
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