COMMITTEE HAS MEMBERSHIP OF 50.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 19237, 26 November 1930, Page 1

COMMITTEE HAS MEMBERSHIP OF 50.

BRITISH-INDIANS WANT FULL REPRESENTATION. (United Press Assn.—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Received November 26, 11.30 a.m.) RUGBY, November 25. The British-Indian delegation resolved to request the Federal Relations Committee to coopt the remaining members of the British-Indian delegation, contending that it was impossible to represent all interests by coopting an additional six members and pointing to the fact that all’ the members of the British delegation, and all but two of the States delegation had been coopted. Originally the delegation favoured a small Federal Relations Committee and minority interests were prepared to leave their case respecting the general structure of the Constitution in the hands of the experts of the committee, in the expectation that they would be further heard on matters affecting their particular interests. As the Federal Relations Committee has now reached a membership of about 50 it could not be regarded as a small expert committee. and it might possibly extend its activities to a scope not previously contemplated. Therefore the BritishIndian delegates considered that all interests should be represented, the committee thus becoming a committee of the whole Conference. It could resolve itself into expert sub-committees as required.