GOVERNOR OF BENGAL AND PRESS

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 88, Issue 6, 8 January 1944, Page 5

GOVERNOR OF BENGAL AND PRESS

MR. R. G. CASEY QUESTIONED

Recd. 6 p.m. London, Jan. 6. The new Governor of Bengal, Mr. R. G. Casey, who will go to Bengal within a few days, met a large gathering of world pressmen and quietly faced a barrage of critical questions from representatives of Indian and American negro newspap ers. Replying to one coloured newspaperman who suggested that Australia nad harshly applied a colour bar, Mr. Cosey pointed out that he was not going to Bengal as representative of the Australian Government, and therefore it was not necessary for him to explain or answer implications of the White Australia policy. Mr. Casey refused to du.cuss the question: “In India’s position, how would Australia take the appointment of an Indian as Governor of an Australian State?" Mr. Casey said the question was 100 hypothetical for useful debate. Mr. Casey said h? thought the appointment of Ministers at Large on the lines of th? Minister of State in the Middle East, would h? valuable in peacetime for a country like Australia. Accredited 1g a number of Governments in th? Middle East. South America, and other largo areas, they would obtain valuable information for Australia from other countries facing similar problems.