§ Mr. Stonehouseasked the Secretary of State for the Colonies what reply he gave to the Wholesale and Retail Workers Genera] Union to the request that a Royal Commission should be appointed to investigate the December disturbances in Suva, Fiji, rather than a sole Commissioner in the person of the Chief Justice.
§ Mr. Iain MacleodI informed the union that I was satisfied that the disturbances were not of such a character as to warrant the appointment of a Royal Commission; that I had the fullest confidence in the Commissioner appointed by the Governor of Fiji; and that I trusted that neither the union nor members of the public would in fact boycott the Commission.