INSTITUTE NEWS
| DOI | http://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.1957.tb01321.x |
| Date | 01 December 1957 |
| Published date | 01 December 1957 |
INSTITUTE
NEWS
Royal
Commission
on
Greater
London
AMONG
the members of the Royal Commission which is to examine the present
system of working of Local Government in the Greater London Area, are
two-Sir John Wrigley and Professor
W.
J.
M. Mackenzie-who have been
prominent in Institute activities. Sir John was Chairman of the Institute’s
Conference in 1955
on
the Development of Local Government in the Colonies
and was also a member of the Institute’s study group on New Sources of
Local Revenue. Until his retirement Sir
John
was Deputy Secretary at the
Ministry of Housing and Local Government.
W.
J.
M. Mackenzie, who is
Professor of Government in the University
of
Manchester, has frequently
contributed to the Institute’s Journal and other publications, and is active
in the Manchester Regional Group. He has
also
been adviser to the Govern-
ment of Tanganyika
on
problems relating to the development of democratic
government. In company with
J.
W. Grove, Secretary of the Institute’s
Manchester Regional Group, Professor Mackenzie is co-author of
a
new book,
Central Administration in Britain,
published in November last.
New Honorary Life Members
AT a recent meeting, the Executive Council appointed Sir Eric Coates and
Mr.
0.
A. Radley as Honorary Life Members in recognition
of
their most
valuable contributions to the Institute’s work. Sir Eric Coates was formerly
in the Indian Civil Service and later became a Deputy Chairman of the
National Coal Board. Mr. Radley was Town Clerk
of
Leeds from 1938
until 1952, and was Chairman of the Leeds Regional Group for many years.
Both Sir Eric and Mr. Radley have served as Vice-Presidents.
Local Government in British Guiana
SIR
HOWARD
ROBERTS,
one of the Institute’s Vice-Presidents, recently
undertook a mission to British Guiana
on
behalf of the sugar industry to
advise them on problems arising from the development
of
Local Government
:
a development in which Institute members have played a prominent part in
the territory. Dr. Marshall, a former Chairman of the Executive Council,
devised
a
scheme in 1955 and Dr. L. C. Hill, another Vice-president, is the
Senior Commissioner engaged in introducing that scheme. A number
of
the services normally the responsibility of Local Authorities are now provided
by the sugar industry which has extensive plantations there, and the problems
arising from a transition to a system of democratically elected councils are
bound to be complex. Sir Howard Roberts gave a most interesting account
of
his
mission
at the recent Annual Dinner
of
the Brighton Regional Group.
Regional
Groups
AT
a
members’ meeting at Leeds in October a new provisional Group
Council was appointed to review Regional Group activities which had lapsed
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