NEW CALEDONIA.
REPATRIATING CONVICTS. Received November 5, 10.11 a.m. SYDNEY, November 5. News from New Caledonia states that female convicts sent out for petty crimes are to be returned to France in batches. It is surmised that this repatriation may be the beginning of a* general scheme. It is reported that male convicts under the age of 50, and who have not less than three years' sentence to undergo, will b« sent to French Guinea. At present there are about 1,600 male convicts, with about an equal number of recidivistes, or incorrigibles. From January next the local troops are to be reduced to one company of Marine Infantry, and thirteen men of the Marine Artillery. The strength of the troops will be made up by local recruits.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8873, 6 November 1907, Page 5
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127NEW CALEDONIA. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXX, Issue 8873, 6 November 1907, Page 5
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