NEW CALEDONIA
PEOPLE NOW SATISFIED. LINKED WITH FREE FRANCE. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) AUCKLAND. September 26. The impression that all was now quiet at New Caledonia, following the appointment of a governor who supported Free France, was brought bypassengers who arrived by the Honolulu Clipper. They explained that since they were accommodated on Pan-American Airways yacht. Southern Seas, and spent only one night at Noumea, they had comparatively little opportunity of studying the situation, but were convinced that the people were now satisfied. The passengers reported that a French sloop that had been at Noumea had now left. They also brought a story suggesting that some of the supporters of the Vichy Government had also left the island. Questioned about the future of New Caledonia's . substantial nickel trade, passengers contradicted the popular belief that Japan was likely to obtain the bulk of the ore. They said the United Slates seemed likely to be the major purchaser.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 September 1940, Page 7
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