N. Caledonia Council Elections
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From Our Own Correspondent.
Bouloupari, Nov. 7.
THE elections for the Council-general (local Parliament) passed off quietly.
The result of the Conseiller-General was not decisive on October 14 and a second ballot was taken on the 28th, which re sulted in the following being elected: Beaumont, Terrier, Paladini, Laborderie, Milliard, Collardo, Daly, Berges. In ad dition to these, M. Louis Page, M. Andre Robert, and M. Michel Verges were ap pointed by the Chambre d’Agriculture.
The Governor’s nominations were M.
Souland and M. Louis Imboult.
Half the chamber did not stand for election on this occasion, but submit their names for election in three years’ time; the chamber thus is partly renewed every three years. The sitting term for mem bers is six years.
Rev. Eric Yarrington, who recently re signed from the Sangara (Papua) station of the New Guinea Mission, has been ap pointed Rector of Lake Cargelligo, in the Diocese of Riverina, New South Wales.