Japanese In New Caledonia
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\ SYDNEY resident who recently visited New Caledonia says that the manner in which the Japanese are taking possession of the retail trades there is alarming. Japanese goods are pouring into the French colony, and Japanese retailers are growing in numbers and are taking an ever-increasing proportion of the distributing business from the Euro peans.
Some time ago, the French captured three Japanese sampans who were poach ing shell, and brought them to Noumea.
They are still in Noumea, and so are their crews, and as neither the French nor Japanese Governments will accept respon sibility for the repatriation of the latter, it appears as if the Japanese crews are to be added to the Japanese community in New Caledonia.
Radio listeners in the Solomon Islands report good daylight reception from for merly inadequate sets since the new ser vice from Station 4QN, Queensland, has been available.