Caledonia
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Cool Hill Station For New Caledonia
IT is astonishing that in a colony such as New Caledonia, where there are prodigious natural facilities for such an establishment, there is no health resort (says “Bulletin du Commerce”).
Many residents of New Caledonia suf fer from illnesses which are directly due to the severe climatic conditions, and which result in physical and men tal depression. In such cases, the bene ficial effect of a mountain resort with change of air, and rest, is apparent. It is indispensable, also, in the treatment of tuberculosis, in the first stages.
The Municipal Council voted, in 1938, a sum of 10,000 francs, for the investi gation of such a project. The General Council, recently, has voted 10,000 francs for the same purpose. The Ad ministration has nominated a Commis sion, which will inquire into this mat ter. It is hoped that there thus will be provided a sanatorium, probably on the Mountain of Two Sources, situated in the Coulee region, at an altitude of about 4000 feet.
Mr. E. R. Palfreyman has left Sydney for Fiji to take up an appointment as manager of W. R. Carpenter and Co.’s branch at Suva.