Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 15 October 1940Vol. XI, No. 3

Pacific

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Monthly

Vol. Xi. No. 3.

October 15, 1940

Established 1930

[Registered at the G&.0& sydneifr<Jor transmission by post as a newspaper ]

8“

Tense Moment

in Noumea on September 18,

when angry pro-de Gaulle French

men of New Caledonia marched down to pro-Petain French sloop “Dumont d’Urville”, and demanded release of Francois Pere, who had been imprisoned on the warship for demanding a referendum. The photograph shows sailors at top of gangway, preparing to resist citizens. Full account on page 8. —Photo and block by Courtesy of “Daily Telegraph,” Sydney.

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