Another Governor

Lieut.-Colonel Orselli Appointed to Tahiti

From Our Own Correspondent

Noumea, Oct. 27.

LIEUTENANT-Colonel Georges Orselli, of the Free French Air Force, who arrived in Tahiti recently with the D’Argenlieu Mission, has been appointed Governor of French Oceania.

After the political upheavals of the last few months, Tahiti now has settled down again to normal conditions, accord ing to reports reaching here.

It was expected that Captain Thierry d’Argenlieu, the new High Commissioner for Free France in the Pacific, would visit Noumea this month, but a message received by the New Caledonian Governor stated that his departure from Papeete had been postponed for a time.

Frigate Captain Cabanier, who arrived in Tahiti a short time ago to take up duties as head of the French Pacific defences, is a former submarine com mander. He was awarded the DSO by King George VI for his exploits with the Free French submarine “Rubis”,