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N. Caledonia
From Our Own Correspondent
Noumea, Nov. 10.
COMPARED with Australian individual consumption, New Caledonian popu lations, white, Oriental and native, consume a lot of rice. Formerly this came from Indo-China. To-day Australia is the supplier.
The announcement that Australian rice is to be reserved for this French Colony, as well as for the Fijians and other South Pacific islanders, shows the advance made in wartime co-operation.
It is a recognition of the importance of these islands to Australian defence, as well as a gesture of solidarity.
Mr. A. L. Armstrong, OBE, has been appointed Acting Lieut.-Colonel, Fiji De fence Force.