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Administration
From Our Noumea Correspondent
New Caledonia, Aug. 25.
ON his arrival here, M. Christian Laigret, appointed as chief of the Cabinet Civil of the High Com missariat, will proceed with plans for the proposed referendum for a new assembly on lines suggested by the existing Administrative Council.
The appointment of a new Governor has been postponed for the time being “in order fully to satisfy the wishes of the New Caledonian people.” It is an nounced that High Commissioner d’Argenlieu recently conferred with General de Gaulle and the Algiers Com mittee of Liberation on the matter, and it is believed an announcement will not be long delayed.
The local Council requested some time back that the new Governor should not be a member of the French Colonial Administration.
M. Laigret, who is an Administrateur en-chef des Colonies, is 40 years of age.
He will act for Rear-Admiral d’Argenlieu whose return to the Colonv is not ex pected in view of his apnointment as commander of Fighting French naval forces in British waters.
M. Laigret will fill the post hitherto held by young, hardworking Caledonian born M. Fourcade, who is designated for an important post in the New Hebrides.