N. Caledonians Escape
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Prom Our Own Correspondent
Noumea, Feb. 17.
A GENEVA radiogram from M. Ray mond Mage, son of a former Nou mea lawyer, states that five -New Caledonian soldiers captured in North Africa have escaped to Switzerland.
Their names are: Griscelli. Berger, Der veaux. Gouzene and Geillier, and they are stated to be in good health. The message also gives news of other Cale donians who are still prisoners.
Mr. Eric Ramsden, who established the Pacific Islands Society in Sydney and acted as its first secretary, reports from New Zealand that A. H. & A. W. Reed are publishing a selection of his South Seas stories. He is also engaged on a biography of Princess Te Puea Herangi, CBE. the Maori leader, the material for which he had been accumulating for years. The book should be completed by the end of the year.