Tahiti Celebrates
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Liberation of France
From Our Own Correspondent
Papeete, Sept. 2. •
THERE was great joy here when Gov ernor Georges Orselli, at the end of August, announced that France had been freed from German occupation.
It was decided that September 2, 1944 —the fourth anniversary of the occasion when French Oceania rallied to the cause of Fighting France —should be a fitting
day on which to celebrate the liberation of the Motherland; and on that day, with religious services of thanksgiving in the churches, and a review of troops by the Governor, celebrations were held accordingly.
APIA. Sept. 4.—The Administration of W. Samoa has announced an increase in the price paid for bananas shipped to New Zealand, from 5/6 to 6/- per case, to producers. “ Plantations have recently suffered from a long dry spell, but dur ing the past week heavy rains have set in and prospects for banana planters now seem brighter. There is still a short age of native foodstuffs, particularly taros and bananas. \