N. Caledonian Artist Succeeds
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From Our Own Correspondent NOUMEA, March 1.
WHEN the Vichy collaborationists signed the armistice with Germany, a young Caledonian soldier found himself demobilised. He succeeded in escaping from Paris into the unoccupied zone, and settled at Argeles, in the Midi, where he was able to develop his talent as an artist. He paintings have now won him, at Tarbes, the Prix du Salon.
The name of the young painter is Andre Deschampe. His family lives in Noumea.
The Governor of Fiji, Mr. A. W. G. H.
Grantham, accompanied by Mrs. Gran tham, visited the island of Vanua Levu and other outlying parts of the Colony during March.