Governor's Absence From
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French Oceania
Prom Our Own Correspondent
Papeete, Jan. 2.
rriHE Governor of French Oceania, X Colonel Orselli, left in mid-Decem ber, for France.
It is expected that he will return to Papeete to resume his duties of Governor, after an absence of five or six months.
There are rumours, however, that Colonel Orselli will be offered a much higher post elsewhere in the French Empire.
Colonel Orselli took over this Governor ship in 1941, when the general war out look was very black, and the local poli tical situation greatly disturbed. Since he took charge, Tahiti has known peace and tranquillity. Wartime and post-war problems have been competently handled.
He has been a very good Governor.