Pacific Islands Monthly
The news magazine of the South Pacific · since 1930
Pacific Islands Monthly, 18 June 1947Vol. XVII, No. 11

Hotel

p. 8 · Read in the full issue

Page 88

New Casino And

Noumean Plan Under Way

A LARGE Casino, and a modern hotel with 200 rooms, are to be built soon at Anse Vata Beach, about two miles from Noumea, in New Caledonia. This establishment is expected to become one of the most brilliant holiday resorts in the South Seas.

The shrewd people of New Caledonia —having had their appetite whetted with American dollars in 1942-44—have been looking around for a new source of rev enue. The chrome and nickel industries are suffering acute labour shortage. The Casino plan, often discussed and rejected, has now been officially approved.

It is expected that substantial Aus tralian capital will support the plan. The money will not leave Australia—it will be spent in that country on building materials, equipment, etc.

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