Australian Mission

To N. Caledonia

AUSTRALIAN officials who recently visited New Caledonia and the New Hebrides included Mr. T- G. Sinclair and Mr. R. A. P. Jackson, both of the Com monwealth Bank of Australia. They had discussions with the British and French officials with a view to ironing out some currency difficulties. The Noumea man ager of the Bank of Indo-China also took part in the discussions.

A rumour, in Noumea, that the visit was in order to establish a Condominium Bank in Vila, New Hebrides, has no foundation.

Also visiting the French colonies at the same time were Mr. J. T. Smith of the Commonwealth Department of Com merce and Agriculture, in relation to Commonwealth trade with New Cale donia; and Mr. R. Gray, Commonwealth Forestry inspector, of Melbourne, who was looking into the possibilities of find ing timber in the Colony for Australian

building projects.-

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