N. Caledonia May
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Still Get Jap Labour
IN their search for indentured labourers, the New Caledonian representatives in the French Parliament report that they have had talks with the Dutch Ambassador in Paris about the resump tion of recruitment of Japanese; also that they are again approaching General MacArthur with a view to the eventual recruitment of Koreans or Japanese.
They refer also to the efforts they have
made, and the promises of the Minister of Finance, to maintain the Pacific franc, which was recently threatened with de valuation, which would have had a dis astrous effect on the Colony.
Saibai Island, about 100 miles north of Cape York, and Boigu Island, approxi mately 50 miles due west of Saibai have been menaced by tidal erosion caused by storms during the summer.
Reports have indicated that the islands were nearly completely submerged. They have a native population of 350 and 160 respectively.