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N. Caledonia Urged
ACCORDING to the Washington cor respondent of the New York “Times,” the special committee of the US House of Representatives has re commended that France should cede ex ploitation rights in New Caledonian nickel and chrome deposits in exchange for strategic material.
If the time should be inopportune for such a concession, it is suggested that US private capital might be allowed to in terest itself in the country’s economy and that contracts for a period of 25 years for delivery of New Caledonian ores might well be studied.
The view -of many is that nothing better could happen to the Colony—save perhaps an agreement with Australia to
develop her iron resources.-
H.E.L.P
At the invitation of the Suva Men’s Hockey Association, an Auckland pro vincial representative hockey team will visit Fiji in June, shipping permitting.