New Director For New Caledonian
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Native Affairs
NEW CALEDONIA’S new head of the Department for Native Affairs, M.
Lescan du Plessis, arrived from France by the “Sagittaire.” His official rank is Administrateur des Colonies, 2nd Class. The Cblony has not always had an official of this rank to look after this department. Usually the natives of the New Caledonian archipelago are allowed to live their tribal lives with a minimum of interference, though occasionally a tribal witch-doctor is called over the coals for carrying on his prohibited profession. (They flourished under the lap for all that).
It has been officially announced in Noumea that on a recent visit a US Aeronautical Inspector was of the opinion that the work now in progress on Tontouta airfield would not hinder air traffic. He also viewed favourably the projected Magenta airport, whose runway is to be extended to 1,800 metres.