Death Of Mr. Edmond Cane
pp. 24-26 · Read in the full issue
THE last Governor of the New Cale donia Convict Prison, M. Edmond Cane, died on October 30, on Oven Island, Noumea, at the age of 72. He was very well known and highly respected in New Caledonia, where he had filled such positions as president of the General Council, president of the Chamber of Commerce, and director of Messrs. Guer ault and Lemarinier. He was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour. He was one of the first to lead the rally of New Caledonia to General de Gaulle and Free France in the dark days of 1940.
Captain Savoie, of Noumea, has bought a 50-tons vessel, in Sydney, for the New Hebridean trade.
The deficit of TRAPAS, the French Pacific air service, during the present year will be covered by a state subsidy of up to twelve million Metropolitan francs.