Governor and Indonesians in New Caledonia

In a recent PIM, it was said that the new Democratic Party in Samoa was opposed to the Govern ment and Fautua. Party spokesmen say they do not oppose the Govern ment but they do want to secure some political improvement—espec ially by a general franchise of Samoans in a legal, democratic way.

The Rev. J. G. Goldie, who pioneered the Methodist missions in the Solomons 50 years ago, was reported recently to be spending a holiday at Alice Springs, centre of Australia.

This photograph shows the retiring French Governor- General in the Pacific, M. Cournarie, who recently re turned to France, talking at a recep tion in Noumea to the new Indonesian Consul (M. Soesetio).

The French have allowed Indonesians to form a per manent settlement in New Caledonia, and the new republic of Indonesia thinks it is of sufficient im [?]ortance to main-

[?]ain a consulate there M. Cournarie’s successor in New Caledonia is [?] Louveau, who was Governor of the French Soudan for five years.