Pacific Conference Considering
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Problems of Native Living Standards
By A Special C Orrespondent
NOUMEA, April 4. ’EJECTS listed for discussion at the Second South Pacific Conference, to be held at South ific Commission headquarters, mea, from Wednesday, April 15, Monday, April 27, cover the Is of economic and social de pment, and health, thus: Economic: roblems of conserving the re ■ces of the land and water —soil, sts, land tenure, crops, stock, fiation of population to re ces. arketing problems.
Social: fie of women’s organisations in community. hat should a child have been ht by the time it leaves ol?
Health: lucation of the peoples, et and its improvement. istralia will lead the discussion an introductory paper on the of women’s organisations in community; France, marketing lems; Netherlands, health ation; New Zealand, child ation; United Kingdom, pro ls of conserving and improving irces; Kingdom of Tonga, re n of population to resources, le Conference will review re > on the action taken on resolu -3 of the First South Pacific ’erence held at Suva three s ago. atements will be presented by Secretary-General of the Corn ion (Sir Brian Freeston), by Deputy Chairman of the Re ;h Council (Dr. Ojala) and by Commission’s executive officers health, economic development social development.
LEGATES to the Conference, vho are coming from eighteen South Pacific territories, and Tonga, will be flown to nea in a DC6 airliner from two nbly points—Sydney and Nadi e Sydney group, comprising ;ates from Papua and New ea, the Solomons, and Guam, reach Noumea on April 13. e Fiji group will arrive the ving day. It will comprise ates from the Trust Territory Micronesia, French Oceania, Dook Islands, American Samoa, ern Samoa, Niue, Tonga, Fiji, the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, long the delegates are many prominent in their own terri 5, as follows: nga —Prince Fatafehi Tu’ipele (younger son of Queen Salote
Tupou), who is Governor of the central group of islands in the king dom, and Hon. Havae Tu’iha’ateiho, Acting Premier of Tonga.
Netherlands New Guinea Dr.
J. V. de Bruyn (Assistant Resident, Bureau for Native Affairs, Hol landia), Izaak Samuel Kijne (field director of New Guinea Missions of the Dutch Reformed Church), and Markus Kaisiepo (an official of the Hollandia Information and Broad casting Service).
Trust Territory of Micronesia— Roman Tmetuchl (an adminis trative assistant), Ignacio Villa gomez Benevente (an associate judge of the Saipan Court), and Amata Kabua (a teacher).
Fiji —Ratu George Cokanauto Tmsawau, QBE (Senior Fijian Member of the Legislative Council and member of the Executive Council), Joeli Kete Ravai, QBE (a member of the Legislative Council), and Tuisi Ram Sharma (Indian member of the Legislative Council, and President of the Labour Union).
Western Samoa— Hon. Gatoloai Peseta Sio (Chairman of the Fono of Faipule), and Hon. Tualaulelei (member of the Legislative As sembly) .
American Samoa— Mariota *\ Tuiasosopo (President of the Senate and Aumoeualogo (Speaker of th House of Representatives).
British Solomons —Sergeant Simo Siapu (Solomon Islands Police) an Gideon Zoloveke (Assistant Medics Practitioner).
There will be two women delt gates, Miss Tani Sisa, of Papua,! teacher who is doing rehabilitatio work at Saiho, near Mount Lan: ington; and Tapaeru Terito Tail Ariki, of Rarotonga, Ariki of th Tahitumu district and member 1 the Island Council.
The Conference sessions will t presided over by M. Lassalle-Seii Senior Commissioner for France! the Commission.