Strange Vote In

Tahiti

moderates Regain Control

R Tahiti correspondent reports some further lively political ievelopments in French Oceania, i October 17, following an ex rdinary session of the Terri -1 Assembly to elect a Councillor represent French Oceania in s, it was announced that Mr. ,n-Jerusalemy, President of the mbly, had won the vote, 15 }. zzled, the Poroi supporters, fol ig a meeting, declared that ;thing was amiss, le Chief of Police thereupon acted an investigation, and took n statements from the Poroi orters as to their vote, was then announced that the i representative, Mr. Anthelme lard, had won the vote, 13 2. the same session, a vote was n in the Assembly on the er of French Oceania becoming epartment of France, a move h Mr. Ceran-Jerusalemy had igly advocated in his recent to France. le Assembly rejected the pro 1, 15 to 10, whereupon Mr. n-Jerusalemy resigned. Hi s 5 as President was taken by Poroi party member, M. Ilari, M. Poroi as Vice-President, e Assembly, though headed now ;he Moderates (of which Mr. i, Mayor of Papeete, is head) has a majority of members of les and groups which were i in the elections earlier this with Mr. Pouvanaa a Oopa’s ocratic Assembly Party, of which Ceran-Jerusalemy is second-in nand.

Ceran-Jerusalemy, protesting ist the recount of votes in the -mentioned issue, left for ice on October 30 to report the ; to the Assembly in Paris when eets on December 10.

Governor Petitbon

Returns

PULAR Governor Petitbon will •eturn to Papeete in November, [t had earlier been predicted after furlough in France, he d go elsewhere. Mr. Poroi, or of Papeete, when in Paris itly, is understood to have ?d a special plea that Mr. ;bon be reappointed, and this is now to have taken effect. . Michel Petit, with Madame ; and son Didier, left Tahiti per L for France on leave early her. They expect to be absent i Papeete for 8 months.