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i’rom Our Noumea Correspondent

Noumea, Mar. 29.

EGOTIATIONS between the New Caledonia Nickel Co. and Falconbridge Co. of Canada have cen down, reported a Senator to French Parliament after an in lation mission to NC. he object of the negotiations the exploitation of the NC lit deposits. he Canadian company has now led to the Lafleur group (chrome es) in NC. is reported unofficially at mea that a company has been led, with Senator H. Lafleur ' as president, linked with the eur group, Falconbridge and dated Canadian companies, h giants as Creusot, Schneider its European bank, Credit tmais, and the Bank of Paris, said to be interested. mator Lafleur’s eight-year term end soon, and it is thought in mea that a hard fight may be id of him if he seeks re-election.

If Mrs. Mary Houng Lee, Fiji’s oldest Chinese resident, celebrated her 99th birthday on April 2. Three sons and a daughter live in Fiji.