Sydney Photographer
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Impressed
By New Caledonia
From Our Own Correspondent NEW Caledonia’s cat 11 e and pastures have impressed Mr.
Norman Hertford, a well-known Sydney photographer, but he, like many others, shakes his head over the island’s dependence on imports of tinned (or powdered) milk and butter.
Aided by everybody from the Governor down, Mr. Hertford secured a comprehensive pictorial coverage of New Caledonia for a Sydney journal.
Having been subjected to sugar coated treatment by people who produce South Sea claptrap for Australians, the Colony is hoping for something more accurate this time.
Mr. Hertford, like other people who have seen New Caledonia’s sparkling rivers, was surprised that no fish-stocking has been done. In many ways the rivers resemble New Zealand’s world-f a m o u s trout streams.
One of the visitor’s most unusual shots was secured at a girls’ school, where, during a cookery lesson, he found girls preparing snails for the oven.