New Caledonia Needs
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More Police
AS in Australia and New Zealand, the New Caledonia police department is having trouble in keeping up its establish ments to full strength.
Our correspondent reports that the normal strength has in the past been about 70 men, but that this is now quite inadequate. The hydro-electric centre of Yate, where a big dam project is under way, will soon have a population of 600 to 800 persons, and various nickel mining centres of population are also increasing rapidly.
There is also an urgent need for a mobile police establishment to control road traffic.
The problem is at present receiving the attention of the Metropolitan government in Paris.