Pouvanaa a Oopa

[?]r. Oceania Re-Elects Pouvanaa a Oopa

HEN the National Assembly of France went to a general election, last month, the •esentatives of the French ritories in the South Pacific had >e re-elected. be retiring Deputy for French ania, Mr. Pouvanaa a Oopa, ig h t re-election, and was ilenged for the seat by a well wn resident of Papeete, Mr. y Bambridge. There was one ;r candidate, Mr. Walter Grand, 'apeete. ae election campaign was short, very lively. The retiring Deputy regarded as definitely Leftist, reas Mr. Bambridge spoke for Centre of Rightist elements, forthright attack upon well-

m people and institutions in ralia and New Zealand uding the Pacific Islands thly) was broadcast in the ing of January 19, when Dr. sson made a speech in support retiring Deputy Pouvaana a i and Renublican Councillor n-Jerusalemy. (PIM heard of speech, but has had no ation of the terms of it, or such an attack was launched, ch politics are beyond normal rstanding, anyway). ie French Oceania vote was i on January 29, and resulted: anaa a Oopa 11,624 r Bambridge 7,708 er Grand 745

Honolulu report on South Pacific a PP? are d in January PIM (p. 137), was in error. Captain F. I. L. Barnes, now conducting Les Tropiques Hotel in Papeete and xormeriy of Sydney, is believed to be in charge of the Company’s interests at that end of the air-route, not in Sydney, as stated.

t Dr. F. Hawking, of the Medical Research Council in England, visited Fiji in January to observe the in vestigations into filariasis and the control of mosquitoes responsible for the transmission of this disease, which have been conducted by the Medical Department staff during the past 11 years.

[?]uty Pouvanaa a Oopa, re-elected to repre frebch Oceania in the National Assembly [?]nce.