Two Tahiti Leaders
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Are Visiting Paris
Administrative conditions in French Oceania are more or less subject to the ebb and flow of political conditions in France; and the frequent changes of Gov ernment in Paris are watched with anxiety by both official and com mercial leaders in Tahiti.
As is well known, there is a sharp line of cleavage between the parties in Tahiti which elect representatives to the French Senate and Chamber of Deputies, and to the local bodies in Tahiti.
The Hon. Alfred Poroi, well known public leader in Tahiti and present Major of Papeete, left by TEAL in May, on another visit to Paris, to place before the authorities in Metropolitan France certain aspects of administrative and commercial life in French Oceania. M. Walter Grand, president of the Assemblee Territoriale, already is in Paris.
The French authorities at least will have plenty of information, and maybe will have also the oppor tunity to judge between two dif ferent viewpoints.
If Sister “Taffy” Jones, well-known Territorian has been transferred from Rabaul, New Guinea, to Port Moresby, Papua.
H Mr. M. Alexandre, Comptroller of the Superior Appeal of the Tribunal of French Oceania, until his recent retirement, has been officially appointed Honorary Recorder of the same Tribunal.
T; Miss June Corke, Brisbane, ai Mr. Lindsay Tomkins (Po: Moresby), who were married tl May 26, spent their honeymoon] New Zealand and Fiji. Their futu home is in Moresby.