Admiral With A Famous Name
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Admiral Toulouse Lautrec Montfa, new commander of French Naval Forces in xhe Pacific, arrived in Noumea by TAI plane on October 11.
'He was received aboard the sloop Dumont d’Urville, which immedi ately set sail for Saigon, Indo-China.
Here he will represent France at the celebrations of the Ist anni versary of the Sud Viet Nam Re public. Three days of celebrations are planned.
The new constitution of South Viet Nam was proclaimed Oc tober 26 —Noumea’s local paper calls it “Constitution a la Americaine.”
Five countries sent warships to the celebrations, France, England, USA, Philippines and Thailand.
Admiral Toulouse Lautrec Montfa is a great nephew of the celebrated painter Toulouse Lautrec, whose life-story was made into a movie a couple of years ago (Moulin Rouge) . fl Miss Nga Tariau, who has been a Sister at St. Helen’s Hospital, Auck land, NZ, recently married a fellow- Cook Islander living in Auckland, Mr. A. Roberts. They were married by the Rev. R. Chailis, well-known minister of the Islands Congrega tional Church, Auckland, and the ceremony was followed by a wedding breakfast attended by a large gathering of Islanders.