S. Pacific Commission's
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October Session
THE October Session of the South Pacific Commission, which be gan in Noumea in mid-October. ! n or der that some of the high official personages connected therewith could attend T? e j bllee Cel ebrations in the New Hebrides, was proceeding at the end of October.
Strong efforts were made behind the scenes, in some of the Member countries, prior to October, to ensure that the Commission would make a far-reaching revision of its objectives, activities and organisathe experiences of uhe last 4 or 5 years; but there had been no indication, up to the end of October, that any important reformatory move was under way.
A visitor to Noumea at the end of October reported: “This Session of the Commission is proceeding smoothly and rather better than usual.
“Dr. Bedell (the Secretary- General) seems to have brought a new' sense of unity to the Com mission by giving greater respon sibility to the three executive officers in charge of the work programme, and by dividing up the functions of the Deputy Secretary-General among several officers.
“The delegations seem to have been w r ell chosen and the contri butions are effective.” t Mi*. S. R. Warm an, London, man ager of Morris Hedstrom Ltd., arrived in Sydney by PAA from Fiji on November 2. He left next day for New Guinea, where he expected to stay for about three weeks, before setting out on his return to London, via Singapore.