Pacific Islanders

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for the Pacific Islanders

Noumea, Oct. 30.

r-FIVE students, from ith Pacific Territories, are jemble in Noumea in No ) undergo a course of in in deep-sea fishing—where r fish, how to catch them, varieties to seek for, how he fish when caught, how ute or market them. iurse of study has been by the Food and Agri- Tganisation of UNO and Pacific Commission; and its an important, positive b application of knowledge iy experts under the direc lie Commission in recent ; begins on November 19 ist three months: e who knows the Islands ; importance of fish food n to native health and onomics; but not many it large and valuable re fish food remain untapped f the Islanders’ lack of anned that this data on iw tabulated and arranged, readout among the South

Pacific Islands through instruction given to successive classes of native students.

The course is under the direction of Mr. Van Pel, the SPC’s fisheries officer.

Cook Islands Students

Mr. Ronald Powell, of Rarotonga, and Mr. loba Marsters, of Palmer ston Island, are to fly to Noumea in October to attend the fisheries course.

On his return, Mr. Powell will assist the CIA as a part-time Fisheries Officer, and loba Marsters will work full-time on fisheries work under Rarotonga’s Agricul tural Department.

N °d’ Un,tet l. States re-elects Eisenhower to Presidency. Eisenhower announces that United States will not allow Russia to intervene with force, as threatened and denounces Russia s brutality in Hungary; but United States now puts great pressure upon Britain and France to withdraw and hand over Egyptian-lsrael-Canal situation to a United Nations "police force" now being hurriedly organised.

Nov. 6—-Britain and France agree to withr W ' m . mediate, y' P rov *ded that UN force of sufficient strength takes over, prevents further hostilities and assists in bringing Canal (now completely blocked by ships sunk for that purpose by Egyptians) back into use.

Nov. 7-9—Tension in world, while terms of Anglo-French withdrawal, UN "police force" and future Canal control, are discussed.

Israel announces she will not withdraw from Sinai sectjon of Egypt, which she has occu pied. United States Navy puts to sea, to avoid risk of atomic attack Large Russian air fleet reported to have flown over Turkey towards Syria.

Nov. 15 —Position to-day is that Britain, France and Israel are standing-to in their positions in Egypt, awaiting arrival of UN "police force", slowly assembling in Italy; Egyptian troops are massing in Central Suez area and threatening Anglo-French; Russia and Red China are reported to be enrolling "voluiv teers" to go to the aid of Egypt; whole non-Communist world is expressing increas ing horror and anger at the brutal "murder" of Hungary by Russia; Russia is sending train-loads of Hungarian "rebels" away, presumably to Siberia; Egypt is belligerently insisting that UN policing shall be limited to Egypt-lsraeli frontier; Britain and France that the UN control they accepted was on the conditions stated on Nov. 6; blocking of Canal and wrecking of Arabian oil installa tions threaten dislocation of world's oil supply organisation.