Noumea's Population
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MEA now has a population 22,238, according to official ures, just released. In six the section of the population ed as European or European t has increased by 31 per ?here are 503 “foreigners” in ction, of which two-fifths are i and Australian nationals, imber of “foreigners” has in l by 50 per cent, since 1951. , or descendants 15,043 2,594 379 ridians and Wallisians . . 626 ™s 1,340 sse 2,256
IT Mr, R. West, accompanied by his wife and one child, has arrived in the New Hebrides to take up the post of Controller of Stores with the Condominium Government. Mr.
West, is on secondment from the Australian Government. He was previously with the Department of Works, Darwin. tl Mr. E. C. Woodward has retired from the post of Senior Assistant Registrar-General in Fiji. He went to Fiji in 1928 from New Zealand to an appointment with the Registrar- General’s Department. With Mrs.
Woodward and his son and daughter, he has gone to England.
t Two trainees from Tonga will start nursing at the Launceston General Hospital, Tasmania, next month—sisters, Elizabeth (22) and Ana (20) Helu, who have trained for two years at the Viaola Hos pital, Tonga. The girls will do a complete course in Launceston. t New Caledonia imported 18,000 tons of cement worth 37,000,000 francs (£259,000) during 1956. Most of it was for the £10,000,000 Yate dam. About 9,000 tons came from each of Japan and France, 61 tons from Australia, and 7 tons from Germany. The previous year’s im ports totalled about 9,000 tons.