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Role in IGY
A party from the French sloon Dumont d’Urville was landed on Clipperton Island on August 23 to prepare for an International Geophysical Year group, which will arrive later. perrnanenHy or tahabited S X c s Taylor, extinguished Australian
airman, used the lagoon as a staging point.
Lieut d’AngleJean Chatillon, who formerly commanded the French patrol ship Lotus is to remain on Chpperton as Resident Com missioner. t A New Zealand company has made an oiler to the New Cale donian Government for 15 wrecks on the New Caledonian reefs. A representative of the company re cently returned to New Zealand after studying the wrecks. The New Caledonian administration has asked anybody with claims to the wrecks to present their claims.