Consul to N. Caledonia
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Leave for Australian Consul to N. Caledonia
Dr. John Cumpston, Who Has
been Australian Consul in New Caledonia since 1953, leaves Noumea on long leave this month.
He has taken a keen interest in South Pacific affairs and, with his specialised knowledge of Pacific
geography and history, he has been a very useful representative of Aus tralia at the sittings, in Noumea, of the South Pacific Commission.
Before 1953, he was stationed in Chili and in New Zealand.
Many people in New Caledonia hope that he will return there: but it is presumed that he is due for a more important posting in the Aus tralian Consular Service.