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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1959Vol. XXIX, No. 7

[?]he New Hebrides

p. 143 · Read in the full issue

[?]-or 10 Per Cent .

luring a recent debate on the mmon Market in the New ledonian Assembly Terri iale, Mr. Lenormand, Vice •sident and Deputy, intro '.ed a motion that if Eng d insisted on forcing France d its scheme of establishing ree trade zone which would !lit in Francs losing the efit of the 10 per cent, doms duty of the Common rket, then in recompense Hand should be asked to ndon sovereignty in the New mdes. he motion was passed unan 'usly and it was despatched General de Gaulle. • cannot be imagined that nch residents of the New mdes would be too happy if such move succeeded. The / thing which makes life rable in the New Hebrides he existence of the English the Australian pound.