New Hebrides Settlement Plan
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Tahiti is “seriously studying” a project to settle Tahiti’s surplus population in the New Hebrides.
r'E Governor of Tahiti, Governor Sicaud, said that the project will be thoroughly examined in Tahiti and the New Hebrides. A French Government official has been sent to the New Hebrides to ascertain what land is available and what it suitability is.
The official will also decide what
help the administration would have to give to the proposed new settlers.
Governor Sicaud added that he had been in contact with the French High Commissioner, Mr. Pechoux, on the subject. (Mr. Pechoux recently made a long tour of the southern islands of the New Hebrides in a French naval vessel).