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New Caledonia

1 result of New Caledonia’s m on April 15 was the-mixture ore, only more so.

Maurice Lenormand’S

party, Union Caledonienne, with an increase of two It now has 18 seats out of the the Assemblee Territoriale, in g six of the 10 seats in the ea area which have hitherto the preserve of more conserva arties. other parties contested the elec -15 per cent, of the votes went : Union Caledonienne; 25 per to the UNR (the New Cale i offshoot of the de Gaullists tropolitan France); and 20 per to Senator Lafleur’s party, managed to retain only two The other 10 per cent, was •etween the other four parties, natives again showed that they lieir civic duties more seriously the Europeans. In Noumea, the greater part of the Euro >opulation lives, 45 per cent, of who were registered as voters to vote; in the country districts 15 per cent, failed to vote, ther reason why so many did not vote was the govern decision to disallow absentee In the case of some people Loyalty Islanders working in “a —it was impossible to return to vote. result is regarded locally as y defeat for business (meaning Co.) interests and for the i administration. The last As e was dissolved because the lor and M. Lenormand’s party not agree on assistance to the Co. by way of an exemption lort duty. The Governor con -1 the Nickel Co.’s request able; M. Lenormand did not.