New Caledonia Happy
p. 51 · Read in the full issue
Over 1966 Games
From Fred Dunn in Noumea Considerable satisfaction has been expressed in New Caledonia at the announcement that Noumea will be the site of the next South Pacific Games in 1966.
The only fly in the ointment is that New Caledonia does not have enough money for the project, so France will have to come to the rescue with the greater part of the cost.
Noumea at present has no stadium that could house the Games, but the idea of a municipal stadium has been discussed for some time. The proposed site is a mile or so from the business centre.
It is undrained and is something of a swamp, but the Noumea Munici pality and the Nickel Company have made an agreement under which the Nickel Company will fill and grade the site with scoria from the smelters in exchange for an area to be re claimed from the sea for the smelters.
A project has also been put for ward to build a sea-water Olympic swimming pool near Anse Vata Beach. Negotiations for the site are under way with a local landowner.