The Trimmings
p. 13 · Read in the full issue
Noumea Has A Workers'
Strike—With Ail
Workmen in Noumea held a three day strike in May in protest against what amounted to their failure to get higher wages to meet the ever rising cost of living. They went back on May 15 when negotiations were resumed to find a solution to their grievance.
During the strike, police used tear gas—for the first time in New Cale donia's history—to break up a dis turbance, although most Noumea people who saw the incident thought that a few strong shoul ders would have been sufficient.
Also much in evidence during the strike were French metropoli tan gendarmes armed with rifles, native gendarme auxiliaries, a Black Maria and a number of radio equipped trucks, some of which also had public address equipment.