“Etonnant!"

“More than five million Australian dollars (477 million New Hebrides francs) in three years . . . Australian aid to the New Hebrides in the coming period will amount to that rather astonishing figure,” says the French/ Bi si ama Vila fortnightly, Nabanga, in a May commentary.

Reporting a visit to the condominium by a team from the Australian Development Assistance Bureau (ADAB) in April, the commentary noted that Australia was not putting forward ready-made programmes, but was “con tenting itself with financing programmes that are pre sented to it”.