ALL QUIET AT NOUMEA
PEOPLE NOW SATISFIED CLIPPER TRAVELLERS' VIEWS The impression that all was now quiet at New Caledonia, following the appointment of a Governor who supported Free France, was brought by passengers who arrived at Auckland by the Honolulu Clipper yesterday. They explained that since they were accommodated on Pan American Airways' pacbt, Southern Seas, and spent only one night at Noumea, they had comparatively little opportunity of studying the situation, but were convinced that the people were satisfied. Passengers reported that the French sloop that had been at Noumea had now left. They, also brought a story suggesting that some of the supporters of the Vichy Government had also left the island. Questioned concerning the future of New Caledonia's substantial nickel trade, passengers contradicted a popular belief that Japan was likely to obtain the bulk of the ore. They said the United States seemed likely to be the major purchaser.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23772, 27 September 1940, Page 6
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