LOYAL TO FREE FRANCE
NEW CALEDONIAN PEOPLE OVERSEAS CREDITS SHORT Continued loyalty to the cause of Free France among the people of fcew Caledonia was reported yesterday by Mr G. Step, managing-director of L. Sullivan. Limited, of Sydney, when he arrived bv the American Clipper utter a business trip to Noumea. He said that about 98 per cent of the pe°P ie supported Free I'ranee. Shortage of credits overseas was one of the problems facing New Caledonia, Mr. Step added. This was reflected in the shortage of some imported lines, notably clothing. There was not an acute shortage as yet, however, and foodstuffs and other essentials were plentiful.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23850, 28 December 1940, Page 6
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108LOYAL TO FREE FRANCE New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVII, Issue 23850, 28 December 1940, Page 6
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