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Elie Solier
Elie Emile William Auguste Solier (17 May 1914 – 2 July 1984) was a New Caledonian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the General Council from 1953 to 1957. Biography Solier was born in Nouméa in 1914 to Emile Marius Basile Solier and Claire Hilda Hodgson. He attended university in France, where he studied law. Returning to New Caledonia, he became one of the leading lawyers in the territory,Elie Solier ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', September 1984, p73 and began serving as a magistrate. He married Winnifred Violetta Nicholls in 1937, with whom he had three children. During World War II he helped oust the pro-Vichy administration in 1940. In May 1942 he and several other key figures fell out with Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu, a visiting representative of Charles de Gaulle, resulti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nouméa
Nouméa () is the capital and largest city of the French Sui generis collectivity, special collectivity of New Caledonia and is also the largest Francophone city in Oceania. It is situated on a peninsula in the south of New Caledonia's main island, Grande Terre (New Caledonia), Grande Terre, and is home to the majority of the island's European, Polynesian (Wallis and Futuna, Wallisians, Wallis and Futuna, Futunians, Tahitians), Indonesian, and Vietnamese people, Vietnamese populations, as well as many Melanesians, Ni-Vanuatu and Kanak people, Kanaks who work in one of the Oceania, South Pacific's most industrialised cities. The city lies on a protected deepwater harbour that serves as the chief port for New Caledonia. At the September 2019 census, there were 182,341 inhabitants in the metropolitan area of Greater Nouméa (), 94,285 of whom lived in the city (Communes of France, commune) of Nouméa proper. 67.2% of the population of New Caledonia lives in Greater Nouméa, which ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Caledonia
New Caledonia ( ; ) is a group of islands in the southwest Pacific Ocean, southwest of Vanuatu and east of Australia. Located from Metropolitan France, it forms a Overseas France#Sui generis collectivity, ''sui generis'' collectivity of the French Republic, a legal status unique in overseas France, and is enshrined in a dedicated chapter of the French Constitution. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre (New Caledonia), Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Chesterfield Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of Pines (New Caledonia), Isle of Pines, and a few remote islets. The Chesterfield Islands are in the Coral Sea. French people, especially locals, call Grande Terre , a nickname also used more generally for the entire New Caledonia. Kanak people#Agitation for independence, Pro-independence Kanak parties use the name (''pron.'' ) to refer to New Caledonia, a term coined in the 1980s from the ethnic name of the indi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Thierry D'Argenlieu
Georges Thierry d'Argenlieu (), in religion Father Louis of the Trinity, OCD (7 August 1889 – 7 September 1964), was a Discalced Carmelite friar and priest, who was also a diplomat and French Navy officer and admiral; he became a major personality of the '' Forces navales françaises libres''. He was the chancellor of the ''Ordre de la Libération''. Early career He was born in Brest on 7 August 1889, in a family of Navy officers. He joined the ''École navale'' (Naval Academy) at 17. D'Argenlieu served on the ''Du Chayla'' as a midshipman, taking part in the campaign in Morocco, which led to the Treaty of Fez, in 1912. During the campaign, he was awarded the Legion of Honour, and befriended Hubert Lyautey, something that d'Argenlieu later recalled as one of the happy memories in his life. First World War During the First World War, d'Argenlieu served in the Mediterranean; in 1915, while on leave in Malta, he became a member of the Secular Order of Discalced Carmelite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles De Gaulle
Charles André Joseph Marie de Gaulle (22 November 18909 November 1970) was a French general and statesman who led the Free France, Free French Forces against Nazi Germany in World War II and chaired the Provisional Government of the French Republic from 1944 to 1946 to restore democracy in France. In 1958, amid the May 1958 crisis in France, Algiers putsch, he came out of retirement when appointed Prime Minister of France, Prime Minister by President René Coty. He rewrote the Constitution of France and founded the French Fifth Republic, Fifth Republic after approval by 1958 French constitutional referendum, referendum. He was elected President of France later that year, a position he held until his resignation in 1969. Born in Lille, he was a decorated officer of World War I, wounded several times and taken prisoner of war (POW) by the Germans. During the interwar period, he advocated mobile armoured divisions. During the German invasion of May 1940, he led an armoured divisi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walpole Island (New Caledonia)
Walpole Island () is a small and uninhabited French island, east of New Caledonia in the South Pacific. Although it is geographically part of the Loyalty Islands, administratively it doesn't belong to any province or commune. History There is evidence that the island had prehistoric inhabitants. Graves, shell and bone tools, as well as stone markers indicate the presence of a permanent population at some point. The island is the topic of several oral traditions from Maré and the Île des Pines, the two closest inhabited islands. Speculation amongst the overseers of the Guano mining operation suggested that shipwreck or other castaways had also occupied the island. British captain Thomas Butler is credited for discovery of the island in 1794, which he named after his ship . From 1910 through 1936 guano was mined on the island. About 150,000 tonnes were exported to New Zealand. The island is only visited by scientific naturalist research missions. Geography As the eas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Sautot
Henri Camille Sautot (5 May 1885 – 23 March 1963) was a French colonial governor. Biography Sautot was born in Bourbonne-les-Bains and attended school in Nancy.Former Governor Of New Caledonia Dies In Noumea '' Pacific Islands Monthly'', April 1963, p141 He studied at the Nancy-Université before carrying out national service.Henri Sautot Order of Liberation Sautot became an Indigenous Affairs clerk in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1953 New Caledonian Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 8 February 1953.New Caledonia Election ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', February 1953, p16 Background The elections were originally scheduled for March 1952.Native Members for Caledonian Council: Elections in March''Pacific Islands Monthly'', February 1952, p33 Following amendments to the territory's electoral law approved in the first reading by the in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henri Bonneaud
Henri Bonneaud (1907 – 2 March 1957) was a New Caledonian businessman and politician. Biography An established businessman, Bonneaud served as director of Établissements Ballande, and was vice-president of the Nouméa Chamber of Commerce. After World War II Bonneaud entered politics. He was elected to the General Council for the Union Party (also known as the Ballande Party) in the 1945 elections. He soon became leader of the party, and on 15 November 1947 he became President of the General Council In France, the President of the Departmental Council (French language, French: ''Président du Conseil départemental'') is the locally elected head of the Departmental councils (France), departmental council, the assembly governing a Departments ..., a role he held until 1952. Congress of New Caledonia [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1957 New Caledonian Legislative Election
Legislative elections were held in New Caledonia on 6 October 1957.New Caledonia Polls: The Most Important Election Ever ''Pacific Islands Monthly'', October 1957, p15 The result was a victory for the Caledonian Union, which won 18 of the 30 seats. Electoral system Prior to the elections the 25-seat General Council was replaced by a 30-seat Territorial Assembly. The new body was elected by open list |
1914 Births
This year saw the beginning of what became known as the First World War, after Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria, heir to the Austrian throne was Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, assassinated by Serbian nationalist Gavrilo Princip. It also saw the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with the St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line. Events January * January 1 – The St. Petersburg–Tampa Airboat Line in the United States starts services between St. Petersburg, Florida, St. Petersburg and Tampa, Florida, becoming the first airline to provide scheduled regular commercial passenger services with heavier-than-air aircraft, with Tony Jannus (the first federally-licensed pilot) conveying passengers in a Benoist XIV flying boat. Abram C. Pheil, mayor of St. Petersburg, is the first airline passenger, and over 3,000 people witness the first departure. * January 11 **The Sakurajima volcano in Japan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Caledonian Lawyers
New or NEW may refer to: Music * New, singer of K-pop group The Boyz * ''New'' (album), by Paul McCartney, 2013 ** "New" (Paul McCartney song), 2013 * ''New'' (EP), by Regurgitator, 1995 * "New" (Daya song), 2017 * "New" (No Doubt song), 1999 * "new", a song by Loona from the 2017 single album '' Yves'' * "The New", a song by Interpol from the 2002 album ''Turn On the Bright Lights'' Transportation * Lakefront Airport, New Orleans, U.S., IATA airport code NEW * Newcraighall railway station, Scotland, station code NEW Other uses * ''New'' (film), a 2004 Tamil movie * New (surname), an English family name * NEW (TV station), in Australia * new and delete (C++), in the computer programming language * Net economic welfare, a proposed macroeconomic indicator * Net explosive weight, also known as net explosive quantity * Network of enlightened Women, an American organization * Newar language, ISO 639-2/3 language code new * Next Entertainment World, a South Korean media company ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
