NEW HEBRIDES.
SALE OF FRENCH INTERESTS.
OFFER TO BE MADE TO
AUSTRALIA.
fcfITSP MUM ASSOCIATION—BY ELECTRIC TELSGBATH—COPYRIGHT.)
(Beceircd February 12th, 7.45 p.m.) LONDQN, February 11. Jt is understood that a negotiator is sow is London for the purpose of offering to the Commonwealth of Australia a majority holding in the French iatawta in New Hebridean properties. Bealuing the importance of this holding to Australian interests, the negotiator h&s obtained an extension of the gotten of sale to February 20th. He isjltiat Japanese authorities in Paris nofflfetttd the keenest interest, makBj enticing overtures, but he decided toilbrd the Commonwealth the first ttfall. He claims that the offer vircarries proprietorial rights in ttajfe* Hebrides.
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Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19852, 13 February 1930, Page 11
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112NEW HEBRIDES. Press, Volume LXVI, Issue 19852, 13 February 1930, Page 11
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