PACIFIC ISLANDS.
CONTINUATION OF THE CONVICT EVIL. 11T TELEaairu—rRESS ASSOCIATION—COrYIUGHT. Berlin, January 31. The Imporial party in the Reichstag is requesting tho Government to modify tho penal code, in' order-to firovido for transportation to the German colonies in the Pacific of longsentenced criminals who are physically and mentally adapted for romoyal. TO DEVELOP SOLOMON ISLANDS. | .Sydney, February 1. The Solomon Islands Development Company, with a capital of £100,000; is being formed by tho shipping firm -of Messrs. Burns, Thilp and Co. Large tracts of land have been secured for plantations. The Solomon Islands, south-east of tho Bismarck Archipelago and north-west of. tho New Hebrides, are divided between Germany and Britain'. Germany. has the largo islands, Bougainville, Choiseul, Isabel, and their denendencies in the north. Britain vhas the southern portion, consisting of Yella-Lavella, New Georgia, Russell, Guadalcanal San Chrietoval, and Rennell. . •
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 111, 3 February 1908, Page 7
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140PACIFIC ISLANDS. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 111, 3 February 1908, Page 7
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