PACIFIC CABLE ROUTE.
: T; . ALIENS- AND TERRITORIAL RIGHTS. (bx telegraph—press ASSOCIATION—ConsIQHT.) ' (Reo. August 12, 11.20 p.m.) ■ . ; London, August 12. In response to a request by Mr. Deakin, and for the protection of the Pacific cable route, a King's. regulation has been issued prohibiting aliens from holding lands .on Washington and Fanning Islands, without the consent of the High Commissioner of the Pacific; but' the regulation is without prejudice to. existing, ownership or treaty rights. : '11 . ■ Fanning Island was : sold last year, but it was slated that the'transaction was purely commercial, and had no- political signicance.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 275, 13 August 1908, Page 7
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95PACIFIC CABLE ROUTE. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 275, 13 August 1908, Page 7
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