THE COMMONWEALTH.
•i. ■■ .;',.■•" -■■ ' •" « ' ■ —:'■ ;■'• ''''.'■ :.'.'.,'■. ; NORFOLK ISLAND. : THE JSE-OF. CABLES IN WAR-TIME. '. (By TcleEraph.-Prcss AasocUtion.-pbpjrieht.) ' '■':■;. .'■'■•'■':,';■ ■!.'■;■. Melbourne, August 4. i lilt the Houso of Sopreseatatives, ;MrGroom, ■ Minister for ' External Affairs, in i moving the second, reading of tho Norfolk Island Bill, said; the, islanders were an especially fine and courageous race, and under happier auspices', should give a better account of themselves;:, There was'■ a • Pacific" cable ' station on the island, and for that roason alone it -was desirable, that the territory should be controlled by the 'Commonwealth. A Bill to allow the Commonwealth Government to seize cables and wireless telegraph installations in time of -.war has.,been introduced into'. the . Federal House,
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 578, 5 August 1909, Page 5
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