PANNING ISLAND. THE REPUTED SALE. NO SIGNIFICANCE.
BRITISH CONTROL REMAINS THE SAME. By Teleirrsph.—Press Association.— Cupyrlfflii. (Received December 3, 9.25 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Mr. Milward, representative of tho Pacific Cable Board, states that the salo of Fanning Island has no Imperial significance whatever. It simp'y relates to the sale of the Fanning Island copra estate, ,vhich docs not mean tho whole island. The fact that the estate absorbs all but about forty acres of the island does not affect tho question. British control remains tho same, and the Pacific Cable Board's possession is untouched. The purchase of the estate by a French Catholic missionary, who ranks j second to Bishop Vidal, of Fiji, has, says Mr. Milward, no religious significance cither, as it is known that the missionary was only the nominal purchaser for some one else who already possesses large trading interest in the island.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 134, 3 December 1907, Page 5
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147PANNING ISLAND. THE REPUTED SALE. NO SIGNIFICANCE. Evening Post, Volume LXXIV, Issue 134, 3 December 1907, Page 5
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