IN EXPLANATION.
REPORTED PURCHASE OF ISLANDS. FANNING AND WASHINGTON. MANAGER OF CABLE BOARD ON THE SUBJECT. Mn Tele»ra.oh.— Pren As«oc!xUon.— Copyrijht. (Received November 17, 10 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. Mr. Milward, manager of the Pacific Gable Board, referring to the cable relorting that a British-Canadian, syndicate had purchased Fanning and Washington Islands, explains that evidently this means that a syndicate has acquired estates co-extensive with tho area of the islands, but that that cannot be the c*se with regard to Fanning Island, wJiere the Pacific Cable Board hae secured a plot for a landing station which is vested in them for fifty years. Such acquisition as reported would not alter the nationality of the islands, and Mr. Millward, therefore fails to see the international significance'of the purchase.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 120, 17 November 1911, Page 7
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127IN EXPLANATION. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 120, 17 November 1911, Page 7
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