CHRISTMAS ISLAND
OWNERSHIP QUESTION. [RY CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] (Recd. March 16, 2.15 p.m.) LONDON, March 15. The Australian Associated Press is informed that Britain has neither received from, nor made, to the United States, representations in connection ■with Christina? Island. . American reports say'.that British moves to perfect her sovereignty have aroused speculation as to whether they are in connection with the trans-Paci-fic air service. The United States might dispute ownership. Following the British sloop Leith recently leaving Fiji with equipment for the erection of a wireless station on Christmas Island, it is understood that Britain regards the island as hers, based on Captain Cook’s discovery, on Christmas Eve, 1777. British corporation employees, exporting copra, are the present occupants, under an 87 years’ lease from 1914, which Britain has no present intention of disturbing.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 16 March 1937, Page 7
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