STARS AND STRIPES IN THE PACIFIC.
AMERICA CLAIMS A BRITISH ISLAND. New York, Feb. 2». The cruiser West Virginia, acting under orders from the Navy Department, hoisted the Stars and Stripes on Palmyra Island, which Great Britain claims. [Palmyra 1.-land lies about 1250 miles south of Honolulu and 200 miles to the north west of Fanning Island. It is marked on the maps as a British possession. It is in the direct track of the Auckland-San Francisco steamers.] *
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Hawke's Bay Tribune, Volume II, Issue 64, 29 February 1912, Page 5
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