NORFOLK ISLAND.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 153, 2 July 1914, Page 5

NORFOLK ISLAND.

TRANSFEREE® TO THE

COMMONWEALTH.

[Press Association.] (Received July % 1 a.m.) SYDNEY, July 1. Norfolk Island was en fete to-day in connection with the ceremony of transferring the administration from New South Wales to the (Commonwealth Government.

The Aqting-Adminisbrator a-ieceived proclamation vesting control in the Governor-General instead of in the Governor of New South Wales..

'The Administrator at night entertained the whole of the iivhabitaaxbs at ia ball in honor of the -occasion..