FANNING ISLAND SALE.
Press Association—Copyright. " Sydney, December 8. Mr Milward, representative of the Pacific Cable Board, states that the sale of Fanning Island has no imperial significance whatever. It simply relates to the sale of Fanning Island Copra Estate, which does not mean the whole Island. The fact that the estate absoibs all but about 40 acres of the Island does not affect the question of British control, which remains the same and the Pacific Cable Board's possession is untouched. The purchase of the estate by a French Roman Catholio Missionary, who ranks second to Bishop Vidal of Fiji, has no religious significance either, as it is known that the missionary was only the nominal purchaser for someone else who already possesses large trading interests in the Island.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 280, 4 December 1907, Page 7
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128FANNING ISLAND SALE. Manawatu Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 280, 4 December 1907, Page 7
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