FANNING ISLAND.
CATHOLIC MISSIONARY'S PURCHASE. f
By Telegraph.—Press ' Association.—
5 Svdnet, December 3. Mr. Milward, representative of the Pacific Cable Board, states that the sale of Fanning Island has no Imperial significance whatever, but simply relates to the sale of the Fanning Island copra estate, which does not mean the sale of the whole island. In point of fact, Mr. Milward points out, the estate absorbs all but about 40 acres of the island. That, of' course, does not affect the question of British control, which remains the same, while the Pacific Cable Board's possession remains equally untouched.' - ;■. .- : - • "■.
"The purchase of the estate by a French Roman Catholic missionary, who ranks second to Bishop Vidal, of Fiji, has not religious significance either," added Mr. Milward, "as it is known that the missionary was only a nominal purchaser for someone else, who already possesses largo tradinginterests in the island."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIV, Issue 13612, 4 December 1907, Page 7
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