AUSTRALIANS IN PACIFIC.
MORE ISLANDS OCCUPIED.
NO RESISTANCE OFFERED.
Sydney, January 18.
Further particulars regarding the capture of Bougainville, the largest of the Solomons, formerly owned by German} - , show that it was carried out without fighting by troops from Rabaul. Herr Dollinger, the chief German official, hearing of the fall of Rabaul, disarmed the native police. On November 19 the Admiralty Group was also occupied.
The postal authorities notify that wireless communication has been established with Nauru.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15821, 19 January 1915, Page 7
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77AUSTRALIANS IN PACIFIC. New Zealand Herald, Volume LII, Issue 15821, 19 January 1915, Page 7
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