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NEW ISLANDS SEEN.

SOUTH ATLANTIC OCEAN. CLAIM BY TWO COUNTRIES. RIO DK JANEIRO. Juno 15. Tho British cruiser Georgetown and a Brazilian warship left to-day for two dots of land in the middle of tho South Atlantic, to lay claim to hitherto unobserved islands which were reported on Saturday by the master of the British steamship Lelando, in longitude 27deg. 20 minutes west, and latitude Odeg. 50 minutes north. Tho French may also bo interested for the sake of their a : r mail routo to Brazil.

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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20901, 17 June 1931, Page 9

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NEW ISLANDS SEEN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20901, 17 June 1931, Page 9

NEW ISLANDS SEEN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20901, 17 June 1931, Page 9