THE SOUTH SEA ISLANDS.
SYDNEY, May 29.
During the cruise of H. M.S. Porpoise she discovered that Falcon Island, which disappeared in 1888, has again appeared. The island is described as like a whale's, hack, and shows just above the water. It is considered to be a danger to navigation.
Mr Basil Thompson,^ who carried out his mission of hoisting the flag in Tonga, says that details of the negotiations with the .chiefs are not available imtil they have ibeen considered by the Imperial Government.
The Daily Telegraph states that the Pacific Islands Company have practically completed arrangements for leasing 200,000 acres in the Solomon Islands 7
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Otago Witness, Issue 2413, 7 June 1900, Page 17
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