SALE OF FANNING ISLAND.
NO IMPERIAL OR RELIGIOUS SIGNIFICANCE. (Press Assn.— By Telegraph.-— Copyright) (Received December 3, 9.25 a-.m.) SYDNEY, December 3. Mr ■Milward,, representative, of the Pacific Cable Board,/ states that the sale of Fanning island lias no Imperial significance whatever. It simply relates to the sale of Fanning! Island copra estate, whjLchi does not mean the whole island. The fact that the estate absorbs all 'but about 40 acres of the island does not affect the question of British, control, . which remains the sanie,> : and the Pacific Cable Board's possession is "untouched. .The purchase of, the estate by a French Catholic missionary, who n Tanks second to Bishop Vidsl, of Fiji, has^iio religious significance either, as it ' is known the missionary iwas only 'the nominal pur. chaser for someone else, av]io already possesses large trading interests m the island. ; -.; ? - : . :■;■;.;. ■ ■". ■'■ ■ ' ■ '■■ : ,
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11141, 3 December 1907, Page 5
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141SALE OF FANNING ISLAND. Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11141, 3 December 1907, Page 5
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