NEW HEBRIDES.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 13321, 5 March 1914, Page 3

NEW HEBRIDES.

(Press Assn.—By Telegraph— Copyright.) .' LONDON, March 4. In the House of Commons Mr Ban-. loch-Cooke asked Sir Edward Grey if he would inquire whether Australia would accept the responsibility for the administration of the New Hebrides. - Sir Edward Grey said it was impossible to make the suggestion without asking whether they would themselves undertake the purchase and exchange of the territory. )'.'■■ (London Times and Sydney Sun Services) (Received March 5, 9.30 a.m.) . LONDON, March 4. Mr Ackland, Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, informed Mr Joynsonbicks that pourparlers had been opened with France towards a conference to discuss details regarding the New Hebrides. SYDNEY, March 5. ■•' Representations have been *made to Mr Massey (Premier of New Zealand) b»y the Presbyterian Missions Board of Ana-, tralia, asking the Dominion to use its.* influence m supporting the protest, to 7 Mr Harcourt regarding the New Hebrides. / Referring to the cabled suggestion that Australia should acquire thfe French rights m New Hebrides hy purchase, Mr Glynn said the Commonwealth was prepared to meet any opportunity of settling the question on lines honorable to the two nations concerned, whether it involved pecuniary or other methods of adjustment.