BRITISH POSSESSIONS
PACIFIC ISLANDS NOTICES NAILED TO TREES (Per ProBS Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. The official publication of Great Britain's possession of certain islands in the Phoenix Groups east of the Gilbert, and Ellico Islands, was made during the winter cruise of the warship Deith, which has returned to Auckland after her Islands cruise. The announcement that the islands belonged to Great Britain was made on notice boards nailed to palm trees by the warship's crew.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19135, 2 October 1936, Page 9
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76BRITISH POSSESSIONS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19135, 2 October 1936, Page 9
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