A FRENCH ANNEXATION.
NATIVE POMP .CEREMONY i lIItI/' \R !>
[By Electric Telegraph—Copyright] [United Press Association.] (Received 9.30 a.m.) Sydney, July 16.
The steamer Kulambangra brings details of the annexation of Wallis Islind by France. It was previously a French protectorate. When the Kersaint man-of-war, 'arrived on Tune 9th, the chiefs turned out to participate in the ceremony. The nafciva militia paraded, and after a very effective march past by the latter, the chiefs formally handed over control to France. A salute of twenty-one guns was fired. It is
a ted that a native parliament was
looted
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 61, 17 July 1913, Page 5
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96A FRENCH ANNEXATION. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 61, 17 July 1913, Page 5
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