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BOMBARDMENT OF PAPEETE.
PORTION OF TOWN DESTROYED
ADMIRALTY HAVE SITUATION WELL IN HAND.
[United Press Association.]
■ ■ Wellington, Oct. 5 With respect to the announcement cf the bombardment of Papeete by Gt-r----man cruisers, the Governor has received information that the French tunboat Zelee was sunk<and a considerable portion of the town destroyed by sheU nre. His Excellency also received an assurance from the Admiralty that thtv have the situation well in hand.
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Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13592, 6 October 1914, Page 5
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71BOMBARDMENT OF PAPEETE. Colonist, Volume LVI, Issue 13592, 6 October 1914, Page 5
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