NEW HEBRIDES.
■AUSTRALIA AiND NEW ZBALAiND
WORKING TOGETHER,
Waited Piress Association.— By ! Eleotrio Telefetnapla.— Copyright. 'Melbourne, May 25.
■Mr Seddtan told an interviewer prior to his departure for Adelaide that he and Mr Deakin (Federal Premier) were (working on parallel lines ' "wi£h regard to the New H'ebridesv He said : 'AWe iriust try to •get the islanlds entirely' irito British hands." Asked 'how would he get rid 'of the French, he replied; '"By giving them concessions . elsewhere. I think v twe can find them concessions in the Pacific." 'He mentioned he 'bald 'ascertained frolra the Frencih Conatil while in Sidney that the 'French Government had no intention of establishing a penal settlement at Tahiti or elsewhere in the Pacific.
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Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13174, 26 May 1906, Page 5
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118NEW HEBRIDES. Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13174, 26 May 1906, Page 5
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