New Islands
A RACE FOR POSSESSIONS BATTLESHIP CONTESTANTS RIO DE JANEIRO, .lune 15. '.rhe British cruiser Georgetown and a Brazilian warship arc steaming to day for two dots of hind in the iniddh of the South Atlantic to lay claim to the hitherto unobserved islands, report cd on Saturday by the master of the British steamship Lelands in lattitude 27.20 west, longitude .50 north. The French may also be interested for the sake of their air mail route to Brazil
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 141, 17 June 1931, Page 7
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80New Islands Wanganui Chronicle, Volume 74, Issue 141, 17 June 1931, Page 7
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