FRANCE AND THE NEW HEBRIDES.
REPORTED CESSION BY BRITAIN. . Bt Tel?irrttDl»— Vmn Aesoo-laHon -UtaarbtbX : , . Melbourne, February 21. The Rev. Mr. Paten, foreign mission seerotary of tlie Pr-osbykriau Chvircli, has reroired the foUnHring caUo message from Loiidoh-— • " sourec-s indicate tho possibility of tlso Condoininiuni being c-is«led by the cession of the Now Hebrides to JVaiite as a tiart of a 3aK-ger sottlofflcsnt with that country. Atistralian action .is imperative. , -' Mi 1 . Piitou, in a. swbseqwont interri-cw, said, that tl.ip cablegram came from an miiiilppaclwblfi source, and iv»s : the call for. a fresh effort. "We- are taking ■every step poSs-fblos" lie arMcd, "to place- tho gravity of the position before the autliG-rities," (Rec. f-cfe-itary -32, S.i> p.ra.) Ldndori, Fcbru-arj- 21. The "Daily Mail" denies the* report tlwt r.reat Britain is coding tho New Haiii'Mn-s to France. "CimTAij* "information." (Rit. FcGrnnry 28, 0,10 a.m.) Melbcmme., February 22, Thin Minister of External Affairs (Mr. Gl.Vim) bas |eclmed to make any statoflieut regarding tire niniour-esl cession of tlio New Hebrides to Frnnee.. Bfr lias 'rece-iveil t-ertaiit iuCormatmn from tho Imperial G-ov-cmmont, wliioh could not bs made public at present. The people of Attst-rA-lia, ho said, ooiiW rest assured that their interests would W>t bo lest sight of.
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1991, 23 February 1914, Page 5
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202FRANCE AND THE NEW HEBRIDES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1991, 23 February 1914, Page 5
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