France and the Coloniss. j
(Per Press Association.) Sydney, Dec. 15. Higerson, of the French New Hebrides Company, who has jost returned from a visit to France, %%y% the destiny of the Islands is that they shonld become a French possession, and to effect this is the immediate purpose of the French Company, which already owns twothirds of the land in the group. He characterised the present dual control as a wretched failure. They had combination all round the group, yet the Islands were without any civilised authority. The condition was practically anarchy, and if might is right, it w&a inevitable that the group would become French possession. Great Britain and France, he considers, could easily settle the matter between themselves, bat the former had to consider the AnstraUans* susceptibility and sentiment. London, Dec. 15. The British newspapers are unanimous in the opinion that France is preparing to make a bold bid for the commercial trade of the Australasian colonies. Tom fgloomily): "ItelTyou, Charlie, this is a bard, hard world." Charlie (interestedly) ; "So you have beught a bicycle, too, have you ?"
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Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 143, 16 December 1896, Page 3
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