DEESPERATELY IN NEED
PITCAIRN ISLANDERS EVACUATION PROBABLE (Reed. Dec. 2G. 9 a.m.) SYDNEY, Dec. 25. The Federal Minister of External Affairs, Mr. J. A. Perkins, received information through a tramp steamer that the Pitcairn Islanders are desperately in need of fdod, only one ship having passed the island within siv months.
Mr. Perkins is now conferring with the British authorities, and it is expected that a decision will be reached to evqcuate them for the second time in the history of the island.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20129, 26 December 1939, Page 5
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83DEESPERATELY IN NEED Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20129, 26 December 1939, Page 5
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