PARTITION OF ISLANDS.
GREAT BRITAIN AND GERMANE
By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Received 9.18 p.m., Oct. 16 Suva, Oct. 16. Id is rumoced here that Germany annexes Tonga and Britain part of the Solomon Islands.
MR SEDDON'S OPINION,
Per Pres/ Association. Wellington, last night,
On being told to-night of the message in regard to German annexation of Tonga, Mr Seddon said : “ I have heard nothing of it, and I don’t think there is anything in the rumor. The Tongan Islands have their own Government with a British protectorate.”
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 1024, 17 October 1903, Page 2
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