FANNING ISLAND CABLE STATION.
AN OFFICER'S NATIONALITY. 'By Telegraph— Special Correspondent.) WELLINGTON, July 13. In tlio House to-day, Mr C. J- Parr (Eden) said that it was said in Auckland that the cable officer recently appointed to take charge of the cable station at Fanning Island was a naturalised German. He asked the Prime Minister if he would make inquiries. He did not know if the Governmqaj had jurisdiction. Jp Mr Massey said that he was not aware that the man in question was a German. The cable station was not under the control of the Government, but of the Pacific Cable Board. He would be glad to make inquiries.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3981, 14 July 1915, Page 4
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110FANNING ISLAND CABLE STATION. Gisborne Times, Volume XLV, Issue 3981, 14 July 1915, Page 4
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