V ANTARCTIC LANDS
BRITAIN- AND. U.S.A
xUnited Press Association—By Electric '.Telegraph,—Copyright.) ' i,,. ... WASHINGTON, July 1. , In moving his resolution, Senator Rydirtgs said that the proposed action tb hlaim..lands , discovered, was because ;Brita# s Ha|,laid 'claims to.raiioh of the Anterctia, .alhought these regions, he, ;Gjf‘irtclucje■; two areas that were, by American Naval Officers as .early qs, the years 1820 ;and. 1840.’ ’ Senator Bydings .sketched the. activities of the explorers Palmer and Wilkeg'.whose... discovery, of Wilkes land, -said, had. actually been placed under-the administration of the Gov-ernor-General of Australia. Senator Ryding added,: “No sweeping claim hftdjheen made-by Britain until the year 1926, when Australia, at the Imperial Conferences, made claims to cots.tiand Q.utside the . Falkland dependencies to. Endeby Land, KempLanjJ,,. Maryland } George Fifth Land Addle’ 'Land. It is believed that whatever the | Uction that may be taken, it will not occurr before Admiral Byrd lodges his report, and when this is studied thoroughly by the officials.
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Hokitika Guardian, 3 July 1930, Page 5
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