FANNING ISLAND.
London, January 9. Confirmation has been received that Father Rougier, head of the Marlst Mission at Suva, has purchased Fanning Island. The Pacific Cable Board think it would be advantageous if Father Rougier would send settlers to the Island. Wellington, January 8. In reference to a cable message from London regarding the sale of Fanning Island, Mr Humphry Berkeley, who arrived in Wellington from Sydney to-day, explained that Father Rougier purchased Fanning and Washington Islands for him. Mr Berkeley was formerly owner of half of these islands, and now possesses the whole of them with the exception of the portion on which the cable station stands. The sovereignty of the islands is not affected through Father Rougier figuring in the sale, for though a Frenchman by birth, he is a naturalised British subject. For private reasons Mr Berkeley got Father Rougier, who is a great personal friend, to buy the islands for him.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3782, 11 January 1908, Page 3
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155FANNING ISLAND. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXX, Issue 3782, 11 January 1908, Page 3
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