GERMANS IN THE PACIFIC.
; TJBCE NEW BRITAIN WARNING. THE COMMONWEALTH INCREDULOUS. [Pbess Association.— Oopxhohz.] (Received 9i40 a.m.) 1^" . MELBOURNE, Thursday. The Commonwealth Defence Department declines to recognise Major Dan--1 iells' warning of. German preparations ■ at Simonshaven, in New Britain, as ■ any menace to the Commonwealth for '- :t{ .Jeast many years to come. The autbdrititeS' say. that the place is not fortified : and does. not present such fa- " cilities for fortification as to make- it :■■ ; ?ir:elteitiyo naval base.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 28 January 1909, Page 3
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77GERMANS IN THE PACIFIC. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLIII, Issue XLIII, 28 January 1909, Page 3
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