THE NEW HEBRIDES
MELBOURNE, August 13.
Information has reached the Presbyterian Church authorities that over 20 French surveyors are engaged in surveying land in the" New Hebrides, and that a large number of British settlers have been -served with notices that certain areas are claimed by the French.
With a view to conserving the interests of British and Australian missionaries and the natives, tne' ; Presbyterian Church of Victoria, in' conjunction with Messrs Burns, Pliilp, and Go. 7 is sending a couple of surveyors to the New Hebrides to purvey the mission lands and holdings o£ such British settlers as. avail themselves of their services. When the survey is completed a legal expert will proceed to the islands in order that the claims of the British may be properly presented before the- joint Land Court.
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Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 19
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134THE NEW HEBRIDES Otago Witness, Issue 2892, 18 August 1909, Page 19
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