New Guinea Protectorate.
[Reuters Telegrams.] Brisbane, November 14. H.M. gunboat Swinger has arrived at Cooktown, and announces that the protectorate over New Guinea was proclaimed on the 6th instant. The ceremony was a very impressive one. Five ships of war were at anchor off shore, and fifty native chiefs were present.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 286, 15 November 1884, Page 2
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51New Guinea Protectorate. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 286, 15 November 1884, Page 2
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