New Guinea.
Sir Henry Holland, Colonial Secretary,, replying to a question by Sir George Camp' boll, in the Commons, August 18th, in relation to a bill passed by the Queensland Government, said the Queen had advised that Government at once assume the sovereignty of New Guinea. The questions concerning the pioneer settlement of the Island, he said, would be reserved until sovereignty was proclaimed. They would then be referred to the administration for its report. A despatch from Rome, August 25th, says tho Government of New South Wales, having offered 300,000 acres of land to any missionary society that will undertake to civilize the natives, the Pope has directed that immediate attention be paid to the offer, in order to forestall Protestant societies,
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Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 221, 24 September 1887, Page 2
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123New Guinea. Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 221, 24 September 1887, Page 2
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