Heligoland.
th« f c °" McUo " with the cabled new 9 that Germany is spending a iar« ■urn o, money in endeavoring f! Zee "the V'f, ° rOSion that ''°^»l terest .-Some time ago a laree nor tion of one of tho cliffs at HeW land collapsed, and the German peror immediately sent out experte to report upon the condition of the island and the possibility of erecting Cn tOCU H e W ° rkS - H "%oland Z® been undergoing a process of Con- ' iZT™ , erosion - an d'it is estimated that unless some decisive action is CentUry ° r so the is l*«d .will have disappeared. The island is on important strategical ba se for the German navy. Since its cession by Great Bntmn in 1890 it has been •lotteries having given place to a,mK i Urre nioUnti "S g""s of the heaviest calrbre. Insidw the TJunoninsel the largest ships can ride safely at anchor and take in coal and that the island is one of the most fashionable watering places in GerZ* n\ '.T 1 d . uri . ng , the woson-June to OctolJer-it !s largely resorted to by visitors from Hamburg and other German towns for sea-bathing
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 259, 1 December 1903, Page 4
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193Heligoland. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 259, 1 December 1903, Page 4
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