NEW NAVAL BASE.
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS. By •Cable.—Press Associatien.—Copyright New York, September 13. With a view to making the Sandw!ich Islands a naval and military stronghold, a contract Jias been signed afc Washington for the construction of a dry dock at Pearl Harbor, 1195 ft loiii. If will be the largest dock ever built for the use "of the navy. I'lic Sandwich Island*, u group in the Pacific Ocean, were discovered by Capta ,in Cook in 1778. But it is now lb lOUght that they were discovered by Ji tan Galtau, a Spaniard, about 1542. T! iie islands were annexed bv the United Spates in IS9B.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 190, 15 September 1909, Page 2
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106NEW NAVAL BASE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LII, Issue 190, 15 September 1909, Page 2
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