ISLAND OF CYPRUS.
HANDED OVER TO GREECE. * *1 By Telegraph.—Pscm »:!*§ Received July 30, 1&20 a.m. : t Athene, July 88, J? General Allcnby lias announced that' Britain i« handing Cyprus over to Greem $ on the 2!) th. The island has been oedeo Ji to Greece. ' £ [Cyprus has a total area of 3JW «'S square miles, with a population (in Ittlll' f{ of 274,108, of whom 214,480 were Greek '% Christians and 56,428 Turku, jtlqa £ 143!) to 1571 Cyprus belonged to the J Republic of Venice, when it via con- • quered by the Turks, who retained po*--'. scssio/i of it until 1878, when it wM ceded to Britain for administrative pw« ■' poses On the outbreak of Wr with' Turkey Britain anexed the itlanl. l%e J. soil of the island is remarkably ftttfle, 'Si but the methods and appliances art iter • j primitive. Cyprus was noted in aatt>; - quity for its forests, but these, in fib* \ course of years, were destroyed. imports in 1910 were £907,780 U& 4K« ; 'ij ports £708,446.] "3!
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Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1919, Page 5
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168ISLAND OF CYPRUS. Taranaki Daily News, 30 July 1919, Page 5
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