NEW ISLAND COLONY.
An expedition to colonise the uninhabited Kerguelen.Land in the Indian Ocean (sometimes known as Desola tion island) sailed on Tuesday, September Ist, in the Jeanne D'Arc, from the Tyne (England.) With sixty Nurwegians, who are to be the original settlers, the vessel carried out a large number of wooden huts, sh<>ep, pigs, poultry, ponies, and animals intended for breeding purposes. , On the voyage out a call was to be made at Durban to take on board some thirty negro labourers to assist in opening up the resources of the country. The expedition is called "The Kerguelen Whaling Company," and has headquarters at Christiania. It has been formed by Messrs Storm, Bull and Co. The chief object is whale and sea elephant hunting, and a lease granting full fishing rights for twenty-two years has been v obtained from the French Government. The island has an area of 320 square miles.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3022, 20 October 1908, Page 3
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152NEW ISLAND COLONY. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 3022, 20 October 1908, Page 3
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