FEDERAL POLITICS.
NORFOLK ISLAND BILL, CABLE SERVICE IN WAR TIME. United Press Association—By Electric Copyright. Received £A'J?ust 4, 10 a.m. MELBOURNE, August 4. Mr Groom, Minister of External Affairs, in moving the second reading of the Norfolk Island Bill, said the islanders were an especially fine and courageous race, and under happier auspices should give a better accou\ tof themselves. There was a Pacific cable station on the island, and for that reason alone it was desirable that the territory should be controlled by the Commonwealth. A Bill to allow the Commonwealth Government to seize cables and wireless telegraph installations in time of war has been introduced into the Federal House.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9560, 5 August 1909, Page 5
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111FEDERAL POLITICS. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9560, 5 August 1909, Page 5
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