PACIFIC ISLAND
UNDER OFFER TO SWEDEN. Sweden will become a Pacific Power if she accepts an offer from Mr Frederick Petterson, a former New Zealand medical student. Mr Petterson has offered the Swedish Government a proctectorate over the island of Tabar, situated north-east of New Ireland, New Guinea. In 1906 the Swedish freighter Oakhaven, which sailed from Sydney, was wrecked on reefs near the island. The crew were saved and some of them remained in the South Seas. These included Karl Petterson, of Sollentrana, a suburb of Stockholm. With three partners Petterson went fishing and beachcombing, and landed on the island of Tabar. They were attacked by. natives, reputed to be cannibals, who captured Petterson. A month later the Swede married the chief’s daughter, Singdo. When a schooner called at the island some years later, the old chief was dead. Karl reigned in his place. Karl died while visiting Sydney, and his spn, Frederick, ceasing studying medicine in New Zealand, assumed sovereignty. He has written stating that he proposes to offer half his personal fortune of £40,000 to Sweden in addition to a protectorate over the island. Sollentrana awaits the benefactor.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 June 1938, Page 8
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