SOVEREIGNTY AFFIRMED.
PACIFIC ISLANDS ANNEXED. ACTION OF 11.M.5. LEANDER. (By Telegraph.— Press Association.) Al CKLAND, Saturday. The new cruiser Leander, while on her way from England lo Auckland, where she arrived .m Wednesday last, reaffirmed the annexation by Britain of three uninhabited islets near Pitcairn, and infirm.-d His Britannic Majesty's claim to |heir ownership. In each case the ship's carpenter prepared a good-sized notice-hoard on 1-wving assertion: •• Phis Island belongs to H.B.M. King George \!. It was visited by II M.S. Leander oil , 1937. , Signed 1 .1. W. Rivett Gurnae, Gaptain R.\." 'll..- n dice's were firmly planted and Hag> 1n.,,1ed on 20ft poles by I I ..G.es M-i.in Hi-' Leander. .me c ill we, at Henderson Island, nor!!:-- . ~f pitc dm. a i .K> m’.and two arnl lia'f mil - wide Winch is often \iMied b\ Hie I ■'sidi n's of Ihtcairn in •.■■■tan . for wood I" ll,e for ttirl and !f. m . \!t!,• • 11 J•, iininlt.ii.it •d. it sliow - • 'Ho r isl mils \ isited w, re Hu- coral ; atoll kit WMI on Old aliases ami A. 1 - i* I north of I'd .mu. ♦:olh n th« nds >4
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20278, 21 August 1937, Page 8
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188SOVEREIGNTY AFFIRMED. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20278, 21 August 1937, Page 8
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