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BOUGAINVILLE ISLAM).occri'iKn itv ai.'stiialia.S«M»Htor I’enrcc, *li•• Minister for lii'hin. bun received uduvicc from Colonel IInline*. ili« Admihistrutor of Itnhuiil, that Ihmgulii Vlll. . | In* largest of tlli* Sitldllloil Islands tu I lit' I'Hcftlc, vvnit occupied on December !Mh liv Australian troops Tin* llrlllslt Mag wax hoisted utid a proclamation readKtl nils were lielltK lllttde to ’•'/]*' H steamer, which had heeli sunk l'(V ilie tjev mans.'I lie Solomon Croup consists of a double m« of Islands. all v nlentill and tnoillitnlll on*. extending south-eastward from the Ills intiti’k Archipelago Tor .. distance of about ?t»0 nrlloH It comprises seven large I.sIhiiiIm iiinl many mint 11 ones, those In the nortli-• it? tern row being Hougain vllle. rholxciil, Veabel and Mnlalta. and In tin- koiiI It-w wt-• rn New Ccnrgla, (Joadahnnnr. and San rilMxtilbel. of which the largest Is Hongnlli vtlle, about Mo miles long and II fi broad The ownership of the Solomon* was shared lief ween 11 rent Itiltatn and Germany The llrst agreement regarding the division of the group whs made In 1XSI’.. resulting In a fairly equal apportionment, Cerntany helng recognised its the parannmnt power In the islands of IlntigHlilvllle. Miika. ('holscul and Vsubei. nail the Short land IslnndH. and tin* remainder of the group recognised as llrl tlsli Oil December 14. IXIiH, another Anglo tierinun agreement was mude. whereby. In exchnugc for coiicCksIoih In Samoa and elsewhere, (lerinauy handed over the IslnndH of CholscMil. Vsnhel. and short land* Thus, with the except Ion or links mid lloiignlii vllle. the Solomon Islands became all llrl tlah. The ocruputlnii ol lloiigaln vl lie. which has doubtless been followed hy the occupation of llukn. or will be, pluees the whole of this group of Islands under llrltlsh rule. The cocoa nut Is at present the only plant cultivated there, but It Is stated that thc cun produce sl*u! hemp and many llhre plants, rubber yielding plants, cotton, maize, tolmrro and cigar leaf of hemit I fill und fine texture
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Maitland Daily Mercury
Maitland, New South Wales, AU
Fri, Jan 01, 1915
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