Forty years on the Pacific : the lure of the great ocean, a book of reference for the traveler and pleasure for the stay-at-home . over$15,000,000 worth of prizes pass through Tattersalls Sweepsannually. Tattersalls headquarters are in Hobart, Tasmania,and is fairly conducted—the local government collects a per-centage on every ticket. Other sports indulged in comprisecricket, football, golf, tennis, rowing, baseball, bowls, swim-ming, etc. Involved largely in the future and the progress of Aus-tralia, not to say the future of the entire Pacific, are theWestern Pacific Islands. Owing to the pr
Forty years on the Pacific : the lure of the great ocean, a book of reference for the traveler and pleasure for the stay-at-home . over$15,000,000 worth of prizes pass through Tattersalls Sweepsannually. Tattersalls headquarters are in Hobart, Tasmania,and is fairly conducted—the local government collects a per-centage on every ticket. Other sports indulged in comprisecricket, football, golf, tennis, rowing, baseball, bowls, swim-ming, etc. Involved largely in the future and the progress of Aus-tralia, not to say the future of the entire Pacific, are theWestern Pacific Islands. Owing to the prominence into whichthe islands, previously owned by Germany, but recently occu-pied by Japan, have come—the Marshalls, the Carolines, andthe Ladrones (except Guam), I decided, prior to leaving SanFrancisco early in 1919, to await my return to Australia andobtain additional particulars concerning them. On reaching Sydney I met Mr. Thos. McMahon, who hadjust returned and who supplied me with the latest existingconditions in the Western Pacific and New Guinea also interviewed many planters, traders and captains of. < in < g< Hc/} P-,WW CO AUSTRALIA 337 trading schooners, together with other rehable authority, whosenames (owing to the positions they hold) I cannot disclose. My surprise was great when I studied closely the positionof the Caroline and Marshall groups, the latter being within1,800 miles of the American territory of Hawaii, and distantfrom Japan about 2,000 miles. These islands, and also theGilbert and Solomon groups, are out of the ordinary steamshiproutes, between America and Australia. It will be seen froma map that Japan by her action has skirted the Philippinesand reached across and encircled the island of Guam, anAmerican possession in the Ladrone Islands of 210 squaremiles and a population of 14,000. This brings Japans pos-sessions near the center of the Pacific and half way betweenJapan and Mexico. No other country has acquired such avast
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