THE MALAY PENINSULA
ADMINISTRATION OF CEDED TERRITORY. SCIENTIFIC EXPEDITION RETURNS. United Press Association —Copyright PORT DARWIN, August 3. Eastern files contain information that the Governor of the Straits Settlements has assumed the administration of 15,000 square miles of the Malay Peninsula ceded to Britain under the recent Anglo-Siamese treaty. The concession makes it possible to have railway communication between Singapore and Bangkok and linking up the railways of Southern Burma and the Malay States. Then the whole system will traverse British territory or go through a British sphere of influence in Siam. Strategically, the acquisition prevents any foreign Power from acquiring a base for cutting off British communication to the east, and practically closes the Straits. The Malacca scientific expedition, under Professor Fuellebron, returned to Hongkong after spending nearly a yea r in the Bismarck archipelago. He secured large quantities of animal, insect, and other specimens. Many are claimed to be new to scientists. The expedition had considerable trouble with hostile natives, but returned without the loss of a single member.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2571, 4 August 1909, Page 5
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171THE MALAY PENINSULA Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2571, 4 August 1909, Page 5
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