Honolulu University
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Leases Fanning Is.
Cable Station
The Research Corporation of the University of Hawaii in Honolulu has obtained a lease of the former Cable and Wireless station on Fanning Island for a period of five years from January 1, 1967, with an option of renewal for a further 15 years.
The corporation plans to establish a scientific research station on Fanning which will be primarily concerned with oceanographic studies.
The assistant director of the corporation, Mr. Frank J.
Callender, visited the island in July in the first plane to land on the island ("PIM”, Aug., p.
Fanning Island, 1,150 miles south of Honolulu, is admini stered as part of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands Colony. Except for the former cable station (40 acres), the island is owned by Fanning Island Plantations Ltd., a subsidiary of Burns Philp and Co. Ltd., of Sydney.