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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 10, 12 January 1916, Page 2

; The-missionary steamer John Williams, Captain -Ey E. Kettle, arrived.in bn.Decernbef 30; from an extended cruise 'oi.iae-. South $eas.. The John William ß last visited' the" Islands,'''"lffie, Sunday Gilbert, and Ellice islands, Nahru and' "British Papua. * Spedal. interest attached to the_voyage,,owing.tothepre£'e*ice bf'"a) rnfesioriary depntatipn,. wliich Ivisite'd the ■stations,"' ciiJjsiiiiijJg of Rev.-E* secretary of the London Missionary Socie^),jßev. A.- JA Airier of tfirectofs), and' Rev./"Gr. 'J. Williams.agent for-Australasia),and' /Mrs.-,Wil-lianis:. aftey'-trfire left.m-Pspn-f;to"mafee a" lengthy r -t£sdtr: of. the*' mission s'tatiprts. Captain" Kettle state? * that the. Cook Iglinhs were suffering ratbrr' seffcrety fftrtn droughtj' and the samr.' "eonditaOris preYtJiM.in the-Gahert ißbrnds. "The Wtearnef-ealied a* Mnima. Island, .(American Samoa), where there hat 1 been a dMfauctive .hurricane-at the beginning of tbe.yean a i never saw such a eight in Kettie.- <*Eie ' Hills, ftbi6h-%ef6 coyered ,-vvith trees belore,^ere_abs6iiijdy soil whatever had, ..Wen, left ..ori the* rocks. Bioje than half „ rjf -.tte .peculation was tjikeh by- the American authorities .to .ffutriilaj aDbuti r 3 J -jjies;.a')t^y/*