THE SOUTHERN CROSS.

Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 243, 11 October 1916, Page 2

THE SOUTHERN CROSS.

BETUXCjCED. TO AUCKLAND. rCT^^f!sI*4i2SESIASP3aBSON 'FIELD. ' The Mefanieaiaji missiori eteamer South- . em Cross .arriyedjctAxicbland this mornT. ing,troni the Islands of, the mission field. She leftiere on the trip late in May last 'to -yieit' the 183 stopping places, of the field. Captain "Burgess reports that the weather wae exceptionally fine daring the early part of- the. voyage.- . The , vessel left Norfolk leiand cii route to ■ Auckland on Saturday last, with a iiinn--her of passengers from-that isolated place. The life in the various islands vielted-was quiet, and nothing of inter- - .est with, the exceptioit of tile .finding of several starving' natives, as reported in' another eohmm, marked theTfoyage. : The fog, which lasted from Saturday last .--J'til .arrival;here- toKlav,- was: said Cap-'- ---" tain Burgess..the. heaviest ever seen. He had not seen the sun. since leaving Norfolk Island. He could not report at Cape Brett, and knew nothing until off . *fte Noieee. The Bishop of Melanesia and several other persons connected with the mission returned to Auckland by the Reamer, ■which is now berthed at the Queen's whaxf.