IN THE WILDS.
' THREE MISSIONARIES LOST. i . i Grave fears are entertained for the i , safety of three missionaries of the, Unevangelised Fields Mission, who left i 5 Para, Brazil, about a year ago on a mis- ( sionary exnedition up the Xinsu River, 5 a (tributary of the Amazon, "in South. America. One of the missionaries, Mr. > Fred Roberts, passed through Auckland. ' toward the end of 1934. The other two | » men are Mr. F. Dawson and Mr. F. Wright. | Mr. R. L. Stewart, of Auckland, said . this morning that the missionaries had 1 left instructions that if no word were - received from tliem after six months ' thev would like inquiries made as to 2 their whereabouts. Floods, however,! r had swollen the rivers to such an extent ' that a search party had to postpone its journey. A party of two had recently, 1 left Para to search for the missing men. I No advice had been received as yet from • the rescue party. » j i
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 128, 1 June 1936, Page 17
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