New Cathedral For Honiara
"People working and living in Honiara go to the cathedral morning and evening every day and on Sundays there are 450 to 500 communications,” said the Rev, D. Tuti, rural dean at Santa Ysabel, in the Solomon Islands, speaking about the cathedral of the Diocese of Melanesia to the Friends of Christchurch Cathedral Association. Mr Tuti is visiting Christchurch for three months. "The white ants and natural decay of the present building have made it urgent to build a new cathedral a*. Honiara,’’ he said. "At the last synod we decided to lay the foundation stone at the end of this year.’’ Mr Tuti estimated the cost of the new cathedral at £35,000 and he said th? money was being raised within the diocese.
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Press, Volume CI, Issue 29956, 18 October 1962, Page 26
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