PITCAIRN ISLANDERS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XL, Issue 72, 17 March 1914, Page 6

PITCAIRN ISLANDERS.

BREAD FROM PASSING SHIP. SYDNEY, March 14. The captain of the American barque Afonlaw reports that when off Pitoairn Island (in the Eastern Pacific) two boats with 84 islanders came aboard and reported that they were short of bread and other commodities. They obtained a supply and also clothing in exchange for poultry, vegetables and fruit. The islanders reported that all were well on Titcairn Island. A gale had destroyed the plantations some time ago but they were recovering from it.-i effects.

I'itcairn Islanders are all Seventh Day Adventists, having been converted to that faith by missionaries many years ago. The population consists of 100 persons. They live tho simple life and are not troubled with tho high cost of Living, changing styles, or great wealth.. Nobody is rich and nobody is poor, though none of tho islanders'has any measure of wealth as it is reckoned in this country. The food consists of sweet potatoes, a little wheat, pumpkins, and tropical fruits- The use of medicine is discouraged, and the usual cause of death is old age. Smoking and drinking are habits unknown. All ri.se at five o'clock, and, after religious services, work until two in the afternoon on piiblie work, building roads, and in producing articles and food to be held in common. The rest of the day the inhabitants have to themselves to work or play, as pleases them.