MELANESIAN MISSION
THE BISHOP RETURNS,
<BI TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.)
AUCKLAND, This Day, The Right Rev. Dr. Steward, Bishop ol Melanesia, returned by the steamer Southern Cross. He confirmed over two thousand natives in the various islands. The Bishop states there are difficulties in the way of efficiently staffing the schools, where over three hundred native boys and girls are trained. , The passengers by the Southern Crosa include the. Rev. Mr. Hodgson, who is leaving to join tlie Waiapu diocese; Misses Williams and Scaly, who are on furlough; the Rev. Mr. Milne, from the Presbyterian Mission in the New Hebrides; Mr. Larney, the official surveyor at Vila, under the condominium, who is on holiday. .
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 147, 18 December 1924, Page 3
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112MELANESIAN MISSION Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 147, 18 December 1924, Page 3
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