SOUTHERN CROSS
DEPARTURE FOR VILA
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, September 30.
Much enthusiasm from a large number of clergy and laity marked the departure shortly before midday of the Melanesian Mission steamer Southern Cross, which left for the New Hebrides after spending a month at Auckland for survey and overhaul. The Bishop of Melanesia, the Rt. Rev. W. H. Baddeley, who went with the vessel, conducted a dismissal service from the deck shortly before the departure. The ship's staff and crew gathered around the bishop and the clergy and laity on the wharf joined in the and a hymn.
It is expected that the Southern Cross will arrive at Vila on October 7. She will not revisit Auckland until 1940, when it is proposed that she should be here for the Centennial.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVI, Issue 80, 1 October 1938, Page 16
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