MISSION SHIP’S STORES

Evening Star, Issue 21292, 22 December 1932, Page 2

MISSION SHIP’S STORES

SUPPORTERS'GENEROSITY SALE OF OLD SOUTHERN GROSS Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. AUCKLAND, December 21. Through the generosity of supporters of the Melanesian Mission in England £2,500 has been made available for the purchase of stores to replace those lost in the wreck of the Southern Cross and for emergency transport for their distribution around the mission stations. The money has been remitted to the Auckland office of the mission, and is the first response to the appeal for £5,000 for this purpose launched by the Archbishop of York. The mission authorities have arranged for the purchase of the stores in Sydney and for their carriage to a central point in the Islands by one of the Burns, Philp steamers. The Administrator of the Solomon Islands has been asked to make arrangements for the chartering of local craft for taking goods from the central point chosen to the stations, and the mission is at present awaiting advice from him concerning his decision in the matter. Tenders for the purchase of the old Southern Cross, which is r\t present lying in the stream at Auckland, closed to-day. Seven offers have been received, and these will he considered by the Mission Board. The replacement of the wrecked Southern Cross rests ■with the English committee of the mission, but no advice has yet been received whether the committee will have a new vessel built or purchase a suitable boat.