A BISHOP'S TOUR.
j | PLEASED WITH HIS DIOCESE. j (Per Press Association.) [ . GISBOKXE, April 7. I Bishop Averill returned ironi an | East Coast tour ,last night, and went i 011 to Napier. The Bishop expressed i himself highly delighted with the visit and the interest shown in church work by the Maoris on the' East Coast. He was particularly impressed with the work of the Native school teachers, whom lie had seen under different sets of circumstances. He had stayed with them, visited them in their homes and schools, and was quite confident that they were doing splendid work educationally, socially, morally, and religiously. They were exercising a great influence both in and out of the schools, and their work was one of the best elements he had encountered. He greatly appreciated their work on behalf of the Maoris, and considered it to be one of the most striking things he had witnessed on the Coast.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 9184, Issue 9184, 7 April 1910, Page 8
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156A BISHOP'S TOUR. Manawatu Standard, Volume 9184, Issue 9184, 7 April 1910, Page 8
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