MISSION STEAMER.
PRIMITIVE PLACES VISITED
Per Press Association
AUCKLAND, Aug. 19. Just on 11,000 miles were steamed by the Melanesian mission yacht Southern Cross, which returned to Auckland last night after an absence of 19 weeks. It was the longest trip ever made ,by the steamer during the many years she has been engaged in the work of the mission. At two places visited in New Britain, the natives had never seen a steamer before, and most of them were very nervous and declined to pome on to the beach to welcome the ship. Later some of them plucked up courage and came on board. The natives at these places had never before seen a white woman, and when Mrs Burgess, the wife of the captain, went ashore she was regarded with the greatest astonishment.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 222, 20 August 1931, Page 7
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135MISSION STEAMER. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 222, 20 August 1931, Page 7
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