THE MELANESIAN MISSION.
• » — BISHOP WILSON IN SYDNEY. ,/. By Telegraph.—Press Association.—Copyright. V -\ . Sydney, January 23. J The Bishop of Melanesia (Bishop Wilson) . . has arrived at Sydney from a trip round his extensive island diocese." He visited all' the*' schools and stations. Everything connected* J with tlio mission was going on well. . Hat broke new ground at the Island of Tikopia,;' where he left two teachers. The - Islanders are Polynesians, and are all of fine physi- • que, wearing the hair down to the waisfc.. The tallest seen was 6ft Tin. On the return journey he found the island suffering from - famine, and numbers dying. He was com-, pelled to remove the teachers, and he gave "what; relief was possible. After a short stay} ( at Sydney Bishop Wilson proceeds to Eujf~ land to buy the new mission vessel. , - '••'/'./
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11871, 24 January 1902, Page 5
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