VOYAGE OF SOUTHERN CROSS.
( AN UNEVENTFUL ONE.
" We sailed from Auckland on September 5 and had an uneventful voyage till our return on December 12, the only feature being bad weather and rain." That was how Captain H. Burgess of the Melanesian Mission steamer Southern Cross yesterday summed up the voyage when asked if any untoward incident had occurred. The Southern Cross, he said, had made 240 distinct calls in three months. Matters right, throughout the Islands were very quiet, the natives being in a peacefid frame of mind. In the Solomons the last'punitive expedition of the patrol boat Torch had the effect of quietening the natives. The Southern Cross had been a dav or two with the Torch, which was now doing police duty among the Islands. Travelling by the Southern Cross were the Bishop of Melanesia (the Rev. Dr. C. ,T. Wood), Captain Maloney, three members of the mission—the Revs. A. H. Hopkins.. W. H. Sago, and H. Drew— of whom arc stationed in the Solomon Islands. Mr. F. A. Crashaw, who is also stationed in tho Solomons, and Captain Svenson (master of the mission s auxiliary ketch), and four lay people were also on board The Southern Cross will ay up over he bad season, returning to tho Islands some time in April.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15174, 13 December 1912, Page 5
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216VOYAGE OF SOUTHERN CROSS. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 15174, 13 December 1912, Page 5
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