AUSTRALIAN MISSIONS.
TRAINING OF NATIVES. REMARKABLE RESULTS. So efficient has been the instruction given by the Roman Catholic brothers of the Pious Society of Missions at Beagle Bay, Western Australia, that aborigines have charge of the blacksmithing, carpentry, saddlery, butchering and bakery departments, in which their work is equal to that of ordinary tradesmen.
Father Droste, who has served 21 years at the mission, of which he is rector, is now on his way to Germany. He said that the mission had 5000 cattle, and fed 250 natives daily. The black boys had to learn either a trade or the management of stock. The seven brothers at the mission were all tradesmen. Sixty native children, taught by eight sisters, coukl sing Latin hvmms and English, German, Italian and Spanish songs. Some of the natives could speak a little French. Five of the brothers had served 25 years without a holiday. "We are trying to serve Australia," said Father Droste.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20242, 30 April 1929, Page 12
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159AUSTRALIAN MISSIONS. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20242, 30 April 1929, Page 12
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