MISSION IN THE SUDAN
WORK AMONG NATIVES PRIMITIVE CUSTOMS PREVAILING A vivid account of many o? the slrange ways of peoples of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan was given on Tuesday by Mr. W. L. Mills, at, a meeting held in the Unity Hall. Mr. Mills, who is field superintendent of therSudan United Mission, has had 20 years' experience, of life among the Southern Sudanese. , Even yet the natives there have scarcely been touched by the influences of Western civilisation, and their primitive customs are of the greatest interest. Lantern views showed a number of typical harvesting scenes among the Nubus of Abi'i and others illustrated the progress of mission schools, where boys are taught not only reading and writing, but also are given elementary training in such practical subjects as carpentry, brick-making and agriculture. Mr. Mills stated that the Government had been so gratified with the uplifting influence of the mission on the life of the people that it had invited the mission to open up further stations, promising assistance if that were done within a certain period. Whether this offer could be accepted depended largely on the way in Which support was given by friends of the mission in New Zealand and Australia.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIX, Issue 21240, 21 July 1932, Page 4
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