BISHOP OP MELANESIA
BHPUBN TO NEW ZEA33AND. ' DBPJBTOUI/TYIN STAFFING SCHOOLS. Per Press teochfloL AUCKLAND, December 18. TBe Right Bov. Dr, Steward, Bishop of Melanesia, returned by the steamer Southern Oroes. He confirmed over two. thousand natives in- the various islands. The Bishop states, there are difficulties vn the way of efficiently staffing tbe schbolfl, where over three, hundred native boys and girls are trained. The . passengers by tbs Southern Gross include tbe Rev. Mr Hodgson, who is leaving to join the Waiapu diocote; Misses Williams and Sealy, who ace on furlough; tho Rev., Mr Milne, from the Presbyterian Mission in tbe New Hebrides: Mr Larney, the official surveyor at Vila, under the condominium, who is on holiday. ■
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12016, 19 December 1924, Page 5
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