BIBLE IN FIJIAN
HINDU LANGUAGES NEXT
SYDNEY, Aug. 32,
The Rev. A. T. Thompson, Commonwealth secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society, who arrived m Sydney by the Mariposa yesterday, said that he; had been iff Fiji investigating prospects of establishing ft co portage in. Fiji. Already the Bible had been translated into Fijian, said Mr. Thompson. It" was now proposed to distribute Billies to the large Indian population, which would necessitate its. translation into 10 different languages.
Mr. Thompson, said that the society had been working in conjunction with the Methodists in the Fiji Islands since 1810.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19098, 20 August 1936, Page 15
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99BIBLE IN FIJIAN Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19098, 20 August 1936, Page 15
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