NEW GUINEA.

Timaru Herald, Volume XIIIC, Issue 13730, 21 October 1908, Page 6

NEW GUINEA.

MISSIONARY ADDRESSES. In Wesley Church last evening, two «ddres=e.s on minjiomiry work in the south eastern part of New Guinea were given by the Rev. Mr Bromilow and Mrs Bromilow, who have there .-nice 1891. There was a fair attendance, ami Mr E. Holdgate occupied the chair. The Rev. Mr Baumbc-r apologised for the unavoidable absence of the Rev. A. E. Hunt, who had labourel with the lt< v. Mr ISrou.ilow Ml Neu (..urn a. aii-i who would Ike to have bien pi.s„iii liuti jt b.en possible. Mr Itioiuilow spoke of the geography of_Xe'V (itilliLM, Ap. ailllltg tli.it divided into I hit- patl. !»nl h New Guinea, (mimull »e\v t,i-iii>a. ami Dutch New Guinea. British X. w Guinea was in the south east, and it was at Dobbo | that he auil Airs Biounlow nad labuuieil wince 1891. Tht-v hail thiee main difficulties to contend with": 1 11 That .-trangers must either become pnit o! the tribe oi be killed: (2) the thieving propensities, of the jieople; and (3) th ir excessive thir>t for money. An Htumilow batil that when he and Air?. ISmm lnw had fiitt gone to Dobbo, the native made all preparations fur their nc.it li. imi tlin.iigl; the iutet vention of a i ln.-l «Im «a» afraid of the consequents. Die jii,ui> in; ill, II de-truction were not f,.ineii mii. . n. natives finally decided tihtii alone and see what thev neie lik--. the iindci•■tanding King tJiat n liny all right thev would adopt th iu 'a> m iul»-i-> ol their tribe. And adopt them they d : d. At the same titn« they pte«ented a coconnut tiee and a patch' of land to each of them as well to their daughter, and thev decided to take them into the tribe as " father," " mother,'' and "i-istcr" tv sjieelively. Air Bromilow said it was not safe fur a mir-sionarv in \.-w (1 niiie.t to rail his wife by h<-r Christ an liauie. a* if he did so the natives uotilil ail hi. likewise. >o tiny adopted th<- prai lice <>| addrc.MDg one another as "my dear." and this puzzled the nativ«i, not" :l little, as t hey could not understand how tic names "f llic missionary atnl his, «ite could both be "Ala 'I ear." .lie lecturer went with some detail nto tiie habits of the Papuans, and showed hnu the iiiHuenee of missionari>->- had thanked their old order of living for one of a vci v much higher suunlaiil. They used t'o trouble tlicm a hit at mi<- tune l»v iin, \ ing from the inu-sion house, bin now the nativ.-s would rat In r give to t.iaii take away from thein. The I'ajitians "ere v«*iy ke-en tiaiieis, ; ,ml viant.-d ai one t line to lie pad for «vciyiiiiny. thev atiked to Ikj [laid for the uoik done bv them as M.-lI as foj the WOI k thai was done for them. He had ou.v Heated a native for a terrible disease, aiid the m*ii wante<l to Im paid for allowing to b.- <-ured : The natives u-e<l to -,>k lor jKiymciit for going to chunli. for admiring his daughter, fo r sending their ohihlreti to school, for listening to liil-r. unat \ M'li'> had pi"iyed too long for then- liking, for crying as the result of listening to a duct by the missionaries, and mi on. One native woman had ac lually a-k'-d for p.-yment l>etaii.-'- sin: iia i •,'ot a *-titf no k V liil- »:;ting in ilnmli Hut all thi« had Iss-n changed now. an.l to day the ronrert-rii Papuans contributed as gciH-iouhlv as tfiey were .ih!e ti> Hie 1 fundo for the extension of :!i. to the r brethren. Mr Hromilou m.-in |..nr.i • that in ailoptmg h'.in as "f,nh*r of j thrir tnl>-. the. DoldxMii- pies. nt. <1 ! llini With the Mgns of jw-.p c w II -i- ! Wltll tiiov.. of tfC-iellCM . ami If " •- I glad to say that they had httl« or no us- ; f..r the latter sign now. Th- New tiuiiic^ fwople d.-.'riid.si thrir in three j ways-—by building m the r*>ekv by pa! j

lisades, and by trap lioks in the paths k-ading up to the villages. Xlie young ulen of the Dobboan tribe only puddk-d their canoes in one way, having been taught to make straight for the enemy in naval warfare and they were never attacked in their own village, their very name striking terror into the litarls ol other tribes. When a canoe was in process of construction, lio native woman was allowed 10 look at. it for fear it would cause the boat- to be so heavy as to be unmanageable. Mr Bromilow recounted how on one occasion he had been able to persuade the natives t-o dedicate to peace, h canoe they had built for war; and he related the elaborate and interesting ceremony that had taken place at the launching of this boat when the tribe threw treachery to the winds and declared in favour of peace. At the feastti, he had been offered among other things, a leg of a dog. Mr Bromilow gave other details of the missionary's life in Xeiv Ouineaj and in conclusion, he uttered a protest against the assertion that the missionaries went out in search of the metal, gold. They went in search of t*he< gold of the human tt>ul, and they found it. (Applause.) Mrs Bromilow also epoke briefly, and I she and Mr Bromilow sang two duets, one in the language of the Papuans, and the other in the Fijian tongue. The latter was decidedly reminiscent of the singing by the Fijiana at the Christchurch Exhibition, though somewhat more tuneful At the conclusion of the addresses the Rev. \V. Baumber announced that the new boat fund for 'which Mr and Mrs Bromilow were gathering subscriptions, had been contributed to as follows since Sunday last:—Mr John Jackson had given £5, Captain l'alleson £2 2s, A Friend £2, on condition that ton others gave a similar amount, and the collection of that night together with what had been received through the envelopes specially distributed, brought the total -up to £2l 18s 4d. He would be pleased to receive any further subscriptions during the next week or two. Mr Baumber mentioned that at a little place called Willougbbv. in Xorth Canterbury the other day, the people had contirbuted £34 6s to thw fund after Mr and Mrs Bromilow had spoken.