NATIVES SURPRISED.
First Steamer Seen at Islands. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, August 19. Just on 11,000 miles were steamed by the Melanesian Mission yacht Southern Cross, which returned to Auckland last night after an absence of nineteen weeks. It was the longest trip ever made by the steamer during the many years she has been engaged in the work of the mission. At two places visited in New Britain the natives had never seen a steamer before and most of them were very nervous and declined to come on to the beach to welcome the ship. Later some of them plucked up courage and came on board. The natives at these places had never before seen a white woman and when Mrs Burgess, the wife of the captain, went ashore she was regarded with the greatest astonishment.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 197, 20 August 1931, Page 13
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137NATIVES SURPRISED. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 197, 20 August 1931, Page 13
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