A MILITANT BISHOP.
RESCUE OF NATIVE WOMAN * "■ GUN BRUBHED ASIDE. ADVENTURE IN NEW HEBRIDES. (By Telegrapn.—press Association.)'" AUCKLAND, Tuesday. Bishop Molyneaux, .who arrived from Sydney by the Ulimaroa, is associated with a story of adventure in one of the New Hebrides. Several months ago he was informed that a French recruiting vessel was taking away against her will a native married woman. He asked the captain to release the womans The captain dared him to set foot on the vessel, but the Bishop did so, brushing aside a gun stated to have been levelled at.his head. He had an arm injured by a club, and in the confusion the woman jumped into the Bishop’s boat, and .was carried home in triumph.
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Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17687, 16 April 1929, Page 8
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121A MILITANT BISHOP. Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17687, 16 April 1929, Page 8
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