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Indonesian S.C.M. students in the conference hall of the World Council of Churches, Djogjakarta, Central Java. The Latin inscription means: ‘So that all may be one’. VISIT TO INDONESIA by CANON TE HIHI KAA, B.A., L.Th. KO TE HAERE KI INDONESIA No te 12 o Aperira, 1960, he turei te ra, ka rere maua ko toku hoa wahine ma runga aropereina mai i Nepia ki Akarana. I konei ka okioki, ka moe maua i te kainga o nga whanaunga. I tetahi rangi ake, i te hawhe paahi o te iwa ka rere ano maua; engari ma runga i te Aropereina o te Kamupene Rererangi o Poihakena (Teal), mau ana mai te wehi i tona nui me tona ataahua, i tona horo hoki ki te rere. Kaore i rokohanga kua tae maua me o maua hoa ki Poihakena. 1200 maero te tawhiti o Poihakena i Aotearoa nei; ehara kau ki tenei aropereina tu atu ana matou ki Poihakena i te 11.30; a wha haora noa iho e rere ana. No te ahiahi pouri o tetahi rangi ake katahi ano matou ka rere atu ma runga i tetahi aropereina no tetahi Kamupene o Inia; he Inia katoa nga tangata mahi o runga tae atu ki to ratou tumuaki. On Tuesday the 12th of April, 1960, my wife and I flew from Napier to Auckland, the first stage of our journey to Indonesia. Here we rested having found accommodation with our relations. The next morning at 9.30 we flew again; but, this time, by Teal (Tasman Empire Air Lines); a most impressive experience for no other reason than that the plane we were on was so great in size, so beautiful to look upon, so fast in flight. Before we realised it, we were already in Sydney, the distance from Auckland to Sydney being within the vicinity of 1200 miles; it was just a minor effort to the Teal plane, we landed in Sydney about 1.30 p.m. (11.30 a.m. Australian time); flying time was only four hours. It was not until the next evening at 6.30 when we took off again by an All India plane; the whole crew including the Chief Pilot consisted of Indians. Yes, it was at 6.30 when we left and touched down at Darwin at 2 a.m. the next morning; it was still dark. While we were waiting in Sydney, we went sight-seeing and crossed the Harbour by ferry to a town called Manley. This is one of the most popular