Bishop Of New Guinea To Retire

Mr. Thomas Monaghan, who has been appointed to replace Mr. F. C. Barron as headmaster of Port Moresby school, de parted from Brisbane by the Macdhui on February 1 to take up his new duties.

M rs. H. H. Ragg, of Ba, Fiji, arrived in Sydney by the Niagara on January 25.

Mrs. Ragg’s husband represents the Northern Division in the Legislative Council of Fiji.

The Right Rev. Henry New ton, Anglican Bishop of New Guinea, was 70 in December, and the occasion marks his official retirement after nearly 36 years of work among native tribes in Papua and the Gulf of Carpentaria country.

He was Bishop of Carpentaria for seven years. He has been Bishop of New Guinea for 13 years, and has long been re garded as the most picturesque figure in the Anglican mission ary bodies of Australia.

Bishop Newton has done his arduous work throughout the years practically without sti pend—just enough to pay bare expenses for food and clothing.

He has roughed it as few bush men have in the wilds of Papua, and has made long tramps, often barefooted, to get from one part of his dio cese to another. His life has been given up to his work, and, despite official retirement, he will continue his duties until a successor is appointed. —Block by courtesy of Aus tralian Board of Missions.