Not By Bishop Blanc
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History Of Tonga
r ¥THERE appears to have been some mis- A understanding about a history of Tonga, reported to have been compiled by Bishop Blanc, of Tonga.
The following is a copy of the fly-leaf of the pamphlet: “A History of Tonga, or Friendly Islands, Compiled by Monseigneur Bishop Blanc; Translated by Charles Stuart Ramsay, Swimming Mail-man of the South Seas: Printed by the Vista Press, Vista, California, U.S.A.”
When we saw the announcement, we wrote to Bishop Blanc and asked if it were possible to procure a copy of this history. We have now received a letter from Bishop Blanc in which he denies responsibility for the publication, and he adds: ‘As some people might be misled, like you, I should be very grateful to you if you would publish in the Pacific Islands Monthly that I do not acknowledge the pamphlet of Mr. Ramsay as a translation of anything written by me. It is only a translation of some passages of my Tongan paper, with a certain number of blunders, and on the whole it is the work of Mr.
Ramsay himself and not mine.”
Pastor G. H. Engelbrecht, mission superintendent in the New Hebrides for the Australian Union Conference of Seventh Day Adventists, arrived in Syd ney on furlough by the Morinda on August 28. He is stationed on the island of Acre, in the narrow strait between Santo and Malo Islands.