Mrs. V. H. Sherwin

Mrs. Vernon H. Sherwin (Nursing Sister M.

Morton, of Adelaide), who recently was married in South Australia to Rev. Sherwin, of the Melanesian Mission. She accompanied her hus band back to his station at Wau, on the Morobe goldfield, New Guinea, sailing from Sydney on September 30 by the Macdhui.

This report was received on September 25. The editor handed it to the Sydney Morning Herald, by which it was promin ently published on September 26.

A few days later, the Australian Prime Minister was asked in Parliament for de tails of the incident. He said that neither the Canberra nor the New Guinea authori ties knew anything about the incident.

Is it any wonder that ordinary people get very weary of the dilatory methods of governments!