Tahiti
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Devoted Missionary’s Death in Tahiti
From Our Own Correspondent
Papeete, Sept. 5.
ONE of Tahiti’s most esteemed and valued citizens, Monsieur Octave Moreau, President of the Superior Council of the Protestant Churches in French Oceania, died at Papeete on August 27. He was a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour.
Monsieur Moreau’s service in the colony covered a period of over 30 years, em bracing every form of missionary effort.
He had been pastor, pastor-general of the island of Moorea, pastor of the Bethel Chapel at Papeete, instructor, and finally head of the Divinity School, and Presi dent of the Council and Head of the
Protestant Mission in the Colony, Several years ago he was entitled to retirement from service (on pension) which would have permitted him to pass the evening of his life in his native country; but his devotion to duty and the needs of the mission constrained him to decline this privilege.
During the Great War M. Moreau per formed most distinguished service with the forces in France, giving special at tention to the welfare of the Tahitian sol diers at the front.
Mr. Noel Boyd-Boland married Miss Constance Clifford at the Holy Cross Church, Woollahra, N.S.W., on Septem ber 24. They will sail for New Guinea to make their home in Rabaul by the Nankin on November 14.