Bishop Henry Newton

Retirement After 35 Years in Papua

From Our Own Correspondent

Bpt. Moresby, Mar. 5.

Y the Macdhui, which left Samarai yesterday, Bishop Henry Newton, D.D., who was succeeded in January last by Bishop Warrington Strong, sailed for Australia to live in retirement after 41 years’ service in the tropics, 35 of which were spent in Papua.

Bishop Newton has been seriously ill for many months and it is with great relief that residents of the territory learn of his health improving sufficiently to enable his departure after so many long years of faithful service in the country. It is hoped that his health will continue to grow better, enabling him to enjoy the rest he so richly deserves.

Dr. Newton succeeded the Right Rev.

Sharp as Bishop of New Guinea in 1922.

Previously he had been Bishop of Car pentaria since 1916, having been appoin ted after 20 years’ service in Papua. He first entered the mission field in 1896, when the Anglican Mission, headecj by Rev. Copeland King, was labouring under the disadvantage of insufficient personnel, and before the Mission had been able to extend its stations along the N.E. coast, north of Cape Vogel.

As the Macdhui passed through Port Moresby from Samarai, a deputation of church members called on His Lordship to render their last service to their be loved bishop. They made a presentation to him as a memento of his long years of service in the territory.

Mr. Albert F. Ellis, British Phosphate Commissioner in New Zealand, arrived in Sydney from Auckland on March 13.