Fijian Pastors For Darwin
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TWO Fijian natives, Verenike Veitara * givanua and Meli Tukai, accompanied by their wives, arrived in Sydney from Suva, Fiji, by the Aorangi in June.
Verenike is a teacher and Meli an or dained minister. They then left Sydney by the Merkur on their way to Northern Australia, where they will engage in work for the Methodist Overseas Mission.
Their main activities will be in Darwin and nearby islands, and especially the Crocodolie group.
The Fijian pastors brought with them considerable quantities of Fijian food and plants, and will endeavour, in the grow ing of yams and other native plants and by applying better agricultural methods, to increase the output of native foods grown in Darwin.