Nauru Church Being Built

in Melbourne.

A CHURCH thp,t will be shipped in sections to Nauru Island, Central Pacific, is being built in Melbourne to the order of Rev. C. L. Welsh, of the L.M.S., now on leave in Victoria. It will be ready for shipment in the British Phosphate Commission’s vessel “Triona”, sailing at the end of February.

Wood, cement, and fibrous plaster are the main materials. They were bought with £3,000 subscribed by the Nauruans, who will re-erect the church and carry out the cement and plaster work. The building will accommodate 1,000 people.

The church will be cruciform in shape, with a bell tower and cross. It will have a concrete base, raised altar, and choir stalls, over which there will be a Gothic arch. Spotlights will be used to illuminate the choir, altar, and electric organ chamber. All furnishings will be of red wood to resist white ants, which destroyed the old church.