Unsung Side Of Mission Work In The Tropics
pp. 45-46 · Read in the full issue
SELF-APPOINTED critics of mission activity in the Pacific Islands seldom take into consideration the fine medical work that is being carried out by missionaries in the tropics, but it is nevertheless a fact that, usually with the co-operation of the local Administration, missionaries of all denominations are waging efficiently and without ostentation a ceaseless fight against disease and ignorance of even the most elementary
principles of hygiene. The above photographs, taken at a hospital in Melanesia, show how young children suffering from malnutrition and neglect are cared for by the nursing sisters. Left: An emaciated three-years-old child, who weighed 11 lbs. when taken to the mission station. Centre: After three and a half months’ treatment. Right: Normal and healthy, after five months’ at the hospital.
Rev. H. Lawrence, a new recruit for the Melanesian Mission, arrived in Sydney from England recently by the “Orion”, He will leave for 8.5.1. by the next “Malaita”.
Mr. and Mrs. Ward have been sent by the Seventh Day Adventist Mission to teach at the Pitcairn Island school where there are over 40 pupils. Hitherto, the school has been taught by Pitcairn Is landers (Euronesians).
—Photos, by Courtesy of “The Southern Cross Log”.
Mr. Organ arrived in Apia with his wife by the November ”Maui Pomare” from New Zealand to join the staff of the Western Samoa Survey Department.
Mr. L. J. Joubert, general manager of Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd., arrived in hfs d^Tack°to m Ne r w 2 Gu US A - ° n “is way back t 0 New Guinea.
Mr. P. C. Macarthur, of the New Guinea inspection staff of Messrs Burns, Philp and Co. Ltd., is now in the East spending long furlough.
Mr. O. B. Hart, construction engineer for Bulolo Gold Dredging Ltd.. New Guinea, who has been acting as general manager for some months, intends to retire at the end of this year. Mr.
Hart has built over 50 dredges, in all parts of the world. His valued assistant, Mr. Clyde Taylor, arrived in Sydney from U.S.A. on November 28. and will return to the service of B.G.D. Ltd. as construction foreman.