Melanesian Mission Is 90
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Years Old
WHILE New Zealand is preparing to celebrate its centennial, the Melane sian Mission has marked an existence only 10 years shorter with a booklet celebrating the 90th anniversary of its foundation.
The extent of the Diocese of Melanesia and the manifold activities of the staff of 59 European priests and workers under the seventh bishop, Rt. Rev. W. H. Bad deley, the 62 Melanesians in Holy Orders, the 650 teachers and the 140 members of the native brotherhood, are described.
In text and illustrations the booklet provides a graphic picture of the work of the diocese, its fleet of mission ships, its schools and training colleges, its hos pitals, leprosarium and churches.
The new building erected for the Bank of New South Wales in Suva, Fiji.