Rev. C. F. Rich Retires
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From our own correspondent catv/tadat tv/tvVi i SAMARAi, Marcn i.
REV. C. F. Rich, who has given a life time of useful work to the educa tion and training of Papuan natives, has retired from his position as head of the London Mission Society’s station at Fife Bay, Eastern Papua.
Mr Rich first arrived in Papua, from England, in 1900, accompanied by Rev.
W. J. Saville. He was joined in 1901 by Mrs. Rich, and one of their first visits was to Daru, where they met the
famous missionaries, Chalmers and Tomkins, who a few weeks later were murdered in the Delta Division. As the years passed, Mr. and Mrs. Rich devoted themselves with increasing enthusiasm to the teaching of technical education; and, from their mission on Fife Bay, they turned out a large number of trained and clever native artisans. Mr. and Mrs. Rich had hoped to complete 40 years of service together at Fife Bay, but just before the period was com pleted Mrs. Rich became seriously ill, and had to go away. She is slowly re covering, under hospital treatment, in Samarai, however.