Missionaries In North
p. 15 · Read in the full issue
East Papua
I GET no rest on the subject of white women left behind in Papua after the evacuation (says a writer in Mel bourne “Herald”). I thought there were only two, but now the secretary of the Australian Board of Missions comes at me with the fact that, north of the Owen Stanley Range, which is the Church of England’s mission area (on the north east coast of Papua) there are still 16 women missionaries who refuse to leave.
The Anglican missionary strength there is 37 persons, and all of them stayed The latest news says that they are all well, although there is some doubt about three. These three—one clergyman and two women—were at the mission’s main hospital centre at Gona when the Jap anese decided to call.
However, all reports received indicate that the three got away safely before the landing, although the information has yet to be confirmed.