"The Mission In The

Mud"

FRIENDS of the Bamu River Mission, Western Papua—conducted normally by Harrie and Eva Standen, now both engaged on war work—recently organised a very successful concert, in aid of the mission funds.

The chairman (Rev. A. L. Wilkins) said he knew of no mission which had done so much good work, with so little, as this Bamu River Mission, often called “The Mission in the Mud,” owing to the swampy nature of the country. The mis sion was intensely practical and recog nised no sect or creed, save the need of the Bamu River natives.

The Standens, said the chairman, had every right to be proud of the part their Bamu boys had played in the battles of the Owen Stanley Range and of Milne Bay. The well-known Doctor G. H. Ver non, and others, reported from the fight ing zones: “The boys did a great job.”

Mrs. Standen. while nursing at a large military hospital in Sydney, finds time to give a most interesting lantern film lec ture on the Bamu River work. She may b° contacted through the “PIM” or on telephone LM 2167.