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Solomon Islanders
A GIFT of 900 dollars has been made by the members of three New Zea land units in the Solomon Islands the Methodist Missionary Society of New Zealand to provide beds or a small ward in a new hospital which it is assumed the Society will provide for the natives of one of the islands after the war.
In a letter to the Rev. A. H. Scrivin, secretary of the Methodist Foreign Mis sion Board in New Zealand, the officer commanding the units said that the gift was from men of probably every creed, faith and church known in New Zealand and from many “non-performers.”
During the recent operations in which the units took part, stated the letter, the loyalty of the natives of the island was clearly demonstrated and their courage, fidelity, and will to serve the British Empire and the New Zealand Division were of great assistance and undoubtedly saved many New Zealand lives.
Rev. Martin Ackermann, formerly of the Lutheran Mission, Malalo, Salamua, New Guinea, has been engaged as a lec turer in the United States for many months past, and has travelled exten sively. He says that the Fuzzy-Wuzzy poem, “Tribute to New Guinea Natives,” published in the “PIM” in December, 1942, has received very wide publicity in the United States.