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From Our Own Correspondent Mangaia, June.
TERRIFIC rains during the first week . of June put the Keia taro patches under 20 feet of muddy water, caus ing a renewal—or, to be more correct, an aggravation—of the food shortage. Man gaia is unlucky these days!
Owing to the depth of the flood, even diving, to bring up the taro for imme diate consumption, cannot be attempted; and by the time the flood water has gone, the taro of the cliff villages will be a total loss, and the hard work of planting it a wasted effort.
The Rev. T. P. Fricke, Commissioner of the Board of Foreign Missions of the American Lutheran Church, has arrived in Brisbane to discuss with the Australian Director of Lutheran Missions, Dr. F. O.
Theile, the rehabilitation of the Lutheran mission work in New Guinea. After com pleting his negotiations in Australia, Mr.
Fricke will visit New Guinea, and then proceed to India.