Death Of Pioneer
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Missionary
mHE recent death in Haapai, Tonga, of J. the Rev. Sister Mary St. Yves, brings to a close a life that was devoted to others.
She was born in France in 1857, and in 1880 came to Tonga via Australia in the mission ship “John Williams.” From that time onwards, in her convent at Haapai, her life was devoted to the girls who came to the Catholic Mission school, but at the same time she endeared herself to all other sections of the community.
A correspondent writes that at her burial everyone, irrespective of creed, paid her deep homage, suddenly realising that with her passing Haapai and Tonga had lost a great missionary.