Unpleasant Incident In NG
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Missionary Attacked
Unpleasant Incident In NG Highlands
From Our Own Correspondent LAE. Oct. 22.
THE Reverend Father Schaeffer, of. the Catholic Mission, Chimbu, Central New Guinea, was attacked by a mob of young men, some 80 strong, as he was passing along the main road, which runs through the Lutheran Mission at Kero wagi, on October 16.
The offenders proved to be “students” at the Lutheran Mission there. One wonders what they are taught. Loyalty to the king and respect for constituted authority do not appear to be among the subjects.
Speedy action by the Assistant District Officer resulted in half a dozen ring leaders being consigned to the calaboose for a term of six months, while many others were fined.
A strong guard of native police is be ing maintained in the vicinity of Kero wagi so that all sections of the com munity may use the roads without molestation.
Canon W. G. Thomas was welcomed home on October 6, in St. Paul’s Cathedral, Melbourne, Vic. He gave a vivid picture of the life and work of the Diocese of New Guinea as he had seen it during the past year. He spent four months as Rector of Port Moresby, and then travelled over most of the diocese.