New Ship For Yule Is.

Mission

THE MV “St. Francis,” recently the naval vessel “Hunter,” left Sydney in February for the Papuan coast, where she will maintain communications for the Catholic Mission at Yule Island.

She is 54 ft long, 16i ft beam, and 6i ft, draught. She is powered by a 3 cylinder Vivian Diesel, and can cruise at 8 mph.

The “St. Francis” will take the place of the Mission’s vessel “Gemma,” wrecked in September, just as Rev. Father Dup eyrat was leaving Yule Island for Aus tralia on a finance quest. He bought the “Hunter” at a Disposals sale in October for £4,250, and over £l,OOO was spent on fittings, etc.

The story of how the tireless Father Dupeyrat “raised the wind,” and photo graphs of the new “St. Francis,” will appear in next issue.

Mr, L. Clark, well-known ex-Terri torian who for several years has been giving good service to Papua-New Guinea residents as a member of the Sydney branch of the External Territories De partment, has now resigned from that department. He has set uo in an agency business for himself and has his office at 31 King Street, Sydney. He will be the Australian representative for Island In dustries, a new-comer to the commercial field in New Guinea, which expects to do big things in the future.

Teu .Howard, 60-year-old Gilbert Is lands fisherman, has been committed for trial at the Supreme Court of Fiji on a charge of unlawfully attempting to cause the death of Julia Sakea and a Solomon Islander named Joe. Howard declined to make a statement in the Magistrate’s Court, saying that he would make his statement to the Supreme Court.