"John Williams Vi" Will
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Be Based On Suva
Prom Our Own Correspondent SUVA, April 9.
THE London Missionary Society’s new ship “John Williams VI,” now under preparation in England, will be christened by Princess Margaret in August and in September is expected to sail for Suva, where she will be based.
All the ships named after the Rev.
John Williams, who was murdered at Erromanga in 1839, have been purchased
and supported by funds collected by chil dren of the Congregational Church in Great Britain, Australia and New Zea land.
The first “John Williams” was launched in 1844.
After visiting Australian and New Zea land ports, in order that the children can see their ship, the “John Williams VI” will take up the mission-station run, which ranges from Samoa to the Gilbert and Ellice Islands, and to Papua.
Mrs. Joe Backhouse, Rabaul, New Guinea,, was visiting her parents in Bris bane in April.