Moresby
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Mental Patient At Large In Moresby
From a Special Correspondent
Port Moresby, August 3.
1VJ IGHT llfe in Moresby has been con a? soon discovered from them that there Was said to be a homi- C i dal mania C at large. The houseboys’ stones may have differed in the number of people who were already supposed to have been murdered, but they all agreed that a native mental patient had escaped from the hospital, that he had stolen a that e he & was att<smPtS The police then broadcast an announce ment to the effect that a mental nntient had escaned fromthe S S na 9 e£^ a P e d lr0n ?„ the native hospital and had stolen a rifle and some ammuni tion, which had since been recovered R „ ’ nl ,‘ L i eQ ' Rumours that he had killed local natives W ere unfounded, they added; when Cap tured he was believed to be heading for Kokoda in an attempt to get back to Lae. He had been brought to Port Moresby for treatment.
The next night, however, he again appeared in the town area. He is still at large.
At the Brisbane Congregational Church on Sunday, July 14, a memorial service was held for the late Mrs. S. Schlencker who spent many years as a LMS Mis sionary in Papua with her husband, the Rev. H. P. Schlencker. The Rev. T. Rees Thomas who officiated, spoke of the ster ling character of Mrs. Schlencker.
The Methodist Missionary Society of NZ, has purchased the 41 ft. ketch “Mandalay at a cost of £2,450. The ketch will be used for mission work in the Solomons.