Mission Work In N. Caledonia
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THE French Protestant mission in New Caledonia, which always has done good work among the natives, is asking for 1,500,000 francs, with which to establish a native centre in Noumea. The General Council has passed the request on to a committee charged with examin ing questions of reorganisation of native affairs.
Although persons elsewhere usually think of New Caledonia as a Catholic country, half of the Melanesian tribes are Protestant, and they number among them some of the most energetic and influential groupings of the Loyalty Islands and of the mainland.