Mission Boats For Bsi

TO enable the Rev. J. F. Goldie, chair man of the Methodist Mission in BSI to travel round the New Georgia Group, supporters in New Zealand last year bought the large yacht “Mandalay” and sent it to the Solomon Islands.

In September Mr. Goldie had an oppor tunity of proving the worth of the “Man dalay” as a sea boat during a run from Roviana to Marovo. He wrote: “We struck some very bad weather and had a rotten time at sea in a fierce blow for two nights as we did not care to risk looking for the entrance to Marovo. The seas were very heavy. I found the ‘Man dalay’ a splendid little sea boat—l could not wish for better.”

A second ketch is being sent to the BSI for the Methodist Mission this year. At a cost of £3,400, a new boat already on the stocks, has been bought for mission doctor and nurses. She will be named “Cicely II” and is 40 ft. long with 12 ft. beam, ketch rigged, with 30 hp Diesel engine. -Cicely II” is the successor to “Cicely,” the doctor’s boat which was lost when the Japs invaded the BSI. That boat was the gift of members of the Astley family, of Auckland, and was named in memory of their mother. Members of the Astley family have donated £1,500 towards

the cost of “Cicely II” It is hoped she will be ready for sea in April.