Christening at Vanikoro
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From A Special Correspondent AT isolated Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Group, ESI, best known for its valu able kauri timber, the Rev. J. F.
Goldie, chairman of the Methodist Mis sion in the Solomons, on October 13, christened the infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. Hodgson, who are recent arrivals from South Australia.
The baby, Annettel Marie, is the youngest of Vanikoro’s present white population of thirteen, and is the first white baby to be christened on the Island.
It was a case of a meeting between the youngest and oldest inhabitants; Annette had made her entry into the Solomons at the Central Protectorate Hospital at Honiara, 11 days previously and the Rev.
Goldie went to ESI in 1902.
The cost of transporting a young Fijian stowaway in the Waihemo to Vancouver and bringing him back in the Aorangi was £Bl/16/6. When the youth was charged at the Suva Magistrate’s Court it was stated that his father had agreed to repay the money at the rate of £2 a month. The boy was bound over for two years in his father’s recognisance of £lO, with two sureties of £lO each.