Anglicans Build Their Own

Church At Suva Point

THE Rt. Rev. L. S. Kempthorne, the Bishop in Polynesia, laid the foun dation stone "of a new Anglican Church at Suva Point, on February 24.

He was attended by the Rev. H. W.

Figgess, the Rev. Dr. G. R. Hemming, and the Rev. A. C. Maddick. The* Rev, D. N.

McDiarmid represented the Presbyterian congregation.

The new church is being constructed by the parishioners living at Suva Point, with the occasional help of members of the congregation living in Suva. Those concerned give up much of their spare time to the work, and have an energetic organiser and initiator in the Rev. Dr.

G. R. Hemming, whose home is at Suva Point.

The communal spirit which exists at Suva Point is something that is desired by every small community. As a group, the people work during their spare hours in erecting and maintaining recreational facilities for themselves and their families. Three tennis courts were com pleted recently, and matches are arranged for visiting teams from Suva and Nausori.

The engagement has been announced of Mr. John Young-Whitford, of the P-NG District Services Department, to Miss Nancy Mackenzie Stevens, of New South Wales. The marriage is expected to take place about September. Mr.

Young-Whitford has been stationed in Bougainville for the last 18 months and before that was in Rabaul. He joined the P-NG Administration early in 1946. He returned to New Guinea in early April, after leave spent in NSW.