Pacific Islands Monthly
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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1952Vol. XXII, No. 7

Lutheran Mission

p. 137 · Read in the full issue

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Conference

From Our Own Correspondent WAU, Feb. 4 A LUTHERAN Mission con ference opened at Wau, New Guinea, on January 28 and will last until February 9.

Seventy missionaries and their wives travelled from Madang, Lae, Central Highlands and Mor()be areas, those from Madang coming by small boat along the coast pick ing up other delegates on the way.

In addition, 15 native delegates attended the conference. On the opening day, the Assistant District officer of Wau, Mr. H. P. Seale and Mr. Dobbyns, Education Department, addressed the assembly.

The conference has already en dorsed a building programme for 1952 Three churches will be built —at Wau, Lae and Madang. A school for native girls will be built at Nobonob, Madang district and two others in the Morobe district.

Two secondary schools for native boys will be built at Ulap (Finis terre Ranges) and another in the eastern Central Highlands.

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