Suva’S New Cathedral

Damaged

IHE Bishop in Polynesia, the Rt.

Rev. L. S. Kempthorne, re porting on February 4 on hur ;ane damage to Church property Fiji, says that the buildings stood it part of the roof of the old Suva •o-Cathedral was torn off. and e side-chapel, organ and war smorial badly damaged.

The new Cathedral had most of e roof over the choir torn off and ach material was lost. The Bis p’s House and rectory were only ghtly damaged, but the Rector ,d his car damaged when a house il on it and the Bishop’s garage

is down at the bottom of a steep gully.

The most serious damage was to the 55 huts at the Wailoku settle ment (near Suva) for Solomon Is landers.

It was expected that the first stage of the new Cathedral, which was estimated to cost about £lO,OOO, would be finished by Easter. Work was being undertaken by a local builder and the new Cathedral was already a Suva landmark.

It seems likely that completion of the first section will now be de layed and will cost more. Damage to all Anglican property in the hurricane area will run into several thousands of pounds.

The Melanesian Mission ship Southern Cross, with the Rt. Hew S. C. Caulton, MA, aboard, arrived at Auckland from the Solomons and New Hebrides on March 4. The Bishop came south for a church conference in Auckland.

Fatal Bus Accident

All that remained of a bus involved in a fatal accident in Western Samoa on January 9.

The bus and a PWD truck came into collision on the Cross Island Road of Upolu. The truck also was completely wrecked. Two people were killed and 20 injured. —Photo by Superflash.