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Pacific Islands Monthly, 1 February 1953Vol. XXIII, No. 7

Mra And New Guinea

p. 138 · Read in the full issue

Natives

Papua -new guinea’s four native delegates to the Moral Re-Armament Conference in Colombo were in Sydney in early February, on their way back to Port Moresby. They are Mr. Merar!

Dickson, MLC, and Mrs. Dickson* Miss Alice Wedega, and Mr. Penuali Anakapu.

Mr. Dickson spoke urgently in favour of more education for the natives. Mrs. Dickson praised the! general idea of moral re-armamentJ Mr. Anakapu said to Sydney Sun i “I went to Asia with a hatred of white men in my heart. I ofterl felt inferior to the white people ini Papua; but at the Assemblies I found the answer to racial resent-l ments.” = Five Lutheran missionaries frorrii America reached Sydney in Janulj ary on their way to a Lutheramt Mission station in the New Guinea!

Highlands. They are the Rev. and Mrs. George Hinlisky (who brought their two babies with them). Mr.' and Mrs. E. Spruth and Miss Wanda!

Fricke.