Built by Bishop Elect
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New Melanesian Chapel Built by Bishop Elect
A NEW chapel was consecrated by c\ Bishop S. G. Caulton, at Pawa mission station, on Ungi Island, BSI, on January 3.
The Mission shin Southern Cross nade a tour of Melanesian Mission stations gathering teachers and school pupils and assembling them it Pawa for the event.
The chapel is constructed on the Tamework of a Strand hut, raised I feet above a concrete basement md with a broad verandah en-
Jircling it.
The interior is beautifully finished n plaited bamboo. Credit for the 3Uilding goes to the Rev. A. T. Hill,
until recently headmaster of the Pawa School, and to his workers.
At the time of the dedication, Mr.
Hill was on leave in Australia prior to his consecration as new Bishop of Melanesia in succession to Bishop Caulton.
Following the dedication service in the morning, the 1,000 people pre sent were entertained with dancing and a feast; a Nativity Play was presented by the school pupils that evening, a very fine performance being given under the direction of the Rev. Mr. Rawcliffe.— G.H.H.
MV Aros, of the Australian-West Pacific Line, whose service between Sydney and Japan and Hongkong is already well known in New Guinea, called at Honiara, BSIP, early in December. She is expected to make a second call there about mid-March.