the Sepik, Now
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A Long Way From the Sepik, Now
Mrs. D. P. Coote, of Vunapau ’lantation, near Rabaul, NG, arrived n Sydney with her three small
daughters just before Christmas, She will return to the Territory in March.
!I Princess Mata’aho, wife of Prince Tugi, of Tonga, gave birth to a son ° n f ? ece^ be s 17 - The new prince is the third child of the Royal couple.
Pastor S. Gander, of the Seventh Day Adventist Mission, shows a carved Sepik River (NG) figure to a small Australian friend. Back in the place from whence it came, death is the penalty for any native woman who looks upon it.
Each small shell around the highly coloured face is [?]orth two day’s work of a native. Hair of the figure has been aken from a dead chief of the tribe.
The figure was given to the Pastor by natives who have accepted Christianity.