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The Sea Must Be Reckoned With

AFTER many years of having to worship in community halls the people of Pitcairn Island have built themselves a church. It took three months to erect and was dedicated by Pastor N. A. Ferris on October 14 shortly before he left the island. The Pitcairners are Seventh Day Adventists.

Some of the timber used in the building was a gift, but most of it was bought in Panama. A shipping company brought it to the island free of charge. The church building fund was assisted by donations from the Central Pacific Union Mission and from passengers on the cruise liner Caronia.

a i^ terru Pted Dedication Day celebrations and S hnaf C ma t de xt f dim , cult . for island boats to get alongside.

Several accidents occurred. An island woman lost a toe as two boats w^ n^fnocked th unconspinfit to wvSy riS mast fell in anothe/bnat

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faUhiff mast 8 &1 ° mjured by the failing mast.

Pastor Ferris and his family were farewelled by Pitcairners on October 19 when they left on the ship for Australia, On the way back into Bounty Bay a boat was caught by heavy seas and driven onto the rocks. The men escaped with slight injuries and the boat was eventually salvaged.

f Miss Kay Souness, of Sydney, visited her brother, Mr Tom Souness, and his wife, at Wabag, New Guinea Highlands, during the Christmas period An allian ce between the 7th Gurkha Rifles (at present serving in Malaya) and the P-NG Pacific Islands Regiment has been approved by the Queen Net profit of Lolorua Rubber Estates Ltd. was £3,176 lower at £6,644 for the year to April 30, 1954.

Dividend for the year was 6 per cent, against 8 per cent, in the previous year. Interim dividend was missed in December because of the low price 0 f rubber.