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King Country Chronicle, Volume VI, Issue 476, 22 June 1912, Page 4

That district between Te Kuiti and Pio Pio extending over sixteen mileß is now becoming rapidly settled and settlers are making an endeavour to have a school established at a convenient point. The following letter has been received by Mr C. K. Wilson, M.P., from the secretary of the Auckland Board of Education:—"l am directed to Bcknowjeclge the receipt of your letter dated 26th ult., calling attention to tho school requirements of the Bettlers residing between Pio Pio and Te Kuiti. In reply I have to inform you that, when your correspondent (Mrs M. G. Riddle) furnishes the information she has been asked for in support of her application for the establishment of a school, the matter will be enquired into by an, inspector of schools.—R. Crowe, secretary." The Rev. F. H. Sponcer. secretary for the British and Foreign Bible Society, is visiting Te Kuiti next week with the object of arousing interest in the great work of the society, will lecture in St. Luke's Church hall on Wednesday evening. The society has already issued 229,000,000 copies, of the Scriptures, a number so vast, that figures seem to give us little idea of the work. Coming nearer to ub in the report we read that the Scriptures have been publishd in 482 different languages. This includes South Sea Island languages, where printing has been done for the Anglican and Presbyterian Missions to the Melaneisans and for the Wesleyans in Polynesia. This society is able to say that it never rufußes to print the Scriptures in any new language, into which they have been carf«ully translated. This wonderful effort to spread God's Word into all lands has been compared to His gift of Tongues on the day of Pentecost, where tho Holy Spirit shewed once for all that no Christian teaching can be complete till people have beard and know in their own tongues the manifold gifts of God. In the laßt year the society spent £795 every working day. The increasing demands are exceeding its resources, and Mr Spencer is making an apppal to all lovers of the Bible for freah support.