The New Hebrides.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 29 January 1891, Page 2

The New Hebrides.

; f This^eyeuipil^^wJf^j^Pii^ a lecture by the":Bfty;^^^apS(qp!i the New Bebtidea * S*i*iiM W 0 ™ uitei^|^g-4^^|^ff^bi-pelago known undeirj^|-nime i^ a continuation of S&it • 'cutioup^ormation of groups of isiaids fteetch- ; away from the eosic^^New-'rO^iiea,'' •'. of which the Salomon islaiiids^ara the first and the Society islands the 4ast. The New Hebride^arei iibout 1000 miles from the i cpa^^?ffi iAuatraliaand lie almost duenQrtHbf'New Caledonia. The fyi $anji^ar? , to the east. The Ai^chipejfeib v comprises oight islands, ; Esperitu Santa being^ Wfeflt^-iorigf by 45" broad, ;' the next,: Mallfoolo is 55 miles long by 25 wide^Can4 VErromangb is 28 miles long byVSO ' broad, while the other iafott&Tjt&Bi very small, and are namedi, Amb^yn* Tanna, Yalte, .Fenticost and Aurora. The- islands ,msr-ot\ volcanic arid coral formation, ate >bold, anclvtfjfe <j much indented. There are \o\- f canoes in a constant state of eruption ■" on Tanna and Ambrym. "Hte ffora of the islands are desoriMl as exceedingly rich and divereffiejd; t and the plantain, banana, custard:^ple, Papua apple and bread f^aife^-. art? indigenous to the soil. Cocoa nuts also grow in profusion. The social condition of the natives is said to present many characteristics indicative of the infanoy of mankind. The bible is now read by those + who were once cannibals, and.is printed in t«n different'langiiages. ' Suoh a topic amid such surroundings should 1)6 fall of interest, and we trust the object of the lecture, to obtain*assistance towards the Missioq work — . will be successful] A Collection will be made. The lecture will be .given at the Presbyterian Chuicbv 1