A MISSIONARY “CAT.”
Mr Andrew Chirnside, of the Wornbee, Victoria, who returned to London a few weeks ago from a tour in Central Africa, has caused some excitement by the production of a whip, which he has placed in the hands of Ur Cameron, M.P. This whip, which is likely to be as celebrated as the cat-o’-nine-tails exhibited last session, has it is stated, been used by the missionaries at a mission station near lake Nyassa, to flog their refractory converts with. The missionary “ cat ” consists of several very thick thongs, and is a more formidabla weapon of punishment than the navy cat shown in the House of Commons. The “ Daily News ” ' has drawn special prominence to the matter, and the Aboi'igines’ Protection Society, and others interested in Africa, are taking it up. Through Mr Chirnside’s instrumentality it has become known also that the missionaries at this station, at Blantyrc, belonging to the Presbyterians, have caused a native to be executed on a charge of murder. The Foreign Office will make consular inquiry into the affair. Dr Cameron is bringing it before Parliament, and the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland has directed the Foreign Missions Committee to sift the matter to the bottom.
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2291, 21 July 1880, Page 3
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205A MISSIONARY “CAT.” South Canterbury Times, Issue 2291, 21 July 1880, Page 3
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