AMONG THE ISLANDS

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIII, Issue 179, 8 November 1910, Page 2

AMONG THE ISLANDS

■ rr- .H» ... j—*-?-.- •■■ '. -* ! ■■' " ■>>■ > . MISSIONARY "EFFORT- I§ I THSL > : NEW ; I •-.! HEBRIDES.—^ - ..,-,,■> i , ; . ,i.-,( .(>;.:•'" "• .- •" -- By :iTelegraplk—Pres9..'Assfleia.tJoH. . v . 7i i .jyellin^n^Mond^y,, •■ representing the Foreign j Missions Committee of J;he*T^resbyter i ian , Churclii waited on the"Preiriier""to-day in' ' connection with the Presbyterian Mission in tire {New Hebrides. : - It-'ivaWlexpTained'-' by one)of the speakers: a ; drawn up some years ago re--0 garding recruiting sale of s , intoxicating liquors. Tbe,.de^utatioa ? |Cgj,; 1 clared jthat the in "tins res sgegt. ! was being - cnie% violated, by the "French residents. The '■! recruiting of the women and girls was 1 .particularly complained o£., A ietter-JKas.. s reqd- fijom Dr. Bowie, a missionary, who b sajdjihat the charges i residents had enquired - into or*if enquiries' 1 penalties or no penalties been » inflicted. ■ .->•••-• l Sir Joseph Ward, in 'reply,"^aaid.^ther. p matter;was one of. very great inxportance, i and if the deputation \youli forward .njm s a memorandum on the sSojeA Be"wouM'" . send it on the British Government,; j Thfr deputation agreed to do tkisi,.; ~,, . ■