PITCAIRN ISLAND.
A MISSIONARY'S REPORT. By Cable—Press Association —Copyright. Sydney, October 28. Mr. Carey, a Seventh Day Adventist missionary, has returned after several years on Pitcairn Island. He also acted as school teacher and physician. He states that tyiere are 148 people on the island, 71 males and 77 females. They were adherents of the Church of England. but have now adopted the tenets of the Seventh Day Adventists. They are a happy, hospitable, social people, passionately fond of music. The communal system does not, as often supposed, exist. Each has a little plot. They help one another, but if a man loafs he suffers.. The island produces fruits and other crops. There is a large number of goats, one horse and no oxen. No intoxicating liquors are drunk, and two 'Americans only, who recently joined the community, use tobacco. Inter-marriage is having a very injurious effect morally and physically. Everv couple is more or less related. Though thev are greatly attached to the island. Mr. Carey regards it c.s imperative in their own interests that the people should leave, and be scattered in Australia or elsewhere.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 138, 29 October 1912, Page 5
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187PITCAIRN ISLAND. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 138, 29 October 1912, Page 5
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