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New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 26, 25 June 1903, Page 17

Suppressio Veri

A ri'M'U'iul ecnllfinan dosci ilicd as ' tlio organising ftecirt.iry ot the 'Viislicjim Mission in New Guinea' is at present m f'hnstt hurch InU>r\ icwed by a representatn e of the ' Tiess ' he is lepoited to ha\ c ' explained that theie .we thiee missions at \\ort anioi)£> the natives of Bnti^h \e\\ CJumea — the Congregational, the Wesleyan, iiml the Ani^lic.in ' There aio m leality four. The Statesman's Yeai Hook ' names them all m detail. The leM'iend 01 s^anismg- set ntal ,\ jnobably had his own reasons lor suppressing- all 1 elerence to the well established and sMcessitil mission conducted 111 British New Omn -a I>\ the Sacied ileait Fathers of Issondun. British New (.'umea and some ol the neighboring islands ha\e, 111 laet, heen a sepaiate \ icariate-Apostolic since May-day, 1889. In 1897— the latest year for which we have figures m our possession — there were in the Vicariate I2(t()() native converts, 16 churches, lli elementary schools, one Bishop (Dr. Na\ arre, residing on Thursday

Island), 16 priests, 17 lay-brothers, and 10 nuns. On our way to New Zealand from Europe a few months ago we were accompanied by a band of> Catholic missionaries bound for New Guinea, and among their number was one of the most talented ecclesiastics that we have met in many a day.