Group Title : Mission Secretary's Papers
Series Title : Inwards Correspondence - New Hebrides Mission (Rev W Mawson)
Date(s) : 1923 to 1929
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Item Description : This file contains correspondence received by the Foreign Missions Secretary (Rev. H. Barton), concerning mission work in the New Hebrides.
Major Topics Include : proposed
petition on New Hebrides Condominium issue (1923); French injustices and
the liquor trade issue (1923); account of the 1924 Synod meeting on Tanna;
suggestion of British mandate over islands (1924); "Prophet Movement" on Tangoa (1924);
proposal for League of Nations mandate over islands (1924); "Partition"
proposal for islands (1924); proposal for "women's stations" (1924); tributes
to Rev. W. Watt (1926); treatment of hookworm, yaws and malaria (1926);
memorial minute to Rev. W. Watt from Foreign Missions Committee of Presbyterian
Church of Australia (1926); proposal for hospital at Pangkumu (1927); minute
to Rev. O. Michelsen on completing 50 years of mission work (1928).
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