Item #94980 Melanesian Mission: Appeal of the English Committee for a New Mission Ship - The Church House, Westminster May 1900. Melanesian Mission.

Melanesian Mission: Appeal of the English Committee for a New Mission Ship - The Church House, Westminster May 1900

Westminster: The Church House, May 1900. 4p. Softcover pamplet. No separate wrapper. 19 cm. "The groups comp[rised within the Mission's Field are five: New Hebrides, Banks, Torres, Santa Cruz, and the Solomons." The current vessel is said to only be able to achieve 4 1/2 knots and that only when able to use its auxiliary steam power. This appeal was for a vessel with normal (nor auxiliary) steaming power able to achieve 10 knots. The first portion of this appeal is signed in type by Edgar Newcastle, President of the English Committee of the Melanesian Mission. Near Fine. Item #94980

Price: $175.00

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