| Show A WORD FROM NEW ZEALAND WE have been permitted to peruse a letter recently received from the president of the australasian mission minion he states that friends frienda in utah occasionally send bend clothing to the elders laboring in new zealand and the customs officers have begun to charge duty on articles of that kind on the last package received a charge of 20 per cent was placed it is sug suggested geste that a more profitable way to aid the missionaries in that part of the world would be to send them remittances in mosey money clothing being as chaap in new zealand as it is in utah it may maybe be well to state here that it is a cause of great pleasure to the missionaries abroad to be substantially remembered by the friends they have left at home not only because of such assistance being in many instances much needed but also on account of the joy it gives given to know that they are remembered at t home the writer of the letter also speaks of the improvement in progress among maori members of the church they are gradually adopting the manner of drewsand dress dres and sand other customs of white people he describes them as self reliant and industrious and is hopeful in relation to their future |
