| Show FROM TASMANIA no ill murray street hobart tasmania oct 18 1897 I 1 was called and set apart to perform a mission to this island of the sea and on march 25 1896 1 I left my mountain home in obedience to that call our company consisted of seven young elders ranging in age from 19 to 27 years all unmarried three of these were appointed to new zealand two to australia and elder charles A orme of tooele thoele city and myself to tasmania we traveled by rail to vancouver B C where we took passage on the S S for sydney australia I 1 enjoyed the journey from salt lake city to vancouver and saw many interesting te sights and some very good mountain scenery we left the port of vancouver at daybreak march 30 1896 and arrived at Vl Vi storia storla the capital of british columbia at noon the same day and after a stay here for six hours we started again As the shades of night began to fall we too took k our last look at and bid goodbye to american soil for a short time the next morning when we went on deck all that were visible were the sky above and the blue waters beneath and we were sailing out into the greatest of all bodies of water the mighty pacific ocean for five days we had rough weather and uch such a pitching and tossing as was never my lot to experience before but tue the good ship battled bravely through it though it was so rough at times that we had to travel under half steam As we neared the sandwich islands the weather calmed down we steamed into the port of honolulu the capital of the sandwich islands the paradise of the pacific ocean on the seventh day of april after a stay of six hours in this beautiful city we left for the next por port t of call which was suva the capital of the fiji islands where we arrived in the evening of april 17 1896 the steamer was to stay here until noon the next day we had breakfast early and hired a man to row us to the shore as this is a shallow harbor and it is impossible for a large boat to get alongside the wharf we walked around this place which is small and not of much importance the natives number I 1 was told over they resemble the african negroes very much and do not seem to grasp the ideas of civilization very rapidly leaving suva we traveled five days and arrived capital of the colony of new south wales april 22 1896 where after a week of sightseeing our little band separated each going to his appointed field of labor april 29 1896 elder charles A orme and I 1 took passage on the itea steamship tambo and after travenna traven ng amne we arrived at hobart the capital of tasmania where I 1 was assigned to labor with elder andrew smith jr and elder orme to labor with elder robert A penton fenton both of salt lake city elders penton and orme went t to launceston Launce ston to labor there this place is the second city in size and importance and is situated in the nor northern therM part of this island I 1 labored with elder smith for one year in hobart and vicinity when he was called to preside over the new south wales wale conference three days later he left for sydney I 1 was joined by a companion elder james steadman of mill creek salt lake county who had been laboring for a year among the europeans in new zealand and we are laboring together at the present time in hobart the work here goes on slowly we have a few saints here who have proved friends indeed and we have some warm warin hearted friends who are not able to see as we do but they are true friends and our prayer is that they may be enlightened to see their true position and te be brought to a knowledge of the truth we have a large room where we hold services it is situated in the center of the city but it is hard to get people to attend our meetings we are enjoying our labors though at times things do not look very encouraging cou raging lately there have been twelve added to the fold of christ in launceston Launce ston this is due to the efforts of elder C A orme who is president of the work on this island and elder john clayson his traveling companion if there axe are any odthe saints who have relatives or friends here we would be pleased to call on them it they will send their name and address WILLIAM HARVEY |
