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Show WILFORI) :KNUDS0N. Aug. 7th Elder Wilford Kiiud-sou Kiiud-sou returned from a mission to New Zealand, where ho has heon laboiing for the past Unco year and five months. Ho sailed (rum San Francisco, March 'J4, 11)01. He spent his mission at Whangnrio Bay Island of New Zealand, among tho Maoris. lie reports the work as being very successful and that many are joining join-ing the churh oaeh year. Schools aio being conducted among the natives ami a high bchool will 1k established thy vgrnpnr futi'iio. They alsjjj iql'Olltjy started a newspaper published by the ciders, printed in part Maori and part English. While in Now Zealand he made a tiip to tlio South Islands. New Holds are being opened up in places whore a few yeais ago thoy could got no healing and branches aro being established today. ' Tho Mormon Church in New Zealand today mimbor overjj.OOO members, and churchoH are boing built at tho different branches. Tho Maoris number today between be-tween 1 1,000 and 15,000. Theso dark skin people aio fast asfuni-ing asfuni-ing the customs of tho English' people who livo among them. While away Bio. Kuudson enjoyed en-joyed tho best of health and had a pleasant timo on his mission, Ho loituV'ueklaiid, Julyi 10, and arrived at Van Couvor Aug.Ut, and returned homo by way of Portla;idff(J A . ,,,, ,T . |