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Title: News From Afar - September 1948
Description: London Missionary Society - Livingstone Press, 1948, 1st edition. Stapled pamphlet, VG. 129-144pp, b/w illustrations, paper slightly yellowed otherwise a fine copy. Paperback , no dustjacket. ¶ A slim newsletter published by the London Missionary Society, and aimed at children. These 1948 editions give details of the travels of their missionary ship the John Williams VI. The ship was launched as the Empire ship Empire Sloane in 1946 & was purchased by the LMS in 1948. The ship operated in the south seas of the Pacific, the Gilbert Islands, the Cook Islands & Samoa.

Keywords: london missionary society, samoa, gilbert islands, pacific ocean, travel, micronesia