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Australia. Prayer is needed that the Holy Spirit may arouse practical interest, which will bemaintained by prayer for these dear souls.My recent visit to Adelaide has already been blessed of God; the results are in Hishands. To all who are praying for the success of this work I return thanks in the Name ofthe Master. I have been welcomed in the country districts, and those who have the needsplaced before them have magnificently responded.For every opportunity that has been given we praise God, and we commend thisdeputation work to your prayer. Brethren, pray for us. 129Jim prints his name, JAS. PAGE, at the end of the page, and folds it into an envelope. Itwill not need redrafting. As he is packing his things away, he hears a knock on the door of thebedroom. A soft voice follows.‘Mr Page? Mother asked if you would like to take tea with us now.’He is smiling as he opens the door and makes a mock bow to the sweet girl who stands,pigeon toed, before him. She is wearing a starched smock that does not quite hide thewomanly shape she has recently grown into.‘I’d be delighted,’ Jim says, and offers his arm as if they were to dine on the Titanic itself.She links hers into his and will only relinquish it when she catches her mother’s small frownas they enter the front room.July 1929, AdelaideAlfred Gerard has tired of waiting on the Protector. On new UAM letterhead he writes:We have visited the spot on several occasions. There are about 150 natives located there,and unfortunately there is an English immigrant living in the camp, and she has, I think,three half caste children. However there are some 40 to 50 children of school going agewho are not receiving any benefits. These natives are camped on leased ground, therebeing no reserve for them anywhere. …. Our Society has offered to take an interest in theAborigines in this locality, having an oversight of their moral life and giving the childrensome education, but the Lease holders of the ground on which they camp know that meansmaking it their perpetual camp, and they do not desire that. We can, as a Mission, occupy77