26 MAY 1923, Page 9

One of the most lonely parts of the British Empire

is undoubtedly the island of Tristan da Cunha in the South Atlantic, 1,500 miles from Cape Town, from which H.M.S. Dublin ' has just brought news in the form of letters from Mr. H. M. Rogers, who went there as a missionary last year. Owing to a poor potato harvest, due to " drought and bad winds," the islanders were in a sorry plight when welcome supplies from England arrived on H.M.S. ' Dublin ' ; this vessel also brought the Bishop of St. Helena, who confirmed over 60 of the small population of 127. The Bishop's interesting diocese includes the three islands of Ascension, St. Helena and Tristan da Cunha.