SALVATION ARMY

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2173, 11 June 1914, Page 6

SALVATION ARMY

CITY CORPS' AfCNIVKBSABV.

Tho thirty-first anniversary of the Wellington Citj' Corps of tho Salvation Amy tfas «eJoh*»4cd fcy an aJmivwsarv tea and mtisical meeting hold in tli« Citadel, Yim.il'Street,, last evening. A large number of officers, soldiery, and friends Sat'down to tea at 6 o'clock amottg tlioso present being; Tte Acting Com®iss»i«r (Colonel l'ewlcy) and Mr?. I'o'tvley, Brigflcfe lii ay, and Adjutant Macauley. Tho seven tables which liad bwm tastefully decorated, were prorided by different suctions a.f the corps, namely, social oißrors, young people's workers, members of the band, finance ■officers., soldiers-., sympathisers, and oast officers'. A lietv departure in connection with tho celefrratio.it was the tabic Mippiied by tho past officers, whs sent donations ami messages of greeting. At 8 o'clock tl® musical JjißO-tin-fx. was opened with a brief apeoolj by Colonel I'otvloy ami 05tracts from the corps Mi' tory were read, with special reference to tlit- first meetings in June, ISB3. Alessaw.s ef past corps officers, were s|®srn~by tato'n slides and evoked enthusiasm. A touefcihg portion of the evening's pwgrftflwnfe was the lantern service in memory ef departed ; comrades, whose photographs wetfe .shown, together tt'itli their favourite hymns-. Musical items included a irmre'li "Onr Annv Hi.ivn ami Tree," by the bans], selection by tb" baud, mstnimoirtai cm-art e(, cornel duet by Cadets' Ivnv and Heale, and company Bong by the Songster Brigade,