A CIVIC WELCOME
COMMISSIONER HODBER
SALVATION ARMY EULOGISED
.':. Strong-featured,' sturdy-figured,' arid of bold assertive deportment. Commissioner Henry G. Hodder, the newlyappointed Commandant in New Zealand of the Salvation Army, certainly looks .the man for the job. Everyone ■■who. was present at the "civic welcome tendered him and his wife in the Council Chamber yesterday, afternoon by- the .Mayor (Mr. J. P. Luke) were of that opinion, and the impression conveyed .was reflected in the speeches made. : , On behalf of the City. Mr. Luke ten-, . dered the .newcomers'a very hearty welcome, and referring to the record of good Work performed by the Com-, missioner in England,! Holland; Japan, and elsewhere, was convinced that the same happy result would attend his , work in New Zealand.'; The Mayor also , ex,tended a genial .welcome to-Mrs. Hod- . der and the members of the "family. 'The Hon. ■■■J'. M B; Fisher said that; though New Zealand, was a happy and prosperous little country, •,the Commis- . siorier' would find that there was much work to do of a ''social nature; and there would be no time for him to rest. He 'Would discover, that that work of tho Army covered a 6ph'ere of useful- ■ liess that no other institution, covered, and that in their "efforts: to help the bu ifering' and the. .weak Jie would find that every class of the community and every creed were all loyal to the Army. (Applause.) He: expressed 'the hope that the Commissioner would even' im-' , prove on the work of his predecessor,' >',so that when in the ordinary';course he was transferred to some other sphere of action he would be. able to look back oh little Antipodes and, say: "I have worked there: I know the people, and thank God, I left it better than I found it 1" (Applause.) As a private citizen he was, glad to welcome Commissioner. Hodder, and as,a member \of the Government' he could say that he was glad to have, him amongst them. (Loud applause.)' 7 ; V i :j Mr. D. M'Laren \said that as a member of the Hospital and Charitable Aid Board, he was [closely in touch with the. W'ork of the_Army, and whilst he admired it, he "regretted: the need.for the -service it: did. :..i ': ',:. ■':/ ■."' .'.-.•
!Dr. Newman recalled.the genesis. (,f the Army in London, when it was derided and stoned, but ic had won. its' . ,way through, and was now admirei by a 11..: He recalled the wonderful enthusiasm: evoked by General. Booth: in Wellington/and remarked that' if the General had only waited a imonth' or .two ho would have .been "wearing a bright red_ waistcoat. , (Laughter .and .applause.) 'In; expressing his admiration for the' work 01 the Army, Dr; Newman, said that theirs was' not a kidglove prbgaganda. No matter how' dirty the work, was they did it as long as it was there to do; When he was Mayor 'be had .been concerned: with the unemployed, and he never': forgot' the Army and-they never forgot him. (Applause.) The Army would always hold a place ui the esteem and' aifection : of this country. ': ,"> v-V. .-;: ; .'';■.:' The Bev. W. J. Comrie spoke a wel-, come, oh- behalf ' of, the Presbyterian! Church and 'the < New' Zealand Alliance, and as an exrMayor, Mr. C. M. Luke spoke in commendation of: the Salvation Army as a socialising influence. The chairman welcomed the Commissioner on behalf of 'all the \ other churches; :•'•:'•'■■'
Commissioner Hodder, who waa received with, applause; expressed,his delighted . appreciation atj heirig! in their niidst,_ and thanked each' speaker for the ' kind references to 'himself; Mrs. , Hodder, and the work of the'. Army. • It was most gratifying to come all this distance ,to find such a deep-rooted appreciation of the work of the Army. Dr Newman- had recalled the days of thirty years ago • when he was a youth employed. in a-, Portsmouth:; dockyard. He , had been converted through the ope'n T air work: of the .Army, arid whan . he! said, he was' leaving, the foreman— l a good old. Mothod.ist—had said that ho hoped that he would'be the mean's of winning hundreds and thousands of souls. In London the Army had been pelted by all sorts of things. It was the sort of .treatment that'would either drive:the metal into you or but of you. ■ Thank, God, 'it. had "done the . first) and he had gone steadily on. (Applause.) There was one place that had not been mentioned—he had. spent- six happy years ui dear old Scotland. The omission reminded .him of ; Henry Ward Beecher, who, when addressed as Henry Beecher, said; "What has Ward done?" (Prolonged laugh'ter.), On the Aeneas coming from Liverpool were some 225 'Australians, all: of, whom had eulogised New Zealand as one of the' best countries in the world. "God's own land," they had called it, and he hoped that we fully realised; that .they must have God's own people'in the land. Hede-. sired with all his heait and soul to travel up and down the country , telling of the unsearchable riches of Christ.The Commissioner said he would cooperate with them and would ask them all to co-operate with him.. (Applause.) / OFFICERS' WELCOME. Commissioner and Mrs. Hodder were entertained. at, dinner in the. Booth .'Memorial Training College last - evening, : following which there was an uplifting meeting, at .which the headquarters and local officers of the Army extended the glad, hand, of welcome to the new Army chief , and his talented wife. Speeches were made by Major Blinooe and Ensign S'inton (representing the women's.social work), Adjutant Inwood and Ensign Pickering ' (men's social , work), Adjutant Hulquist (male field officers), Mrs.. Adjutant Bladin (female field officers), Staff-Captain Mackay (Training College), Airs. Brigadier Bray, Majors Page, Kirk, Colvin, Brigadiers Glover, Carmichael, and, Hoare, and finally Colonel Powley (chief secretary), and the Commissioner.
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Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2328, 9 December 1914, Page 5
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958A CIVIC WELCOME Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2328, 9 December 1914, Page 5
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