SALVATION ARMY-

Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 104, 27 January 1919, Page 8

SALVATION ARMY-

NEW COMMANDANT I'OK WEL- ■ LJNGTOX. Commandant T. E. Holmes, of the .Salvation Army, transferred from <3isborne to "Wellington, has been 21 years in the movement, and has had Home experience nt Glasgow, Cardiff, Leeds, and Swansea. He came to New Zealand a little over 'five years a;jo. Originally from Hull, Commandant Holmes has been in charge at Olahuliu (Auckland), I'almerston North, Auckland, and Gisborno. Commandant Holmes arrived in Wellington on Thursday, and was welcomed at a gathering under the presidency of Brigadier Gist. The official welcome took place at the Citadel yesterday, when spacial services were hold. The record of work of the new appointee and his wife is worthy. During- their term in Gisborne, the self-denial week resulted in the sum of over .£SOOO being raised, a world's record for • any one. corps. At a public farewell meeting in (jisborne, at which the Salvation Army corps was in strong evidence, and at which the City Council and Methodist Church were represented, many eulogistic references were mnde* to the departing guests. "I found Mm n real man," said a councillor; of Commandant Holmes, "and what is Gisborrie's loss will be Wellington's gain." Of Mrs. Holmes, testimony was given of her ability as a platform speaker and an untiring worker. The work was not only of a spiritual nature, but of social end personal benefit.

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