Dowie Recruits.

Gisborne Times, Volume VII, Issue 355, 4 March 1902, Page 3

Dowie Recruits.

GENERAL BOOTH’S DAUGHTER

AND SON-IN-LAW.

The staff officers of the Salvation Army, or at least the majority of them, were astonished to hear lately that General Booth’s daughter and son-in-law, Mr and Mrs Booth-Clibborn, and the brother of 4 the latter had handed in their resignations * and had joined “Dr” Dowie’s “Church of Zion” at Chicago. “Dr” Dowio, whose campaign in America IS months ago led, it will be remembered, to many serious riots, recently announced himself as the Prophet Elijah, and publicly declared that the Salvation Army, as well as certain other specified religious organisations, “must be smashed.” “The resignations,” said an army official to an Express representative lately, “ came as a great blow to the General, though he and one or two of the higher officials were aware (bat Mi' and Mrs Clibborn bold certain

The London correspondent, of the New Zealand Herald, writing on January 25 says :—On Thursday the new s.s. Athenic left Messrs Harland and Wollf’s yard at Belfast, and proceeded down the Lough for a trial trip and adjustment of compasses. She is the first of three large twin-screw steamers which are being built to the order of Messrs Ismay, Imrie, and Co., and the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company jointly, for the service which has for so many years been successfully conducted between London and New Zealand by the Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company. The Athenic will be followed by the Corinthic anil lonic, sister ships in ail respects. After adjustment of compasses the ship left Belfast- Lough at four p.m. on Thursday for Barry, and arrived there last night at five o’clock. After taking a quantity of coal she to London, whence she will sail for Now Zealand, via the Cape, on February In. Captain C. 11. Kempson, Lieutenant R.N.R., is to be in command.