THE OVERSEA SCHEME.
COMMANDANT BOOTH IN AUSTRALIA. Melbourne, Sept. 14. There was an enormous muster of the Salvation Army to welcome MiHerbert and Mrs Booth, who arrived during the week. The demonstration was robbed of some of its interest owing to the fact that the Commandant had not fully recovered from his recent illness. In an interesting interview Mr Booth gave his views on the proposed oversea colony. He said " the Army authorities are not such consummate donkeys as to spend MHO or £4O on an outfit for a colonist if we do not think he will succeed. There is not the slightest justification for saying we are going to inundate the colonies with criminals, or even social failures. If we don't think a man has in him materials to make a good colonist, we would never dream of sending him out, the speculation would not be good enough. Further, while the Australian gaols are full of men, women, and children who want a helping hand, we never need to establish an oversea colony while this work lies before us. If an oversea colony is ever started, it will probably be in Westralia. It is intended to introduce a new movement in the shape of a society of trained nurses who will go to the slums to attend the sick and homeless. This idea has proved a great success in England."
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Hastings Standard, Issue 122, 16 September 1896, Page 3
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231THE OVERSEA SCHEME. Hastings Standard, Issue 122, 16 September 1896, Page 3
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