Salvation Army Items.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 24 September 1891, Page 3

Salvation Army Items.

The rush for tickets fov Geneva! Booth's meetings in Australia lias already oommenced, and the demand threatens to . swamp the number issued. Although the largest halls in Australia have been engaged, yet they could bo filled already with holders of 5s reserve tickets. The tickets for the New Zealand meetings will shortly be issued, and a similar, if not greater demand is anticipated. The Tuam street Theatre m Chris tchurch and the Garrison Hall in Dunedin have been secured for General Booth's meetingsThe Salvation Army has now in j the press a Maori hymn book, cont.njjHio- over 100 Army hymns, translated into the Maori language. This has been compiled by Staff-Captain Holdaway, who is in command of the Native work. Colonel McKie and Staff-Captain Plant have had a very successful run on the West Coast of the North Island. They are now working their way north to .Auckland. Four Salvation Army officers and three women and a man were on board the ill-fated s.s. Gamhier, which was sunk by the collision in Port Phillip Bay. They were all bound for the Melbourne Training Garrison. One of the lasses — Cadet Woodlands —of Tamworth, was drowned, the others happily escaped with their lives. During the month of August 293 applications for work have been registered at the Salvation Army's Labour Bureau in Christchurch, Wellington, and Dunedin. Of this number about 80 have found work in the districts, and 50 have been sent to the North Island for bush-felling and road-making. Sixty-eight applications have been received from employees. The Salvation Army Labour Bureau is becoming generally recognised as an important and reliable medium between capital and labour. Colonel Bailey has gone to Hobart to meet General Booth, and greet him on behalf of the New Zealand forces. The following is an outline of General Booth's tour through the Australasian Colonies : — Melbourne, Sept. 18th to 22nd ; Bendigo, 23rd ; Geelong, 24th; Sydney, 26th to 30th ; Brisbane, Oct. 2nd to 6th; Ipswich, 7th ; Armidale, 9th ; Newcastle, 10th to 11th ; Bathurst, 13th ; Sydney, 14th. The New Zealand tour will occupy from Oct. 15th till Nov 9th, followed by Hobart, Nov. 10th ; Launceston, 11th ; Melbourne 18th to 18th ; Ballarat, 19th ; Adelaide, 21st to 24th, farewell for India Nov. 20th. The Cape Government Railway in South Africa, and the Railway Authorities in Victoria and New South Wales have made generous concessions to all Salvationists wishing to attend General Booth's meetings. The New Zealand Railway Commissioners have been approached with a like object, but have up to the present declined to make any concessions whatever. Rt STANLEY~SAYS : "After all there is nothing beats a cup of good Coffee." If you would enjoy such, drink Crease's. A. If Coffee. Sod only in lib and 21b tins.