HELP FOR LONDONERS.
SALVATION ARMY’S WORK
“Hundreds of Salvation Army officers arc giving night and day service to tho thousands of air-raitl victims iu London. Their duties range from feeding and housing hungry and homeless people to removing furniture from smashed houses,” states a dispatch received by the territorial commander of the Salvation Army in New Zealand (Lieut.-Commissioner J. Evan Smith) from tho International Headquarters of the Army in London.
“Six mobile canteens are now attached to the London Fire Brigade, and parched fire-fighters and demolition squads eagerly availed themselves of their services during the first weekend of indiscriminate raids. Clothing sent from New Zealand, Canada, Australia and the United States of America has been of grent value in relieving distress among the homeless. “Raid refugees have been received into men’s and women’s social institutions, some of which are surrounded by destroyed property, but so far are intact. Another Red Shield Club has been destroyed, but more are being erected, the staffs showing great courage. The material losses of the Army are mounting steadily and include several halls, social homes and institutions, in addition to tile total loss of all the. equipment we bad with the Expeditionary Force.”
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 254, 24 September 1940, Page 2
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198HELP FOR LONDONERS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 254, 24 September 1940, Page 2
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