SALVATION ARMY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIII, Issue 127, 24 June 1901, Page 2

SALVATION ARMY.

SOOIAL WORK. Wb aie once again favoured wi..h a: o ipy i>f tho r.pjit issu d by tha iStlvition Army in connection with its social Work. This very intere ting produc-' tiou calls i'jr special noti-e, as it gives | a very eucuraging reco.d of roscaj and leforiua icn. The report is fully illus-! tasted, ai,d e ich chapter djtails storiea ■i h jw the Army has befriended the fale igi'l, reclaimed the cr.mina', refund, d >he wu-'dly, hirum-scarum youths «nd girls who have btea brought uud r its firm but kind iiov rnineut. Eajh Sfcitty with New Z al-nd has i's venous H >mes —t e constan* asss'i tanoH of the most fo !o n : ud nedy of tur cit zan j . We ca;.nt stop to depljre tha nied fjr ■ s icii Homes, an i it is bver wi'h u- ; wb can uuly be thankfnl that such rganis tions as the Army mi e ever re.dy to make an hji.e-t effort to scops with the diffi ulty. Ti.e Sa!va ion A my h is long ago demons'n ed its abili y to deal successfully with this ! o'a s of worV, Ma 1 we are pletsed to note tnai the y a;- for which the report now 1 b.fore us is issued has beej on« full of ' useful work. The institutions m_n- ■ tion ,d in tha report have dealt with no 1 fewer than 2330 persons during the yea-. Of this numb r 1285 were ' women, 793 men, and 252 boys and ' girls. In addit on to thin, 1,776,437 ! meals aid 700,601 beds were sup- ' plied at absurdly luw pricjf, andi in v. rv many cases free. At the end of; the ytar tbeie we.e 916 inmats in the vati us hom'-S. Jn <oiin c ion with the Missing Friends D partmm l -, 733 1 cises were dea't with, and the Army 1 uffis«r3 w re successful in tracing 327 ' ns. Of the r. saue «nd c imiaal .•lags') o , a great; per ent ge tavi proved tob i permanently reclaimed ; tli» st >ries fioin real life with whi;h the book abounds go very fnr to convin e the i mat s:ept cil that the w.rk is ; [eminently suco ss'ul t We commend the report; and the work to {the notios

of our readers, and trust thnt Australia's .people will not be slow to appreciate the splendid efforts being mace by the 17 rescue homes, 8 maternity home!), 7 prison gat* komfs, 3 Focial farms, 3 labour farms, 3 girls industrial colonies, 3 women's shelters, 6 mens's shelters, 4 boys' industrial colonies, 1 small children's home, and other agencies now conducted under the direction of Commandant and Mrs Booth throughout the Commonwialth and New Zealand.