THE SALVATION ARMY.

Taranaki Daily News, 3 January 1916, Page 5

THE SALVATION ARMY.

VISIT OF Tpn SILVER RAND. This f;-ii!Oii.- and poplar band front Auckland eo-nprir-r-s some thirlv-thyce !>lnycrs, mostly voimj,' men, «il vvli.-u they made their first .ippeireneo in Devon T'l'-oot on Friday afternoon it ww» evident that they were not only a *et of lirst-clafß mn'siiiu.s, hut, that they had evidently done so'iie >,o.'id marching and counter marching, and wer<> a credit to JYum-Major Duncan.

The band travc a »] LndU at Ambury's corner, and soon the people of New Plymouth knew mat n treati was in store for them. The bai.l hall a I.tjp ir.d varie.'-st.iek of mii'.ie. wbi.'u, is edited and published by the' S&lvai tion Army "Mimical ucnt at that International Headquarters, Ijom'.on, Their magnificent . instruments, heavily silver plated and beautifully en<traVed, wer; man if.utured by the Salvation. Army at their own factory in St A)ban*. London. The. band, as a < oirriiinaticn, ranks amongst the bent !>jnd, in the Dominion, ■while individual players, as soloists,'render most beautiful inu-ic. At night, the large crowds in the town were land in their marks of appreciation. The collectors who were gathering in for the Serbian Relief Funds did good business. On New Year's Day another excellent programme was given in Devon street, and at night the Grand Patriotic Concert took place in the Cood Templar Hall. The programme was of a high order and encore* were numerous. Brigadier Carmiehael, from Auckland, acted as chairman, and thi audience were highly pleased with tht evening's programme, Yesterday after noon, in the Recreation Ground*, about 2000 people gathered, the collection at the gate being over £4O. Last night the band held a memorial march is me mory of New Zealand's fallen soldiers and afterwards a short service was h«M in the Good Templar Hall, when Brig dier Carmichael and 6taff-Ca,ptain Thur kettle conducted the Bervicc. The The atre Royal was crowded for the after church service, and numbers h»d' to bi turned away. The service of song en titled "The Wreck of the Wai«n»pa,' waa given in a most icrcditable wny, Ad jutant Home giving the connective read ing. Bandmaster Deighton and' hii mei are to be congratulated ou the' aplen did programmes given, and as * fesul of their visit to Now Plymouth) th( public will he pleased to hear tttat i is expected that £IOO, clear of ex penses, will be set aside for tb* Set bian Relief Fund. The band le*ro» Jfei Plymouth thla worninj for Elthjun; an go on to Haweri, Stratford and IngU wood, where concerts will be jjTtn i aid of the soaie-fund.