THE SALVATION ARMY.

Taranaki Daily News, 24 April 1916, Page 5

THE SALVATION ARMY.

SILVER BAND VISIT, The members of the Wangaanl fffifajBand of-the Salvation Army arri#rf • New Plymouth on Saturday moriiiljg, and were met by Adjutant Home |ida 1 1 number of friends. Tie band Mla outside the station and |a the Army hall, playing a spirited. tftfeh en rout*. All told, there art ' bers, wirier Bandmaster WllsonJ ailthe beautiful set of silver instruments they are the pussossors of were maoufaetufed r\t "the Salvation Army's own factory in St. Alban, London. ' On Satjujto) afternoon, and also during, the entuh the band rendered musical ittni ui Devon Sheet, to the evident delight Ihe crowd that followed them. Xkajg playing of some of the old hjnm ttuieq' was sue'i that appealed to' one and till, Hnd in their selections they ptafed inS such effect that showed thu .t>ar<ful attention must have been ahplte tfc • practices, and Bandmaster Wlken v Utii his men received many during the day.- ' ' u Yesterday morning,'by the kigdiAer* mission of Mr. McMurray,- the wild were allowed to visit the local fNtl> and an hour's programme 6i iorig music was rendered, to the del(ght oI the pvii' > era. The 11 a.m. service took place in the hall, and J3t»s-Oapt«U* Thurkettle, from Palmerston, wu-- {it charge, and the Bible addreu Keeping with the Eastertide. Owb&to. the downpour of rain at mid-day » was decided to abandon the Benetton ; Grounds programme, and the band Instead gave a programme *t Atttljury'a Corner, during the afternoon. { Mlt night a splendid sacred concert WW held jn 'the Theatre Royal, when was a. Very large asdtl» band rendered some' of &4tMt ilems. - k i 'ili Weather permitting, the,'band Witt be In Devon Street thla' morrflng/ afttf t)n io-night, and they will leave New mouth by to-morrow's express. / ,

A criminal offence of a particojttit? serious character discloaed- ivfljw: Juvenile Court at Wellington reoattyr, when a boy of fifteen yean lina jhn ■' months was charged with placing* (» obstruction on the railway' kakariki. In a statement to the -wtf detective the boy admitted that h# -Juui placed the obstruction on,the line jtwft to eee what it would do''to the tftln. The obstruction consisted of a fttbmpl* tial railway Bleeper. On ana.oojKjnto' ft train ran into the sleeper, tk« cowcatcher saved the Tu accused had been at the Wersrofi Tnw* ing Farm, and was licensed out to h' farmer. He had previously b4tftn with vagrancy, and was a general ■<&< ace to the neighbourhood. TTie mifis* trate (l{r. D. 0. A. Coorar) strewed th« grave seriousness of the boy's' attjjkn* remarking that the accused might dCftty have been responsible for a Beriou>' Mi, cident, and even loss of life, H«i ordljrtjJ..' the boy to be returned to the JKTeHxwi' Farm, with the thit h* be transferred to Burnhapi, where the discipline is more strict. 'Betides ~ mitting him to Weraroa he ordered sin to receive twelve strokes of the bin&.

STOP IT I v A neglected cough or cold may] tyri , to serious bronchial or talig troublM. Don't take chances, for Dr. Sheldon^. Now Discovery for Coughs and Colfr if* fords perfect security from serioiS-af* fects of a cold. Small dose. PleMfttiV' to take. Every bottle guarantied, '■ Price Is Od and 3s. Obtainable evqtyv'j where. >; M. Aulard, the famous hlstOri*n of -1 the Revolution, writes in the Journal a moat interesting article, (n which he upholds the contention that the war can only be ended by some dt l " Waive victory, and not by mere eeon*' omic exhaustion of either atonei, $ M. Aulard declares that the delusion X' that the Allies only require to Hold out to win Ims caused us much damage -i since the battle of tho Marne, and, it persisted in, may ruin our eause Got- , many may be tired, but.she i* not oxliausted. We have too often been told that our blockade would reduce the ' Central Empires to starvation, but tlitjr •> are only forced to restrict thtir appe- 1 tites and follow a regime thai will do ■] most of them much good. ■ He can hepf the Kaiser proclaiming: "We have .npt > been beaten; none of our foes hav« - been able to invade us. It is hunger C and the blockatlc that have forcfed uf "j to lay down our arms. With ,our tary honor safe, our prestige and oury future are as bright as ever.' 1 M. t Aulard proceeds:—'"lf we cannot bnakJ the military power of Germany JO arms, we cannot do it by a treaty. Th»!> Prussianised Empire of Germany wouldsubsist as before, an eternal threat/ against us, Prolific Germany would. U make up its losses in men more quickly than France. Our sterile victory W4Ulql 1 soon divide us allies, and it would 4iofc.Sj be long before united Germapy woul4'i] fall upon us peacemeal, to destroy m Anally." The conclusion he draws it that we can only gain the victory out 1 uf which a solid and lasting para be founded, and militarism can he stroyed by beating the German anajr*.? "Such a real victory is assured by tM;'l number and valor of our troop*. prM*,* vided they, are furnished guns, ammunition, aeroplanes, asphJai*S ating gasses, and other adjutiots WR® need, and', above all, \ powerful) is made methodically and in,unity talent of conception and uttljsatM «Pf the splendid soldiers pud resources Wlj possess." ' ¥ ' ■ The biggest dramatio production frilM have had for a long time, "Under I will be the next attratcion in New Pljn " j mouth. It will be given with « stmj a cast, and some fine spectacular efftoetl. .1: Julius Knight and Liiette Pttkpt' jiO appear in the leading roles. KDnSto J Fire" has no fewer than log. parti, .which mutt OA * BHnJEHL^I '&m»~ , npcnij