THE SALVATION ARMY.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1553, 7 September 1886, Page 1

THE SALVATION ARMY.

The Saltation Army’s new barracks in Market Square, Christchurch, which cost £2,500 and will seat 1800 persons, were opened on Sunday by Commissioner Howard, from Australia. About 400 Salvationists from other parts of the Colony, besides the local corps, were present. The attendance of the public was very large. The streets around the building were densely thronged, but no disturbance occurred. The following short description of the building is taken from the Christchurch Press :—“ The building is very commodious and apparently wed finished. Seating accommodation is being provided for 1800 persons, but when the barracks are furnished with the regular seats there will be room for fully 2000. The interior is well lighted by double rows of windows on each side, and omple provision is made for lighting at night by gas star lights in the ceiling, and single jets round the walls. A capacious gallery runs along three sides of the room, and the platform at the western end, which is built with a slope to the height of the upper seats in the gallery, will accommodate fully 200 persons. The barracks are built upon a plan submitted by the Salvation Army architect in Melbourne, and modified to suit the circumstances of . the Army here. The facade of the building, if not elegant, is imposing, and is upon the lines of ail the new buildings of the kind being erected by the Army elsewhere. At present the only building in Kew Zealand to which this ono approaches in comparison, is the new building recently erected by the Army in Auckland.”