A Salvation Harvest Home and Tea Meeting.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume X, Issue 3152, 13 March 1889, Page 2

A Salvation Harvest Home and Tea Meeting.

The Masterton Salvation Army yesterday (Tuesday) held a harvest festival and a monster tea meeting in the Barracks inDitfonst. Upwards of one hundred and fifty people satdown to. partake of the good things, which had been provided for them by friends and members.- The tables were laden with dainties of all sorts, interspersed with rich bouquets of flowers and ferns. The interior of the, building was covered With evergreens, cereals,; ferns, and flowers, with appropriaio niottos. A long table: was fully laden with choice.fruit,.including luscious grapes, juicy melons, plums, apples, and all fruits in season. There were large supplies of vegetables of every description—marrows, gourds, cucumbers, tomatoes, beets 1 , potatoes, &c, also sheafs of corn. Iu fact the collection was as great as at many a horticultural shojV. : An open meeting took pia'co' in the Barracks |'in the evening, oyer three hundred persons! being in attendance. The platform was occupied by the lads and lasses of the local corps and several visitors, including the Rev.' W. Bowse, Printed leaflet" .containing songs Selected to be. ; , siing were circulated amongst the audience. The meeting opened in tho usual Army style. The Hev. ilr.Kowso gave a-'very interestmg. address during which ho referred to Miss. Forlong's participation in'.Army work. He said that lady had worked: with lnm-jn. the Baugitikei district for nianj years..' He'congratulated Masterton on haying secured. such an earnest worker, and hoped her'enorts for the good cause would be crowned with success.''' Miss Forioug; after the andienpe hat} siing ".'Where are the reapers," gavo ; a, brief;but very earnest address; wliioh was listened to with marked-attention throughout, SoiGS- - part songs, and glees, vere rendered rthe in & ;' tbe principal contribntSrsvw^; Tullock, McKenzle; Jones, DaiVenport, Cado, and jßros,- Sutherland, Fieldingj-Goodgame, andDeveuport, After the meetingbroke up. a .Dutch auction took.'place ; of. ;tbe r gifts of fruit, yegetabies.ic.j .which WaVequducted by : Miss.; Forlong- .and iasted quite an; hour.;.'.- 'Taking-everything into c6usideration v/ valmust have been .'a; good-' liarvbet: 'fotiUie .prpmot^a'theveofei.; : ;r'- v;