THE SALVATION ARMY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3912, 14 September 1891, Page 2

THE SALVATION ARMY.

The rush for tickets for General Booth's meetings in Australia has already commenced, and the demand threatens to swamp the number issued although the largest balls in Australia have been engaged, yet they could be filled already with holders of 5s reserve tickets. The tickets for the New Zealand meetings will shortly be issued, and a similar, if not greater demand is anticipated.

The Tuam street Theatre in Christchurch and the Garrison Hall in Dunedin have been secured for General Booth's meetings.

The following id an outline of General Booth's tour through the Australian colonies: —Melbourne, September 18th to 22nd; Bendigo, 23rd; Geelong, 24 th; Sydney, 26th to COtb; Brisbane, October 2nd to 6th; Ipswich, 7th ; Armidale, 9th; Newcastle, 10th to 11th; Bathurst, 13th; Sydney, 14th. The New Zealand tour will occupy from October 15th till November 9tb, lollowed by Hobart, November 10 th; Launceston, 11th; Melbourne, 18th to 18th; Ballarat, 19th; Adelaide, 21st to 24th; farewell to London.

The Cape Government railway in South Africa, and the railway authorities in Victoria and New South Wales have made generous concessions to all Salvationists wishing to attend General Booth's meetings. The New Zealand Railway Commissioners have been approached with a like object, but have up to the present declined to make any concessions whatever.

The Salvation Army hts now in the pre 33, a Maori hymn book, containing over 100 Army liymns, trans lated into Maori language. This has been compiled by Staff-Captain Holdaway, who is in command oi the Native work.

Colonel McKie and Staff-Captain Plant have had a very successful run on the West coast of the South Island. They are now working their way North to Auckland,

Four Salvation Army officers and three women and a man were on board the ill-fated s.s. Gambier, which was sunk by the colhsiou in Port Phillips Bay. They were all bound for the Melbourne Training Garrison. Ono of the lasses, Cadet Woodlands, of Tamworth, was drowned, the others happily escaping with their lives.

During the month of August 293 applications for work have been registered at the Salvation Army's Labour Bureau in Cbristchurch, Wellington and Dunedin. Of this number about 80 have found work in the districts, and 50 have been sent to the North Island for bush filling and road making. Sixty eight applications have been received from employees. The Salvation Army Labour Bureau is becoming generally recognised as animportant andreliable medium between capital and labour.

Colonel Bailey has gone to Hobart to meet General Booth and greet him on behalf of the New Zealand force*.