COMMANDANT H. H. BOOTH

Auckland Star, Volume XXIX, Issue 172, 23 July 1898, Page 3 (Supplement)

COMMANDANT H. H. BOOTH

HIS WORK IN QUEENSLAND.

Commandant H. IT. Booth, who is at the head of the Salvation Army in Australia, passed through Sydney on his way from Queensland. Seen by a 'A Tews' representative soon after his arrival, Mr Booth said that he had found Army work in Queensland in a most healthy condition. He was greatly pleased with the deep hold secured by the Army at Charters Towers, where a mission hall had been .established; and at Townsville, where a rescue home was opened. He had a great and successful annual social meeting' in Brisbane, about £ 1800 being raised. He had aranged with the Queensland Government during his stay to establish a reformatory home for boys. In fact, the year just closed had been the most successful in the history of the Army in Australia. £28,000 had been spent in newschemes for the development and advancement of social operations, and IGOO women had passed through the homes. Work in Sydney had been much extended, and the accommodation at the Shelter Home had been doubled. Two hundred men were now taken in nightly. The Home, for Women also' needed enlarging. Mr Booth's address at the Town Hall is to be illustrated by lantern and cinematograph views, showing the actual progress of Army work at the prison gate and elsewhere, the necessary films having just been completed. In conclusion, Mr Booth stated that he had quite recovered from his recent attack of dengue fever. Mrs Booth is also out of danger now, and 'will fulfil her Sydney engagements as soon as possible. The commandant returned to Melbourne.