FLYING ANGEL MISSION.
(To the Editor.) Sir, —Your correspondent "Dougald Wakefield." in his letter re tbe Flying Angel Mission, has cast a very cruel slight on the work of the British and Foreign Sailors' Society in Albert StreetIt is a well-known fact amongst sailors in the port of Auckland that though Captain Baseley, the missioner, does not advertise very much, yet he is doing a good work amongst seafaring men of all classes and their friends in this port. The hall has been open every day from 7.30 a.m. till 11.30, and at night from 7 to 10 o'clock the captain has reserved the hall for the use of seafaring men and their friends only. No wasters are allowed in, and that is why the mission is not so popular with some as it would otherwise be. But a sailors' mission hall is for sailors, and only sailors. When Mr. Wakefield says that during the days that the Flying Angel Mission will be closed he and others will have to walk the streets it is an absolute misstatement, as the Mission Hall is open every day in the week.—l am, etc, W. P. SHARKEY, Corresponding Secretary, Royal Naval Christian Union. | Auckland.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 77, 1 April 1913, Page 9
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