GENERAL BOOTH.

Auckland Star, Volume LXVI, Issue 99, 29 April 1935, Page 14

GENERAL BOOTH.

ROUSING WELCOME.

WELLINGTON'S RECEPTION.

GOVERNOR-GENERAL PRESENT (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Sunday. When General Evangeline Booth, leader of the Salvation Army, arrived at Wellington to-day by the Main Trunk express from Auckland she was given a rousing welcome at the station. As the train drew in the combined Salvation Army bands struck up "Praise God From Whom All Blessings Plow." The general was accorded a ■welcome by the acting-Prime Minister, Mr. Ransom. "The people of New Zealand are delighted to have the opportunity of welcoming you to this land," lie said. "They appreciate the work of the Army, both from a religious and a social standpoint."

On General Booth's arrival at the Paulina Home, Newtown, where she will stay while in Wellington, the girls from the home were formed up in a double line on the footway. They sang "This Flag of Ours," and the general entered under an archway of flags.

In the afternoon General Booth was accorded a public welcome at the Town Hall, which was packed to the doors half an hour before the announced time. The Mayor, Mr. T. C. A. Hislop, presided, and those 011 the platform included the Governor-General, Viscount Galway, Viscountess Gahvay and prominent Wellington citizens.

Speaking after the general's address, his Excellency said he had not intended to say anything, but she had suggested that he might say one word. "Her Excellency and I have come because we feel what a wonderful movement this is and to express the hope that it may long continue in its good work," said Lord Galway. "New Zealand gives General Booth a most hearty welcome."

General Booth, who was received with sustained applause, expressed her appreciation for the warmth and affectio;> shown by the people of Wellington. She gave a lecture, "The World's Greatest Romance, the Story of the Salvation Army." She will be* in Wellington until Thursday, when she will leave for Auckland, en route to America.