ANTI-SUICIDE BUREAU.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 318, 3 October 1908, Page 12

ANTI-SUICIDE BUREAU.

THE INABILITY TO GET WORK. Tho Anti-Suicide Bureau of the Salvation Army recently conpleted 18 mouths of existence, during which tho value of some such schema 'has been mado fully evident. In tho first year 1,125 applications were received, and since then, as Major Glanville (who was iu charge) told a Press representative, people havo been seeking aid at a rnto or about 20 a week. . "One hears," said the Major,_ "in this room heartrending stories of suffering, which we have to investigate and find out tne best plan of alleviating. Wo have many successes, but our great difficulty is to secure employment. Inability to get work, wo find, is the'chief ; cause--which brings these sad cases here. The result of tkriftlessuess' in • early-years-is-often-to -be seen." Eleven per cent, of tho cases during tho first year were found to bo due ■ to drink, drugs, and diseases. The general clients of the Bureau during tho 18 months comprised clergymen, _ missionaries, military officers, doctors, solicitors, chief constables, old sea captains, journalists, 'architects, and surveyors, company promoters, builders, contractors, actors; schoolmasters/tradesmen, bank clerks, hotel 'proprietors, publicans, and mechanics. . "