General Booth, the . veteran commander of the Salvation Army, is ex-"' pected to revisit Australia early in May of nest year . "There is only one thing in the way," said a prominent official yesterday, "and that is the break-down of his health, which, doet not appear probable just now."
The Government has placed a contract with Messrs. Morrison and Mason, of Glasgow, for \ a graving dock at Portsmouth, which will accommodate the larg-, es£ type of Dreadnought, and will cost more than -51,500,000. , •
In common with other denojliinationa the Congrogationoiists havo formed a Laymen's .Missionary Society to bo worked under tho auspices of the Congregational Union. Its main, object is to enfuse the laity with an increased interest in Home and ' Foreign Missions.
The famous Cunarder Urabria, of SOOfl tons, built in ISSt, at one time the holder of the blue ribbon for speed on the Atlantic. lias been bcaohed at Bridgness, in the Firth of Forth, for tho purpose o£ being broken. up.
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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 858, 2 July 1910, Page 9
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