SALVATION ARMY
BALLOTS FOR NEW LEADER. [BRITISH OFFICIAL WIRELESS.] RUGBY, August 28. A meeting of the High Council of the Salvation Army, to appoint a successor to General Higgins, when he retires from the leadership on November 1, was held in private, voting by ballot. Those taking part in the movement include Commander Evangeline Booth, daughter of the founder of the movement, and Catherine Booth, daughter of the late General Bramwell Booth. It is understood that both are among the 15 who have been nominated for the Generalship. The result will not be known until to-morrow afternoon, at the earliest. The Duke of York will preside at a farewell meeting to General Higgins, in the Albert Hall, on November 1.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 29 August 1934, Page 7
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