GENERAL BOOTH’S TOUR
LEAVES FOE NEW! ZEALAND. MESSAGE TO AUSTRALIA. (United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph Copyright). SYDNEY, April 23. General Evangeline Booth departed for New Zealand to-night aboard the Wanganella. In a farewell message she said: v
“The love with which the people of Australia received me, the ready response given to my appeals, the enthusiasm with which the people have risen to high standards of devotion and their service to the Almighty have surpassed my expectations. The leaders of the Government have stirred my deep admiration by their devotion to the cause of the people, particularly to the poor of the land. All have done their part, including the Press, to make my visit the unprecedented triumph which it has been. Farewell, dear Australia; you will ever live in my heart.”
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Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 24 April 1935, Page 5
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133GENERAL BOOTH’S TOUR Hawera Star, Volume LIV, 24 April 1935, Page 5
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