ARRIVAL OF GENERAL BOOTH.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 11377, 21 March 1899, Page 6

ARRIVAL OF GENERAL BOOTH.

ENTHUSIASTIC RECEPTION.

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INVERCAEGILL, March 20.

iThe Waikare, with General Booth, Commandant Booth, and staff, and the Federal Band on board, arrived at (he Bluff at 6 o'clock to-night . after a very pleasant passage. General Booth, who after the recent severe attack of dysentery was greatly tried by the intense heat of Adelaide and Melbourne, has been much restored by the cooler breezes off, the New Zealand coast, and he is sanguine of a successful series of meetings. General Booth addressed a considerable crowd gathered on the wharf prior to leaving tor Ir.vercargill. Ho was received at the Invercargill railway station by the Mayor (Mr John Stead), who, on 'behalf of the town of luvercargill and the colony of New Zealand, welcomed him. The General briefly addressed the great crowd in reply. The Theatre Royal was thronged with en enthusiastic audience, who accorded General Booth a. warm welcome. The Mayor prosided. The General spoke for over un hoiu-, eloquently, lecturing on "Lessons From My Life," amidst much anokuse. The Federal

Band plnycd selections lit intervals. The General uftcrwards assembled the Salvationists, who luicl come in from nil parts of Southland, and addressed them on their duties and privileges. The General leaves by the express for Dunedin in the morning.