SALVATION ARMY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 21995, 3 July 1933, Page 18

SALVATION ARMY

SOUTH DUNEDIN BRANCH The fiftieth anniversary of the commencement of the operations of the Salvation Army at South Dunedin was celebrated on Saturday. The South Dunedin corps opened its campaign on. July. 6, 1883, three months after the Array “ opened fire ” in the city. Captain and Mrs Graham were the pioneer officers. Captain Graham is now Lieutenant-colonel Graham, of Australia, retired. He found much opposition and persecution in the early stages, and received valuable assistance from the many people who became associated with trie movement, among whom may be mentioned the Tngs-brothers and Mr'and Mrs Ashton. Following Captain Graham came Captain Herdman and Captain AVestlake, and then, at different periods, Captain Rowlands, Lieutenant Lewis, Captain Sutton, and Lieutenant Hildreth, and prominent among the faithful soldiers of their day were ■ Bro, and Sister MTntyre, Bro. and Sister Grimmett, Bro. Russell, Sister Lock, Bros, Simpson, H. Wilson, D. Wilson, Klan, and Fleming, and Bro. and Sister Southam, Sister Dalziel, Bro. R. P. Dotting, and Bro. W. Wardrop. The last-men-tioned gentleman was at, one time the Mayor of the South Dunedin Borough. The first hall in which meetings were held was Naumann’s Hall. The records ehow that it was not until December 29. 1901. that the Army opened its own hall in King Edward street in the building it occupies to-day. _ _ On Saturday evening the jubilee dinner, attended by 240 persons, took place at half-past 5, and at half-past 7 a public meeting was held, the hall being packed with members of the South Dunedin corps and visitors. The Rev. E. T. Cox. Mayor of Dunedin, presided, and the meeting was conducted by Major Bear, of the headouarters staffi Addresses were given by the chairman. t*ie Rev. G. L. Taylor.'and the Rev. G. E. Brown, and vocal items were contributed by Mr Dotting, jun., and Mr Stubbs (who sane an oldtime, Salvation Army song). Mrs Inglis (nee Captain Herdman) and Mrs “Envoy” Jackson, the oldest living sister belonging to the Dunedin South corps, also gave interesting addresses. It was stated that Mr W. Don was the first bandmaster. At that time it was a nfc and drum band. ■> Sn’ecial -julvlce gatherings were held yesterday, and they will be continued this week.