INQUIRY INTO SALVATION ARMY REFUGES.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXIV, Issue 88, 25 March 1902, Page 3

INQUIRY INTO SALVATION ARMY REFUGES.

MANAGEMENT PRAISED. PER PRESS ASSOCIATION. j Christchuech, Match 24. j Id consequence of alligations being made against the authorities of the! Chrigtchurch Salvation Army Homed of sweating the inmates, the Canterbury Trades <wd Labour Council appointed a committee to investigate the management of tlw Prison Gate Brigade Horns and Female Refuge at St Albans, The oomtnittee were given every facility to iusp cc the Home and make inquiry, and >h y were convinced that the charges of sweating were entirely without foundation. There wa* no undercutting in the sale of articles manufactured or ■"■ oik done by tbe inmates, all being disposed of at current market rates. The Boning were not atlf-supporting, and had to be helped from head-quarters, auci i - . w*s cruel to suggest .hat either of 'hem existed for the purpose of creating billets for officials. The committee were impressed by the energy, self-s»crifice, and experience expended in tbe management, and had nothing but praise for the devoted men and women who could tak* such a keen and intelligent inter-st in the management without sacrificing the kindly, sympathetic side of their nature. They did not think, however, that any religious body should be allowed to shoulder the responsiqility which rightly belonged to the State.