THE PRESS AND THE ARMY

Timaru Herald, Volume CXXXVII, Issue 19523, 24 June 1933, Page 11

THE PRESS AND THE ARMY

It is interesting to recall how the news papers of those days reflect public opinion regarding the advent of the Army. The “Otago Daily Times,” dated March 29, 1883, thus referred to the arrival of the Officers — “We notice that a detachment of The Sal nation Army has arrived in Dunedin. It is. however, sincerely to be hoped that our streets may never be disgraced by scenes like those which have been too common of late in some parts of London. v

“No serious disturbance need be feared in our good town. The Salvationists have come for no evil purpose; they, in fact, design our good, and however much we may object to their peculiar methods, we have to treat them with the courtesy and respect which their good intentions deserve.” 'The “Lyttelton Times" in ISS6 in reporting the opening of the New Barracks said: “The erection in Christchurch of a building to be devoted entirely to the services and meetings of The Salvation Army may well be said to mark an era in the progress that The Army has made since it was established here.”