SALVATION ARMY HOME.

Thames Star, Volume XXV, Issue 4668, 23 February 1894, Page 4

SALVATION ARMY HOME.

Ceistchuech, February 20,

The Salvation Army has purchased a large house at Sumner for the purpose ot a (sanatorium for sick officers engaged in vsork in New Zealand. The building fcas accommodation for thirteen officers, besides attendants, and stands upon half an acre of ground. The property, which was acquired at a cost of £920 (including furniture), is situated in Nayland street, and was

formerly in the occupation of the Tennis Club. General Booth contributed £200 of the purchase money out of the recent self-denial fund, and it is intended to supplement this amount by a general appeal throughout the colony at an early date. A dedication service was held the other afternoon, when a procession, trader Colonel Bailey and a large number of staff officers, marched from the camp, accompanied

by bands, Sumner residents and visitors. The Colonel offered up prayer, and short addresses were given by Major Robinson, Ensign Wilson, and Captain Podmore, after which Colonel Bailey delivered an address on the necessity for a home such as that they were there to open. A collection was taken up, which was liberally responded to, and the key was then formally handed to the lady officer in charge (Ensign Gunnion), who unlocked the door and conducted the assemblage over the building, which was nicely decorated for the occasion.