Other formats

    TEI XML file   ePub eBook file  

Connect

    mail icontwitter iconBlogspot iconrss icon

The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army, which has done such splendid work, commenced the war in Wellington in 1883. The Junior Barracks, adjoining which are the officers' quarters, is situated in Jessie Street. It is a wooden building with accommodation for about 400, with divisional offices in front. The section occupied extends through to Vivian Street, provision being made for large premises capable of seating from 1200 to 1500 people. At Newtown the Army possesses a building which affords convenience for the congregation, which frequently numbers 200, of which fifty are soldiers. The Sunday services in connection with the Jessie Street or Central Division are held in the Skating Rink, where 700 to 800 people frequently assemble. Corps of the Army have been formed at Ashurst, Bulls, Carterton, Danevirke, Feilding, Foxton, Gisborne, Hastings, Levin, Marton, Masterton, Napier, Norsewood, Otaki, Pabiatua, Palmerston North, Petone, Waipawa, Wanganui and Woodville. These with Wellington and Newtown Corps constitute the Wellington or Central Division of the Army in New Zealand, which numbers twenty-two corps. From these, twenty out-posts are worked, and seventeen Maori pahs. There are two staff officers, nine long service staff officers, fourty-four other officers, 1003 soldiers, and ninety-seven recruits in this division, as shown by the returns for November, 1895. The annual self-denial effort on behalf of mission work in Africa, India, and among native races generally, resulted in £801 being raised in 1895 by the Central Division in one week, an increase of £340 on the total of the preceding year. There is a good band in connection with the Army in Wellington of twenty-five instrumentalists. The division is under the command of Staff Captain Edwards, with Lieutenant Bloomfield as his assistant.