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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Otago & Southland Provincial Districts]

The Salvation Army

The Salvation Army opened its campaign in Dunedin in 1883, and for over twenty years has carried on a good and progressive work. The headquarters of the Dunedin division are in Dowling Street, at the city hall. This is a solidly built brick structure, of the usual castellated design, and the service hall, which has a stage and a gallery, is capable of seating about 1,800 people. There is also a large room, which is used as a Sunday school, and there are a number of smaller rooms for committee and other meetings. The band, which consists of twenty-two players, is one of the best in the colony. The Army has another hall at South Dunedin, and there is also a branch at North East Valley. The Dunedin division, which has twenty-five corps and forty-four outposts, extends from the Rangitata river to the Bluff, and includes South Canterbury, Otago, and Southland. This division subscribed £1,942 to the Self-Denial Fund for the year 1903; on this fund mission work has the first claim. One of the most beneficent features of the Army organisation is the rescue work, and in this connection two institutions are maintained in Dunedin. The Rescue Home is devoted to the care of the fallen and friendless, taken from the street or the police courts; and the Maternity Home receives as its inmates those who have erred for the first time. A Government subsidy is allotted to the Army on behalf of these institutions.