As a great number of the miners on strike (sajs an English paper) either belong to, or are sympathizers with the Salvation Army, the self-denial week, which is usually the first week in Ssptem ber, has been postponed to a week later. Meanwhile, appeals are being made to the International Headquarters for help to provide bread and soup for the suffering in the strike districts. A special distress f nnd has been started, to which members of the army and others are invited to contribute. The proceeds will be applied by Salvationists in relieving the most deserving cases. A soup-kitchen and food depdt, opened a short time ago at Leigh 4 Lancashire, is now in full swing. O 7er 3000 free meals have been already given through its agency. The ar-angements for the self-denial week to be observed wherever the Salvation Army exists are on a more extensive and complete scale than before. Last year by their self-abnegation ! and generosity members and friends of the organization raised £50,000. This year, in spite of the temporary impoverishment ; of so many persons in the coal districts, it is hoped that it will exceed that total.
