Theocratic News

◆ Australia reports that the brothers in the city of Adelaide have built a beautiful assembly hall holding 1,600 persons. It is a credit to Jehovah’s worship and his people. The dedication was attended by 5,200 over two days. This is the second of such halls in Australia and two more are planned.

◆ Foreign-language circuit assemblies have already been held for the brothers speaking Spanish, French, Italian, Portuguese and Greek here in the New York city area. The brothers are thrilled to be having their own assemblies.

◆ Japan continues its theocratic progress with another new peak—36,195 publishers. During February and March, 112 special pioneers were assigned to open up 46 completely new territories.

◆ The Dominican Republic had its third consecutive peak, with 6,540 publishers.