ODD FELLOWS.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 30, 29 February 1844, Page 3

ODD FELLOWS.

II is Excellency the Governor, on Wednesday afternoon, received a dojiuUlion from the Odd Fellows Lodge, who presented the following address :

To His Excellency Unit K«r FiJzhuY, E*q. t Captain in lltr Majesty's Kaoy. G«rer«..r und l’ice Admiral of (lie Colony of Sac Zealand, and its Dependencies, fife. Sfc if c.

StR, —We, the uudcu.gned rui-inbers of the It.itaimia Lodge ot die Msi>ein f >ler (Judy of tin Independent Order of Ovid Ft Mows (instituted to mutual assistance and support) I**l in common with all ii«r Majesty’* subjects who li,*ve settled in this district, the moat lively satisfaction nl tlu* op portuuity, which die pretence ol your Excellency on your first visit to tins s* t Icmeut affords us, of testily ing our unabated toy ally and altaohintntto Her Majesty i lie Queen, &<iiigmr gratitude fur that interest .h our welime which is tviuced in the appointment of your Excellency to the Government of these Islands, open wfi clt we bee your Excellency to aocept our sincere and respectful congratulations. '

Wt sir not (lest do us to add to those cotigtatulatinua the statement ol miy circuiustanc*r which might bear the appearance of complain-, for we are perauadorl iliat thr«r (natters wttich deeply affect the prosperity of tbe settlement, and press In-avily on tire tesoufees ot working melt, to winch class the majority of the Itietfiren ot (lie Lodge belong, "ill meet the eariir* t aud mo.I serious altvoUou of your ExbtsllenCy.

Wa hope that tbe residence of your Bxeaffeaef in tiiese Islands,naty not only conduce to tbe hml prosperity of all their inhabitants, European sat) Native, but also lead to the happiness and pro** peiity of yourself and Mrs, Fitzroy, and alt th« members of your family. We have the honor to be, Sir, Your Excellency’s most obedient servant* (Signed by forty-seven members. His Excellency’s reply was as follow*—^ Wellington, January 29, 1844. Gentlemen,-—I beg that yov will accept cay cor« dial thanks for (he loyal and gratifying addreM which you have presented. Your persuasion that I shall give “ my earliest and most serious attention to those matters which deeply affect tbe prosperity of the settlement, and pre«s heavily on the resources of working men it wall founded. Both duty and inclination urge me to the imrae* diate dealing with such subjects. Thanking you kindly for your good wishes, I remain, gentlemen, £ Faithfully your’s, ROBERT FITZROY. Governor] In the subsequent cnnvsrsation, his Excellency expressed the wannest interest in the prosperity of the institution, aud promised the grant of a suitable site to arret the hall or tootn tor the lodge upon* as soon at it should be pointed out on the Govern* ment land, unless the laud were otherwise required* m which case Ins Exoellenov would procure a suitable site lor their hall to be granted to them.