FRIENDLY SOCIETIES FINANCE

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVI, Issue 32, 7 February 1905, Page 5

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES FINANCE

REPLY TU THE RJEGLSTBAR GENERAL. ■3j Tejegrapti. — Press .Associalioc.) PAT.ArFR.-ToN" NORTH. tMa day. 'T.-:iKinc- .Li a ~o<ria.l last night Mr. T. i A iL=cc. TftMTumrj of Court Minawaia. ! V.0.U.F.. =>ta.ted that the offieia.l .vtnj pre- ; Mtsd over trie depajtiofcflt which deaJt i irith fricndiv ioeietie-s bad up an tUitude towards the secretaries aatl iraii= of :n- various <;r<rinL=:i.tiGas winch •v. - ,acii a- '■> na-k' a o^QriidexTible ; p-. ■ n rrr of JldCODtent and a LSo-iiXi^ta.fCii.'n. So at haa bser EUide lq the : t rieaiiiy "-ocLetiea Act suiet: and i .■■jnseqTientlj a very numbeT of j |ai»j and lieitsrtji had beea dLstovereti in FL<?lornis were i:eeassary. j j2 the 'iirettion of the At:t niore | ::Xstic hi regard to the division of mad=. j i: ainMet impcsaibte for a number of ' rrieadly to pay taeir way ~o far j i_- -_it rr-xrt 4 j°~>pnt fund wsLa (."oacemed. i r=e inuiuni .: mGoey which they were j .-ompei'.ed by Act to pay into the minigement fund was insaScieat | c-o e-irry .in aditunistration. Another ; <,in~ Vaa the somewhat escrbitant iUHHiaT which vs. 3 reqcrirei to piaced ;,.. the credit of the fund 01 any I ■soetety. Mr. v\"ilson stroogiy j aith thd E<?Jistrax-t"»«ieraJ in his state-j merrt that a nunher of lodges *re un- ■ inacoiai. He hoped before long to see ! -_ac ainc£iciiieats required put into force. : ILr. W. T. Wood.' M-H.fL. sp-aJting on ; -.be az a sabjeeE. said if be hid the last | -y:,-"-'= he wxi-old be prepared :c fight the fiesistrar. und ihcrw that his =Ta.«j?ment that only two or the sootet;ies T2 the ■■'-fr? joivent ■s'aa ■yrcng. At :he presVit the total of their meicjersiup wai 41.236, and the acctun-alated ■Lsds reai.-i:-ai £5*34.T57. The latter had m fire Tears £176.742. An im=£pin:tnt Toil:: have beer ion; last ixit that the Premier •.-•is upon to defer the ma-tcer rrrrrii the whaie _f the societies had an exprt-isiag their re-

Of late tile Catfaoik authorities have '-►.-en irreatlv perturbed by the robber , -" of Door bos.es in more than one of their cirv churches, =o a.j co clue erjaid be found that would -cad up to tir-' p-onisirmezrt of t_h« p<erry? ; :r2.tor=. A T».or«» mean act ii would be haxil to imLLriß*? : to rob God'- c.'iareii i≤ Dad bat "o rob God's poor is in.rin\~p\~ v;or<-. This m-iriiiiiif the -.orktnen on tht , to St. PatriJk'- i_'j.th«;d.niL it i- tiUegrti. a. man celib«;ru.:eiy attempt to '-pen one of tht bosei. H<? otit into the -treet. Mid utie men fcllowed and apprehended him.. He waj? haacied over ".; tilt* police, to ■• p.om he bis citme a.-; Frank Hurley Mr Peti'ofd. of the School ircnmnittee. and C'a-on iiaeilnrray atle.iaed the Farneh --hcH.i yesterday affor the rvirpose <>t presenting ..I" !;PTtitica.tt~ woa by pu~ils at th., last. Mr Peiior.i !-on;zrunil2.ted the i.-i- on iLs sunsst. wbil»= i iiaeMurray gave a stirring address in reif*ut:a c to children nia-k eh- best 01 T .:ifir educaticail ooportiaities. The pupils iv-T-srh \f:»,cCoriuick. 'iistrict ~ohcLa.rahip and a.l=° schoLirsaip (free place i; Williajn Mimro. certificate of proficiency and naiional scholarship 'free pLacei : Bertha Menzies. Eitional scholarship i free pLace i : Archibald Grandison, national scholarship 'free place) ; John RCamßoeli. nataonal scholarship i ires ! place. The last zuzhi of the charmins rsTisical comedy. "My Sweetheext,' ■srhieh has had a good ran at the Opers Hc-nse. is announced. The final repre of the piece U to be given by Messrs Fullers' company to-night. A ■ numeroos auaiecce wil~ presant *t tht 1 ncrfniTng nr-p last Tiiotit-