LODGE MEETINGS.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20171, 25 February 1931, Page 5

LODGE MEETINGS.

COURT THISTLE OF THE FOREST, A.O.F. . The ordinary meeting ,of Ihid. Court was held, last week,- Bro. McGeorge, 0.R., presiding. A donation of £1 1b was made to Court Captain Cook, Napier,'. and a' motion of" ;«ympathy was passed in ; Jheir recent > heavy losses - Visiting district officer# were weloomed, D.CIR. Bro. Howarth Unveiled'" a memorial photograph of' Bro> W/ D. Marks, and Bro, jacobsen,'T>.S., and other members' of tlie executive spoke highly of the. esteem in whioh he was held, and the sterling' work he" had done for the Order. Matters of interest, to the Order were discussed. On 6 candidate was initiated into tiia Oyler. The officers 'were entertained at supper ■ after ( the meeting. •i LOYAL CITY' OjF CHRISTCHURCH. t ' ;The. Loyal City of Christchurch Lodge, IfJJi, 1.0.0.i5," held; their quarterly 'meeting on Mbnday evening In the Oddfellows' Hall,St. Asaph street, when the N.Gh, Bro. K. E. Ayrey, 'presided over a good attendance jof members. • -Sick pay amounting to £BS lis 8d was passed for .payment, also £414 ,8s 6d for accounts. Expenditure amounted to £SOO 0s 2d. P.G. Bro. Sharp wan -elected as a trustee. The* Benevolent Committee recommended that the' sum of SB he granted to a brother in distress, and also that he be keßt upon the hooks until further notice; also a brother affected by the Hawke's Bay earthquake, and jreeomtnended that he be kept upon the books.": The recommendations were carried. • The following were elected as Lodge deleKaWa for the 1 annual,*district' "conference:—. Btros. . West, Shearman, 'J. Broadhead, Q. ■ Brp'adhead, Woods, Beattie, Page, and Cribb. FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' COUNCIL. The' .annual meeting of the• Friendly Societies' Council was hfld in the Trades 'Hall on Saturday evening, Bro. W. B. Browne presiding over a fair attendance of •delegates.-. He referred "to'the serious illness of P.O.P. Bro. - <T. Btirgess, UVA.O.D., r and the secretary'.was'instructed to. convey to Jum the sincere sympathy of the Council. Thj» balance-sheet tor the year showed tlft receipts to bo £l4 2a , ldf- and the expend!*' ture £2O 2sßd. ' ' 1 . • -* , - The election; of jtfilcers "-for "the* ensuing" year resulted as followsi— President, Bro.' A. JTorsey, 'l.O. R.? vice-president, 'Bro. H. McOaw, P.A.; secretary: ana treasurer, Bro, W. .'E. Smiths. U.A.0.D.1. past president, Jtro.-AV. B. M'.Uv 1.0'.0.F;; 1 executive,' Bro. A.- Cutnermi, A.0.F., S. Morgan, M.U., J.0.0.F; Bro, G. Warburton, tirXO.D., Bro. C, T. Ijaseelles, H.A.O.KS., and Bro. J.H. Jones, 1.0. G.T.; auditor. Bro., A. -li. ,'Gounay,l.O.OiS 1 * - I