ORDER OF DRUIDS

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21417, 8 March 1935, Page 7

ORDER OF DRUIDS

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■J annual report of the board of J?}***! stated that there wero •AT,™ 2110121 members at the beginfinancial year and that 241 ;?»» lad been initiated during the JVIm total worth of all the funds taifiw» " at December 31, 1934, r#«of,. 7d > bei "K an increase i«S4 Us 4d for tho vear _ The total : S*Ls nied was i:(;<j24 17s Id, an StaSi tf £3B3lSn 7d ov «- last y°ar?3ffi\, d !. bu - rs^in^c . k r« y , ?< V«_ ' ld > :i!) increase 01 £9O «*&^? red v;j,h last >' ea r. and '•*" fifi* 1 . Os 6d ovcr the whole of Hi-.»r* al membership. Funeral StoS? "mounted to £I2BO and 205 amounting to £llß4, Doctors', hospitals', and "•*« MSS were- £7457 14s 6d.

b Benefit Fund fet rf S. d of the >' f 'ar there was a 'WL2iw embcri: (J " the Grand *»W»Sr * funa - W of whom were '**s« S? 6s of '» »"<J 70 - stated 6 lia °ili'.y of the fund 1 the contributions, as **Tif, figUfts showed: Contri- '*- £«« per -""mum; expendi- * sSLSt 1 r ,. a |! nu '-"- Nevertheless-, wl liability ■.....■ ..veil pro}'***i£* lh S hlr(i !,afi c -' arned . c n, -' J ] '' : ' 4 ;,nd lhf ' fttai<W. tr f,. fl "-" ! ; '' lhL - end ot ' !?* *?" S £: V :m - : " 1 increase of i 3j *rfw£ u the 1; '-' valuation, ,«%ed S ch fumv.-ised surpluses I e t£ Svev 0 fUi:d ■"■° uld least 101 ' Uj the total W* Mtres J* all members in the * Cj »dht£y ars!of ; '^'- fe Dur?„o n ?r bcrs ' C '° ntri - Sf*for a«?«. 8 th V*-"-"- 139 ap " fj*- lie in».,i haJ bcL ' n a P" Cv !; e ndiUil . 0 bcing %?$&^ d br;( ' ;i >' <•» the **Mr C .^ k ' IW,RtS ;,lld dC " during lhe year _ JfraSS f da! *-' ,A the Grand S^rwL rcm March I,J Ma >' in y^ai' aEreed to- T.-ie pross&r'" °* Grand sfe«* Wer* - the P peal w&pw. Cfh cd ,- to provide V B *»£tt* a il * be hr -'t submitSL* with the %£ bat -ff whos * ruling *^ l «nt to undertake the