HIBERNIAN SOCIETY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1957, 14 January 1914, Page 10

HIBERNIAN SOCIETY.

. ■'*■&. -floiirislmig state of affairs was disclosed in the retimis presented t-o tho annual meeting of tiio St. Patrick's branch of the Hibernian Society'at St. l'atriek's Hall on Monday evening, Bro. J. A. Sullivan presiding. The sick and funeral fund increased by the sum of £60, and during tho year good investments were found for the sum of £400. Tho sun; of £234 was expended in sick pay, whilst, the. branch's.contribution to the funeral fund, which is consolidated, was It, cost the branch £221 for medical attention , for its members and £S3 for medicine. The election of officers for tho ensuing half-year resulted as follows:—President, Bro. Jercjniali O'Brien (unopposed); vice-presi-dent, Bro. J. P. Jl'Gowan; treasurer and assistant-secretary, Bro. J. J. L. Burke (re-elected); warden, Bro, F. Whitaker (re-eleoled); guardian, Bro. P. Guilfoyle; sick visitors, Bros. P. ..O'Callaghan and 31. Condon; auditors, Bros. tl. Jl'Keowen and F. M'DonaM. ',/'■■ Tiio scheme of Bro. D. Flynn for tho rceonstitution of tho society in New Zealand bv the erflation of four provincial councils in place of the present national directory, has i.ocn -approved by .the,.. St. Patrick's branch, which appointed, Bra. J. J. Biirkq; P.P., to at,tond tiio Now 'Zoftland Dir.trict meeting ■at A'ueklnml on February 25 and discuss ■ .

■ jv ; -.An offer was received from the Hiber,nian Band of lovcrcargijl, tho cham-■;-pion-M-prade band, to give a concert ; -in ,,, -Wellington next month on its way ■to tlio.hand contest; ami was referred ■"■ -:to'tho district council..

;,S|S\ 'J-;y., -. ■. ■ . ' ' . ■ . ..'■■■ :. '.'■ A fine of 405., with 13s. costs, was in- ' dieted, by tho Bromley (Kent) Bench on Messrs.. Strong and Co., printers and bill- . posters',; for exhibiting an advertisement .visible from ihe public highway, aiid so placed, as to disfigure the natural beauty of: theUaiubcapc at Fariiborougjh, Kent. ' .This jwas tho first case wider tho Adver- ■■ lisemonts Regulation Act. . s'.A part of the "White Tower irhich has 'lieen closod since 18S5, and the whole .of tho Bloodv Tower, which has never been open. to tiie public, are to be opened at nn early.- date _to ■ visitors to tho Towet of London. . Tho rooms to bo opened in the White Tower are on the ground floor, ■• among what are nsuallv known as tho i , l;ingt'oiis, , .«..:-'l'ho Bloody Tower contains ■the .rooms'Vhcre' it is supposed the two Princfs vtw murdered at tho initi^ation : .ohKicliard 111. : '...■',.■ '■ ■■■