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ORDER OF RECHABITES.

.CONFERENCE IN WELLINGTON, j A conference that is ofeaiing consid-' crablo interest amongst tho members of tho ltechabito Order Ujrotighotit the Dominion is to be hclij at. Kaster in Wellington, between' tW.'e-sCcut-ivo otSeers of tho two districts, representing about 5000 mombors, ■ wit-Ii fimds over ] £70,000. It is over teiiy years sittee tho parent body at Auckland, on account of the and delays with correspondcnco, cons«nte't£.,to. the formatiou of a d'st'ic in tho south, with' headquarters at. Wellington, In t-liose days, three, months was cjuiek tmie toget . a reply to letters .sent from Wellington to Auckland, and tile pr vinces were apparently as far apart lis the Poles. Development has gone on apace, and now th&' twocentres are within eighteen hours' loach of cash other. This: has created'a desiro for closer, union between tho ■ separate districts. " Tho question has been considered at the.annual'meetings', ] i.th the result that" for tho first time tho parenji body's oxecutivo is visiting their 'offshoot at Wellington, and will be represented by the D,C,IL, A. Jenkiu, tho P.D.C.R.,' D, M. A. Boaloy, and. tho district secretary. J. W. Foster, from Auckland, who will meet tho D.C.R., It. EL Tayiur (Christ•church), the P.D.C.R.., J. J." 'Wesney (Invercargill), the D.D.R., J. S. Mrairo (Pahnerston North), the D.5.J.8., H--Hoyward (Qisborne), and the D.S.F.M., j Miss E. JI. Smith (InVercargil!), to consider a basis of union.

. .Another important matter to lie considered at,"'the conference will'be the communication recoired from the Sigh Movablo Conference, England, with suggestions' for an ''Imperial Conffiience" ■. of tho various districts throughout tha world. New Zealand has bcfiii asked to send to tho High Office suggestion for a system of direct representation. On. Saturday ovening, April 11, the visiting officers, are to lie 'welcomed l>y His Worship tho Mayor and "Father Johnston," who was present 'ivlieii the Order first started . iri Australia over fifty years ago,,and was the Instituting Officer when tho district started in Wellington, • • '■

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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2116, 6 April 1914, Page 9

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ORDER OF RECHABITES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2116, 6 April 1914, Page 9

ORDER OF RECHABITES. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2116, 6 April 1914, Page 9

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