ODDFELLOWS FOR THE FRONT

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2272, 5 October 1914, Page 6

ODDFELLOWS FOR THE FRONT

1 WHAT, THE LODGE IS DOING. ■ Tho Independent Order of Oddfellows throughout Now Zealand lias made arrangements that all members joining tho Expeditionary Forces will havo their contributions paid during absence, so that their 'sick and funeral benefits may bo secured to them. In addition'to this, a central fund 'has been established, out of which all dependents of those members will receive relief should their circumstances require it. From the same fund will be paid relief to all deserving members suffering distress occasioned by unemployment arising from the war. Should the Gentrol Fund prove inadequate to the strain thereby imposed upon it, the executive have taken power (and in this have been fortified by the expressed opinion of the district and subordinate Lodges) to draw upon their reserves for any additional funds that may be required. . They recognise that they owe a duty to their gallant mombers and to those. theyhave left behind them, that must be fulfilled to tho utmost limit of the resources of tho society. Members of the 1.0.0. F. have joined in largo numbers from all Lodges of the Order from Hokianga to the Uluff.