THE RAILWAY EMPLOYEES BENEFIT SOCIETY.

Evening Star, Issue 4063, 4 March 1876, Page 2

THE RAILWAY EMPLOYEES BENEFIT SOCIETY.

The first annual rheetihg' of the above was held at the.. Railway Station last night, Mr Conyert 'p'hsidingr The cooirhittw brought up the following report, which was From the statement of receipts and expenditure for the year ending 29th February, 1876, ft will Ac seen that the Society has to oongratnlate itself on the scarcity of ,sickness thathas. token place among its members np to date.. The amount disbursed for sick ailmpnt is L2 10a., and that for funer3, T £low/ anceliS, making a total 'of lit Ids' for thtiftWelVe months. ’ The COmmftifce begtO annodUCC that they have received L 8 8S from /eight also, from. General. CUpbaginv donation;ofLl, ami' wJ9,Soufehj|and fiaUtyays, per Mrhfpprhouse, Ll 10a. i The following statement mil shpw the. Aialmifotmentsand also the balance standing to tht abaft of the Society since its obtQiiiencement Receipts ~lo7£;6 113 initiation &M) £67 ss; members' sub* scriptions, Jjlß6 j , ( sight; boabxargr. members, iLB 8s s 1 donations, L24fls; gale pf rale books, L2 4a 6d.j, in* ■ terest on- .deposits, Li 1&. 8d; tptol. L26ft laM' Expenditure—Quarter ending Slst MayTlSs; do 31st August, L2717s 6dj do 31st,October, £37*4 6d: do 29th February. £3B 16s: balance in b«nfl. L 16 4! 4s 2d; total, L 269 Is 2d. * - '

From i.stpps were heiog tikeh to f Qrfn kliran% Bociety ! at Oamaru, s curingtheeertl<ds:.o£fa medical mm The f°l owing, r,splutiop w|B.- r CHiaried unaniunou lv : —“ Tnat the railway employes in OamarU breceived asi, brih6h Of flu -Sdflet? | feesllb M •he same a thel|&re/)t' Society, andthat mv expanse iujOjir ed. qver the > silo w»nce for medical attendance be ueV by the parent s put'Of,the general fund.’?, pw {. Tlih offipe fe® yere re elected as folldro; Mr Alexander ' t<yet|iry, MZ- Jiamf)* ue hffohl; Au Htora, Committee. Mes isna; tabii,Sh.rwell, MatwowMonk, Wnght, Maim. Stewart, William?, Pratt,, Bring, Gibb, apd . »Tamei Smith. i ti It was decid’d to! cetebrate the firet,anriiye& sary hy a conceit and ball at the ,Temperjno ( ' Gall on a day tohe fixed hjy w I;e l poianu^tee.