Friendly Societies

Feilding Star, Volume IX, Issue 571, 1 November 1887, Page 3

Friendly Societies

At the District meeting last week m Wanganui the proposal to torm a Benevolent Fund was continued af ter ihe luncheon adjournment bj several members, and ultimately an amendment was carried to the effect that the District hxecutive be instructed to prepare a thorough scheme for a Benevolent Fund with all thenecessarj ruins and regulations to lay before the next district meeting. There was some discussion on the question of enforcing fines for absence from Court meetings. Some of the members thought there should be fines inflicted on those who absented themselves, but it was pointed out that the rule was hard on those who attended fairly well to their duties while ; no fines would compel the attendance of I those who would not come. The pro* posal to repeal all fines was lost, and the motion for raising entrance fees negatived. The next amendment proposed was that Courts should be allowed to contribute money towards hospitals from their sick and f an ral funds, and the proposal was agreed to unanimously, the delegates considering that the idea of maintaining beds in hospitals for the benefit of their members was one which should be foU out, especially as the Friendly Societies Act give them power to do so. The proposal to allow Courts to use the surplus of interest above 6 per cent for the Management Fund was carried. A new law was agreed to providing that in cases where the vainer reports a surplus, and the transfer can safely be made, they shall be allowed to transfer such surplus from the Sick and Fumral Fund to any other Fund of the Court. The elections were then proceeded with resulting as follows i— D.C.It. Bro Coe, D.S.C.S. Bro Gillespie, D.T. Bro Whiteford, D.S. Bro Boxis, and D,B. Bro Gray. The retiring District Anditor, Bro Smith was reelected, and the Court was closed. — Herald. At the district quarterly meeting of the I 0.0. F., held at Paimerston on; Fridaj, the balance-sheets of the various Lodges were adopted as satisfactory. Bro Ferry was nominated for the Post of G.M.. and Bros Laurie and Hollow for the office of DG M. Notice of motion was given by Bro Wood in favour of altering the uje-laws of the district, and making them more m accord with tbe general laws, and the secretary wan instructed to write to the various Lodges instructing them as to how their balance*t>hees were to be prepared in accordance with the laws. "•'"•'. .