ODDFELLOWSHIP.

Globe, Volume XXIII, Issue 2312, 1 September 1881, Page 3

ODDFELLOWSHIP.

At the half-yearly meeting of the Loyal Benevolent Lodge, held at their Hall, Montreal street north, the following Brothers were elected to fill the various offices : —Jus. Ootton, N.G.; J. Lock, V.G. ; Bey. T. Flavell, E. Sec.; D. Campbell, I.G. Amongst a great deal of other business it was resolved to obtain a suitable memorial to the late Bro. Dr. Campbell, and a committee was formed for that purpose. It was also resolved to present Bro. A. Palmer, P.G., with a certificate of merit. A number of new members were proposed, and several initiated. The evening's receipts amounted to over £56. On the 22nd ult. the Lodge met to receive the auditor's report and the balance-sheet, which shows a profit of £4l for the half-year, tho total value of the Lodge being £1356 19s 3d. It was resolved to add £l5O to the £4OO already placed at fixed deposit in the Bank of New Zealand. Bro. A. Palmer, P.G., was presented with his certificate, handsomely framed, by D.P.G.M. Foster, at the N.G.'s request. The balance-sheet and report having been adopted, several new members were initiated, and tho Lodge closed at 9.30 in due form. An adjourned meeting was held on Tuesday evening in the schoolroom at Prebbleton, the Bev. A. C. Wright in the chair, to decide whether a lodge of Oddfellows of the Manchester Unity or of the American Constitution should be started there. Both constitutions had been invited to attend to explain their respective advantages, so as to enable the meeting to docide which order they would elect to start. The Manchester Unity was represented by members of Beveral lodges and the American Constitution by members of the Loyal Avon and Halswell Lodges, and a friendly but animated discussion ensued, whioh, at eleven o'clook, resulted in the decision of the meeting, by a very large majority, to open a lodge under a charter of the Grand Lodge of the American Constitution. The preliminaries for so doing were then arranged, and the meeting adjourned, after a hearty vote of thanks to the chairman had been passed.