Shannon Notes

Horowhenua Chronicle, 23 October 1915, Page 3

Shannon Notes

{lJ) Dill JiCdltlClll JLVepIeoCUUILHe). .V iiulu ciJiul ni Air- welter a natl me iiiioiuriuiie lo scald rathe* Oil LUC lOii Oil lilili'udiiy lDOl'lllUg. the Jittlo sulicivr Was altnueJ lo uy -VLr IjoUItUCC. Uii I rulay anotnrr accident occur- ( red to a iiuJc iiiri ui -Uio -Maoou o. &lic lcll on a broken boLtle ana cui uu urier> iii licr uriit. Our have dioLih„u .hemselves ui many action ui the hum, mil our ioss*.s have been bei'ioiis. i'oor Jim i'ros&or had hi.-> head blown oh and Ui.iiy iiunows. was Killed oil the same day-- Augtui Bth. lioLLers lia\e 00011 received from Arthur Thompson ami Jack Oman. Arthur Thompson ~ II Alexandria, in tlie Veterinary e.orp.i wil-ii Jim Gardiner. Jack (Jurlaii is 111 Uospilal 111 Lii^iand. U.A.O.D. the Shannon Lodge ol l»ruid<> held iiic.ii' uoiiai forLnightly meeting on Tliur.->day evening in Hie Druidn' ilali. A: Hie conclusion of the ioriiral business a social followed in which the menibeis and their lady friends took part and spent a most enjoyabl« evening. A.D. iiro. I'ai'gtier presided and there ua.-j a good attendance ol members. A depuLaiion irom the Tokoinaru lott&o uiio admitted, and tfioy were received by the member* upstanding and an ode of. welcome. An apology was received Irom jJro. 1. Lind. A letter from ho Grand (Secretary stated that a de-ihute decision would be come Lo with regard Lo the payment of sick pay to those who had gone to the front 011 October 2otli. Bros AicKinley and Logan attended as visitors from the Alanawatu lodge and were duly welcomed by the A.J). Messrs J. A. Swindlehurst ;iud G A. Jlhynd were duly elected and initiated into the mysteries of Druidisni.

Bro Ede, of the Tokomaru lodge prosen ted 1 the .Shannon lodge with a handsomely irained photo of the members oi the Tokomaru lolge as a memento ot esteem Lo the father lodge oT Shannon. Bin. Fargher acknowledged the gilt in suitable terms and Bro. Murray also reciprocatcd the kindly remarks of the Tokoniaru lodge. Bros. Tilling and C. 11. Gardiner also spoke expiring the .appreciation of the Shannon lodge. 't wai. resolved on the motion of Bro. Murray that Bro. laud's apology bo ace -pted and that he bo iliioTmed oi the proceedings of the .lodge that even ing. The lodge then wont into harliio iy, when a very pleasant time was spe it with toasts, songti and recitations