RECHABITES CONFER

Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 611, 13 March 1929, Page 6

RECHABITES CONFER

PROGRESS IN AUCKLAND In his opening address to member* of the Recliabite Council of the At** 5 land District at the biennial meethjj. the president. Bro. 1L B. Brodie, mentioned the excellent results from the visits to outlying branches the ortUr. lie was satisfied at tb’ large number of transfers from tjuvenile section to the adults’ divigw The council sat yesterday and th session ended with an last evening. A feature was the ini.. ' alien of Mr. J. is. Fletcher. had been nominated as a benefit men ber. M W. J. Jordan. JJF, and Bro. F. Jeune. aged 88, the oWi member in the district, was given spcftttal reception.

Greetings were received from thAuckland L nited Friendly Societies proposal that the district hospital and lit© district benevolent f Un ’.‘ should be amalgamated was referred to the incoming executive, and a. posal to increase the rates of sick p*' was deferred until the fresh valuation is known. The district executive \v^ s directed to consider covering hospfij' charges of out-patients as well as ir* patients.

District officers appointed were Chief ruler. Bro. E. Simon; depu' ruler, Bro. B. Gardner: secretary. D. M. A. Bodley; treasurer, Bix, \ Jenkin; guardian, Bro. L. S. Francis superintendent of juvenile tents. Br. B. 11. Wilson: executive. Bros. jV Campbell, G. F. Day, H. I. Gardner and A. and H. A. Yockney: delegates to th United Friendly Societies’ Conferent-f Bros. D. M. A. Bodley, A. Jenkin. hi' Campling, T. W. Marshall: juvenihcommittee, Bros. L. Jenkin. L. A. Patrick, H. McKoy, E. Stewart. Br H. Campling was appointed as one ot the district trustees, and Bro. A. a Bodley was made district solicitor. The executive report, balance-sheet, the statistical report and juvenile returns were adopted.

In the evening the Pascoe Shield. f or the tent showing the largest increase in membership, was presented to st. Michael's Tent, Devonport. The now members competition among ti le juveniles resulted: —J. C. Gardnpr (Sunbeam, Huntly), l; Ruth Day Michale’s, Devonport). 2; Ina Markwick (Mayflower, Otahuhu). 3. Certificates were presented to the following for having secured eight or more new members: J. C. Gardner (Sunbeam Tent). Ruth Day and Victor Dixon (St. Michael’sL Ina Markwick, Cyril and Kenneth Cantwell flower), and Hilda Elmore (Peep o’ Day).