OBSOLETE CONTROL

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 792, 12 October 1929, Page 13

OBSOLETE CONTROL

MOVE TO REORGANISE GIRLS’ LODGE PREMISES IN WELLESLEY STREET A move to place on a more satisfactory basis the control of the Girls’ Friendly Society Lodge in Wellesley Street was made at the Church of England 'Diocesan Synod last evening, ■"hen a bill was introduced by Archdeacon W. J. Simpkin. Archdeacon Sixnkin said the society opened a small lodge many years ago, and eventually, premises were secured in Wellesley Street. Trustees were appointed, but no method was devised ■whereby they could be replaced, and it was doubtful if any still lived. The archbishop acted, but there was no record of his appointment. The council had decided to approach synod firstly to provide a method for the appointment of trustees and secondly for a statute to declare the trust upon which the lodge and property should be held if at any time the society itself went out of existence. Five trustees, including the bishop of the diocese, are provided for by the bill, the members, other than the bishop, to be elected by the council of the society, one retiring each year, but being eligible for re-election. It is laid down that the Wellesley Street premises shall be maintained as a lodge for girls although the trustees will have no part in the control or management of the lodge. The bill was read a second time.