BROTHERS REUNITE

Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 924, 18 March 1930, Page 11

BROTHERS REUNITE

. SEVEN AT ANNUAL DINNER 30 YEARS OF TEMPERANCE Seven brothers recently met in London lor the 30th successive year to dine together and chat over old •times. It is one of the most remarkable family reunions on record, says the ’ Evening News,” London. The brothers are the sons of the late Mr. Charles Pinhorn. who was secretary of the United Temperance Council. And they have been meeting in this way since 1899. They always hold their reunion on the first Saturday in December. Out of their gatherings has grown the P.B.A.—the Pinhorn Brothers’ Association—to which all male members of the family are admitted on reaching the age of 18. The P.B.A. has one hard-and-fast rule—no women are admitted. There is one exception to this. She is the only'sister of the seven. “These reunions began.” one of the brothers told a reporter, “from meetings we used to hold as children to buy a joint Christmas present for our father and mother. “We kept the idea up after we had grown up and left home. We are scattered all over the country now.” The toasts at the dinner include “The Silent Toast” (to the father and mother) and “The Tribe.” All the brothers carry on their father’s temperance principle, and there is never any alcohol at the dinner.