FORESTERS' DISTRICT MEETING

Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 14 February 1907, Page 2

FORESTERS' DISTRICT MEETING

The hall-yearly meeting of the T'ara liaki District Lodge was held ai. SI ration.! oil Tuesday. Tlie District OJli cers present were:—liros. J.'. C. JJennett, D.C.1!.; C. llrauml, D.5.C.1!.; (I. ilurgcss, i).li.; 11. li. Catllev. D.T.; (J. Tollbridge, D.S.; A. Tuiibridge, 1'.D.C.1!.; and Sister M. A. l'earee, i'.C.i!. The following delegates represented the undermentioned Courts:-~Coiut Taranaki, P.q.li. Dro. C/ 11. Lever; Court iWnireka, KC.lt. Jfco. ,\\'ni\, llo.lder and 1'.D.C.11. ]>o. It. X. Coldwalcr:, Court t'atea, 0.1!. Uro. John liiilbci'l; Court Ingiewoud, .J.C.U. Lro. li. ,1. ,Simpson; Court Lgmoiit, F.D.C.t!. Lro. J. E. Wilson; Court Stratford, l'.C.lt. J!ro. 1!. 11. Jvivell; I'ride of i\ew riynioutli, I'.C.lt. Sister M. A. Wells.

The District Ollieers reported that tee niiniei'ieal and linancial position ol tlie District al ilic end of lUOli was:— .Number of members in the District on Ist January, l'HJli, lij!)l; admitted during Lhe year, 75; total, J.l(i(i; number of members left, 05; leaving now 111)1. There were 3(i members ot the Juvenile Court and 8 male honorary members; giving a lota! membership of 1145. The total worth of tiie funds of the District was shown:—Sick and Funeral Funds, .C 15,33:! Ss 4%d; -Management Funds, ~j:202 IDs J'/.d: l);s trie. Funds, .ciiy '-Is Id; Hall Fund, Court Waireka, JC455 lis Id; Juvenile Male Court, JCUI 10s lOd; do., Female Court, ~CI 5Ss 4d; District Coo,ls Aceount, .CSS Ks; total worth of Disrict, .CIO,Si!) 10s 101/,; being" ifiTTucreas'e of .CISJI lj s amount of sickness was ll7 y weeks, as compared with 1002 weeks 5 days in the year 11)0,3, showing a decrease ot L'-l weeks .3 days. The amount of sick pay totalled *730 Is 3d. bein..- a decrease of £44 os on the ' previous year. During the year tlie sum of Cla> had been paid for funeral money lor live males and three members' wives. U was decided to place Uro, F. Uen- | nett's name on the Merit Hoard, and that he be presented with the usual L'.IJ.C.K. jewel. During the meeting the t'.l). Oram! -\la.-ler ol tiie .New .l'lvinoutn District 1.0.0.1'., M.C., Uro. c. ]>. Sole, and Hie Noble orand of the Loyal Stratford Lodge," waited 'Oll the assembled delegates and welcomed them, and extended fraternal greeting .

It was decided Iha I 1 |i strict See rctary's, Treasurer's and Auditor-,' salaries be the same as last war. , ";!'<»• p- - I ''- i'oote, A. ll.'Arnold and C. I. Mills were reelected auditors. Members of toe Taranaki district in i'aijiiuneiit will he xeicciii'-"' ■' ' to press the lecoiumendatroiis of the reeent Friendly ,Societies' Conference on till' attention of Parliament durin" ihe coming sesison. One guinea was devoted to the \\Vl'"lf-" 1 0" Societies' Colonial Executive. ■llie District iSecretarv iva.s instructed to proceed to (Jpiuiakc to take {- ai.-'' ol all books and papers in con neiumn with tin- Court at Opunakr . 'I I"' District, Arbitration Committee ik as lollow»:-)( w . .J.C. Beach, A. K llarke. \V. Carradns. K Tribe, W. Ilopkins, C. I!. Leer, K. ||. Kiytrll. d. K Wilson, \\, Jl(nt(i,.,- 3 iiunler, <i il A - W;<! m b " ~ ' n "| '.' 1 '- Tti ;." i "liieers resulted m he e ,o,ce ol D.S.C.t;. | l]u | !mu|l(| , |fl be™ r^^d Mli, '''^ UKnW '- iIUW hlUl