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INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES.

NEW ZEALAND CIONTKAf, DISTIUCT.

The ;thirty-fifth annual |CVViiicili meeting was opened in the Foresters' i Wall, (Jill street, yesterday morning. The following olliceis ai d delegates were present:—District Chief Fuller, Uro. S. F. Sherwood, Uunedin; P.D.C.K., Uro. d. Whitaker, New Plymouth; D.D.H., Uro. J. M. Calder, Nelson; U.S., Uro. I''. li. Fraser, Wellington; D.T., Uro. Leslie, Wellington; D. Super. Juvenile Uranch, Bro. T. Fathers, Wellington. Bcprosentatives: No. 1 Tent, Wellington, Bros. Flyger, Johnson, and Govi «r; Napier, Uro. Mayson; Ulenheim, Pro. Jellyman; No. 6, Wellington, Uro. I'rethey. Nelson, Bros. Day, Whiting, C'roudis; New Plymouth Bro. I'. Hopkins, J. Bulthnore, B. J. Clark- No 10, Wellington, Bros. W. J. Caudin, 1. W. Ward; Uunedin, Bros. I{. Farrant, V. F. J) llv is, W. Fleming; Christeliurch, Bros. Taylor, Dviuond, Hobsou; Invercargill, l'.n.c'l!. B ro . W stead, J .1. Wcsncy, ,1. Henslcy; Norseuoud, Uro. Olseu; Onnoudville, Bro (.room; Woodville, Bro J Hi'iclin-• Mastc-lon, Bios. Fasthope and Ouiimtun; Carterton, Bro. W. Partridge; Wakefield, Bros. Hooper and Robert-

son; Johnsonville, Bro. BlackfordPuimorston, Bro. W Swallow; (Ji s - Uorne, Bvo. Naismith; l'ahiatua, Bro Sayers; Briglitwater, Bro. Andrews-

Stratford, Uro. Jones; Inglewood, Bro opson; Levin, Bro. Keys. Cardill', JJro. McUccluc; Petone, Bro BellFdilding, Proxy, Uro. Bathers; Wauganm, Proxy. Female Branches-

Wellington, Sister Oaudin; Nelson, Sister Liley; Invercargill, Sister Preston; G.sborne, Sister Somerville; Auckland, Delegates: .D.C. lluler, Bro. MacDermottj P.JJ.C.It, Bros. Foster and Wheeler.

On behalf of the District Ollicors, the Unci Ruler uf the District moved- ' That this District Council meetin" approves uu,l adopts the rules as revised hy the District Oiiieers, i„ compliance with instructions given at a previous District Council mcctin" i number of copies have°bee'u ionvarded to each Tent i„ accordance will, General Kule 114. The said rules ijiyo been revised by tl lc K ovisill} , jj :u , lister, and duly registered by the Eegistriu- of Friendly Societies.-Car-ncd alter some discussion. The Auckland District delc-ilcs

picscnt on a mission to consul,,,- the •liii'stion of amalgamating the two dis-U-.ct.s, were cordially welcomed. Alter tliu Chief Kuler, jj,,, s)l „ r . w0.,,1 had welcomed the delegates, re«:ved Iraternnl greetings, and referred lUI.-lI.V -io the subjects on the agenda l»i|ier, business was proceeded with . Hie district Officers' report stated, jnler aha that since the last District General JUoeting, two „,,» Tents have ;«-h msututel, the Ornmi Tent, No. '•l.'iiiil the j|„ 11(! of Wangamii, No. «4. <»'"' 'Mit had ceased to exist as a tent, hut all the members have become District members. Jf o . 11, Waipukurau Tent, has discontinued to meet nml are taking legal means to divide a

sum nf between £OOO and C7OO ii.noiltfst themselves, there boinjf only six of them. There are now 31 male and 4 female Tents; i„ a n ( 35- The adult membership is 1075, bein« 157S

flnancal member* and 0 < honorary Jlus funds entrusted to (he keeping of your Officers arc as follows at "the pro's Ait timo:—Funeral Fund, .CBIO7 14s sd, an increase of £152 Us 3d after paving all elainis; Tent Kick Pay Guarantee Fund.. '.eiHl-t V.h fld, bein'" an increase of £54 9s 10d. The Benevolent Fund stands at £223 5s 7d an increase of £ll Bs. Contingent Fund, £204 15s fid, £2 Is less than at last report. Juvenile Funds. £9G 9s 10n\ Total District Funds, £10,148 lffe lod. total increase since last report, £922 9s ]o<l. The returns from the Tents

show a credit to the Sick Funds of £28,024 10s 2d, and to the Contingent Funds £312 4s lOd. Total Tent Funds £20,337 Is. By adding this to the District Funds, we get the "rand total of £30,484 Os lOd. This shows an increase of £2580 13s Cd since last mooting. The sick expenses show a total qf 14(58 weeks 5 days, giving about the proportion of 5 dnvs 14 hours to eacli member. Last report gave 1 week and 1 hour to each. A tahlo of contributions has been passed Ivy nn actuary, certified to be sufficient to give the benefits as set out in the general rules of this district. This was got with a view to assist the amalgamation of the District with No 84 Auckland. After a. short discussion the report was adopted.

Bro. T. Fathers, District .Superintendent of Juvenile Branches, reported that the pi'esonl. membership was 3()(i. Fluids.—The total amounts lipid by the

various brunches in their respective funds, £3lO 17s 1,1. Nothing i„ our work is more important, the report states, than the instruction of the young [r r till now Ave have not paid due attention to 'this part of our work. No 'J'nnt that is working alone in a place ought to be without a, juvenile branch. The Tent, by its work in and for the. Juvenile branch, always conduces to a lasting success, since from the juvenile branch new and uncontaniinntcd force are continually growin" inmated forces are continually growiii" are our future workers. The prim" ji ry objects of the juvenile section may lie briefly summarised as follows: (1) the inculcation in the minds of the young of the truths in regard to abstinence from nil intoxicating liquors and (2) the early training of the youthful mind in reference to habits of Ihrifl. frugality, „„ ( l providence. On the proposition of Bro. Groom, seconded 1, vB , O . K , milt the was adopted. l

AFTURNOON" SITTING.

■ The Council resumed at 2 p.m., when internal greetings were received from I lie I'oresters' Order.

; A motion by Tent' No. fi, to abolish i District Visitors, brought up the whole Muostm of District visiting. j t scomi erf as if the system was not satisfacl Wy to all the Tents. The Carterton . I™t wished a certain procedure adopt- , <>,! by the visitors. The ftishorne Tent . however, in a motion, wished to see an organise,' appointed i„ place of District . Visitors. The subject also raied question of the organisation of the

Order. Mateifon proposed: "The time having arrived when the District ( ouneU should assume a more am»rossive spirit. A young, capable "man

■ should be appointed as Secretary ■ whose duties shall include those of organising agent. That he should thoroughly work both islands by lecturing, by opening new Tents where pos-

slide, by conferring with ~,,,1 instructing secretaries, and by any ■ other

or he furtherance of Reehabitism, unit shallhave attained the right position as the premier Friendly Society 0 the colony " Christchiirch suggested: the District Officers shall be empowered to appoint suitable persons as oiganisers for the purpose of formins lens ,„ ( l ls(ncls , vllPre tllm . e aro no en s n, existence, the expense of such o i .\ nisers to be paid from the District to,r,woi'e'i' F ;' U(l '' nuesoii coked a lot of discussion, a j aw ','*■' of the brethren taking a ; "'''proposals were lost. ' '

J ho question of amalgamation was '" the afternoon, [\, Y ,ci' ,1 ''*gaies putting f or t h tlioi, on i" subject. Bro. Macdermott la Mas suggested that a committee be •,,, Poiide,, to eoofer wi ,„ t^j^j • '^„' S "^"' S(W '" *«» adopt- ,: '. ' .''' fo ll«wing appointed to conii and report to meeting , lexr „..„. ros. Sherwood. Fathert. mSeT \\.-ney Nais „ litll , ;m ,, R J™ Cl '

J-he Invercargill Tent in,-,, « i, ««,: "Kach DistWct'onLS ""'uiie'i'rrm^v!;;"'!-- 1^" 0 "-^'"

live, f ii m ilct lls rquvseiifiifor the Tcnls af w]lic| , ' t|| , • he'll "I "° ttHin « >™ "t rf ■] 1.1,11 ;„ ... , . ' th < tllklllJJ -in;.' . ;,'""' fo Mf ~o " 1 " tf;o »«' i.'ons,™* SBCOmle ''-- i,ml ( ' an ' i «l 'inani-

Hio entrance fee (■„ (J,,, o r<l.-r was considered far („ 0 hi,,], l,v the flj,. borne Tout, which, through its vepre s-nlaiiyc, Mro. Niisinilli, nioved as follows:—"The charge for entrance shall It! 2s Cd, which shall be paid into the

Maitagqnient j?uii||l'. All candidates, must pay the entrance fee at the time of proposition, livery candidate shall bo supplied with a copy of the (lineral Jiinr. and a ccrtiiicute of membership" lire (ioer seconded the propositi! i, which was eventually carried. T ■ Council adjourned till 10 o'clock tlr* norning.

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 20 February 1907, Page 2

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INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 20 February 1907, Page 2

INDEPENDENT ORDER OF RECHABITES. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVIII, Issue 81918, 20 February 1907, Page 2

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