FORESTRY.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 190, 1 August 1908, Page 6

FORESTRY.

(jourr wauieka, so. m:>. Considerable interest attaches to the handsomely framed jjieturu now being exhibited in llr. 11. li. Cattley's iviiiilow in Devon street. The illumination and lettering sets out that the picture commemorates the founding of Court .WainiKH, A.0.F.. Xo. 4j)2f>, and it contains photographs of six of the founders of tile Court. Sonic of these June been enlarged from very old photographs, hut the likenesScs uro dc.lared lo lie good. Jifloris to secure photo- , graphs of the remaining founders were i unsuccessful. The photographs ii cludI cd are those of:-Urn. U. ,1. ColliuS (treasurer); Bro. iliddlcton, 1'.C'.1i... I Court 'J'aranaki (chairman); 'Uro. .1. Jkiherty; liro. i[. Kurloiig. IS.]}.; Jlro. \V. Jlcnnvtt (secretary); and liro. W. K Urooking, ,I.\V, * The lodge was opened on April irth, 18117, with fourteen members, and the funds on that dale were C&J 7*. l-'ortv-onc years after, on April 17. I'JOS, there were 411 members, and the worth of Die. lodge was C7H43 :1s Sd—a very line recurd. Jl should be noted here tlluitl the present secretary, Uro. (J. Tunbridge, has occupied that position for about II.) years, and it is wry largely i\wi to him that the membership has grown to 44(1 from the 100 odd when he took charge. The minutes of the lirst meeting aiv embodied in the picture, and these are abridged as follows:

The ollicvrs anil brethren of Court Taranaki, No. JH.'ili, met in the foresters' Hall at 7.311 for the purpose ol opening a new Court Waircka. Past Chief Hanger JJiildlelon was in the chair. The following brethren were initiated members of court "Waivekii:

Bros. Wm. liemretl, John liranaly, Robert Collins, Thus. Price, vVm. I booking, Michael Furlong, dosep'h Thompson. Stephen 'n'ihlgooso, Thus. Hardy, John Doherty, Thos JJudd, Henry 'Burns, David Wreen. Uro. Bums was appointed chief rnrit'cr, Bin. Wildgoose sub-chief ranger. Tiro. Collins treasurer. Bio. Jiudd senior Woodward, Uro. Crooking junior woodward, Uro. Furlong senior beadle, l!ro. llai'dv junior beadle and I'm. licnuclt secretary. P.U.I!. Middlelon I lien vacated the chair, and the above ollieers look thvir respective seals. The following were appointed trusIrcs:—P.C.R, \ ivian, of Court Taranaki; Uro. Howell of Court Taranaki; IM'.li, iiarncs, J!io. Smith, and Uro. Dover. , , ,

Tin! following were ai)]>«intv<l to form' mi Arbitration Committee: llros. lionnett, Granaty, Collins, Brooking Price, Furlong, Thompson, Wihlgoose, Hardy, Doherty, Build and Wvoon. Jt 'was proposed by Bro. Brooking, and seconded bv Bro.' Price, flint the present bv-laws of Court Taranaki should lie' adopted.—Carried. On the motion of Bro. Price, seconded bv Bro. Vv'reen, it was decided that the names of Bros. Wildgoose, Brooking, and liarilv should be placed on the Dispensation as founders of Court Wairekn. , . , . Tim order for this picture, winch is In be 'lmiiK ''l flie lodge-room, was executed by Mr. Colli*, Messrs Hooker and Co. doing the writing, etc.