FRIENDLY SOCIETY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.

Taranaki Daily News, 14 July 1919, Page 7

FRIENDLY SOCIETY HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION.

REPORT OF THE LAST YEAH.. The tenth annual report of the executive of the Taranaki United Friendly Societies Association, which is to be {presented to the annual meeting of delegates at Stratford this month, congregates. the association on its improved financial position and continues: "At the end of last year the amount OWilig fori hospital accounts was £l2ll Os «d, ?nd ; thi| year £429 10s, which ig Terjr., satisfactory., considering this year has I>ee'n;an eventful and disastrous one forth? association owing to the scourge bf, liiSußjiSM, which helped to increase ihe indebtedness of the association. Members' claims for influenza cases amounted .to £231 Bs, which we, did not anticipate, and we trust that the coming year will be a more prosperous one for all concerned. It is with deep regret that we have to refer to the death of our late vice-president, Bro. A. Coldwell, who always took a keen interest in the welfare of the association. Our late brother was an able man in friendly society work, and had been a delegate to the association meetings for a number of years. We extend to the widow and fnmilv our sincere srmpftthy in their sad loss, and also to Court Ingle|food Forest, A.0.F., for which court he fras secretary. . Ot the same time we cannot allow this opportsmtv, .to pass., without referring to many other prominent friendly society members who died .with , the influenza, and we extend to tie lodges aiSft relatives fof ttese extreme*Xowjtr - sM<i& , ,%onr con - Sideration applied tCJhe Minister of Public Health (the Hon. G. W. Rus'iell) for .jassiiitance ftnaneisUy r the influenza cases. anH received the following f to ! yolir letter of' the ifith: ihst: the abovementioned 1 ,'1 : regret ito you that no funds are available for the purpose assisting friendly societies in connection wittr''the epidemic" The Tenort mentions that the following lodges have .the association imonp 'nOT : piment ; fef subscriptions: mthatri, i&OF,, ii.tj.: Lo4ge Onnnalcc, ?b 'bLT7.V " iodije Inglbwood, iregard 'to chronic ;case»':3n executive;says big upon the funds ana recommends that a sliding scale should he itiade 6f tlie 1 rules altered to meet these cases as follows: £3O for the first year; £ls for the soe,ond;ixe(irj,. £5 for-succeeding year?. The says that in the opinion of the executive this is the only course open and it is hoped the delegates will give the matter earnest consideration.