Oddfellows' Social.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Issue 51, 13 May 1899, Page 2

Od dfellows' Social.

Thursda\ night was \on sto.-nn find i old, but tins did not pto\ent a laige punibei turning up to wh'ifc is consideied the opening social of the year, tli iL ot the Oddfellows..' Tlu hall was mdi\ nicely decoiated and diap.d, the goigeous banner 01 tlio Ordei hanging mi th" intdd'o ser\ed to heighten the putuiesque eiiecfc piodueed b\ the sashes-, ot tho bietlnen, and the gay dwssses oi tlio ladies \ isi tois were pres-Mit tioin Mstoi lodges m Timniu and Ouniuu. and Bio Y. M. Taalie implemented the local Vox j steis. The Grxud Mai oh was led o'l' hv I\o\incial Cuand Mastei Bio. A c qmth and Mis Asquith, and v. as engaged im by about 00 couples. Dancing was kepi going till m l. '■){), Mi Fiank DiaUon making acipilal M.C. Buppci was laid in the ante lnoui. 'Ihis department was in tlie cli tige ot ?vh W. Milloi, whose skill 1-, too well known to leqiuie comment Outside the hall, a huge niaiqne was elected, and heie a capital spie.id was laid tor memhois and \isitois \\ bile dancing was- continued in (he hall, the following pioLjiaMime of toasts was gono tluough, P.G M., r>io. xVs([iuth in the chair. The cliaum in said some explanation was due to tho-e outside the lodge as to win this suppei was hold outs'de The mason was that im.ml>i ii->i i-> who did not dance could have suppei togctliei, and meet usitmg bietlnen. ]\loie weie e\ pected horn Tnnaui and Oam un. but those who did come weie heait'h welcome. He would piopose the tnst toast, '• The Queen and Manehesljr Unity " Song— Bio Hoslvins. P.G., Bio. Jackson, m pioposmg •'Visiting Biellnen," coupled with tin- names ot P.GL Bio. Jloss and X G. Bio. Bo\s. said the bdst thing about the-,p g.ithoMiig 1 * was the .attendance ot biotlnen fiom other lodges, a sine way to piomote biotheihu^s. P.(t. Bio. Moss (Oamaiu) was soh\ the weather had H pfc mui\ ,uv.u . but liiose who did come thoioughl} eino^etl theinsel\es. N.G. Bro. Ijoy (Tiniain) wasaUoson v so few ci no, bal thi c wj'ild n)t mteiune with the heart\ mvititiou he evlended to AYannUe and Oi'nuu hietluen to be piesent at the Tmi.ua Lodi^e s social. Jle thanked them toi the kind lecephon, which he would mention at the ne\t meeting ot Ins lodge PG Bio. Hoskms pioposed the toast of "'Young Membeis ot the Oidei," coupled with the name of Bio. Collect. It was one ot Ihe finest Ih ng-, a Aonng fellow could do to belong to a Inendl} society . P.G. Bio. "Watt pioposed the " Otago District." coy.pled with the name ot Bio. Moss. He did not know much ot the Otago distnct, but an y time he had been to Oamaiu he had been veij well tieated. Song — Mr C. J. Goldstone. P.G. Bio. Moss thanked th., n for drinking the toast. P.G. Bio. Fieeman pioposed "The musicians," who were indi-.pou-.able at gatheungs ot this sort He w >uld c jnple with the toast the names oi Mj-^sis Langdown and Capstick. Mr Langdowii lephed on belialq of hnnselt and Mr Capstick. '• the two i)uk->" They had played at se\cial ot the Oddfellows socials and hoped to do so a .jam. Song — Bio. Moss. Bro. A. Jackson pioposed " The Ladies," coupled with the name of Bio. Moss. He lnmselt vas \eij bashtul and could not do the subject justice. Bro. Moss suitably dealt with the loast. P.G. Bro. Watts proposed " The Caterer and btatf," and this was lephed to by Mr Miller and Mr Valk. Bro. J. Sullivan proposed " The Press, 1 ' coupled with the names ot Messis Smith. Boreham, and "Wilson, who responded. P.G. Bro. Moss proposed the '• Lutelton Uistuc't." coupled with the name of P.G.M. Bro. Asquith. Bio. Asquith. P.G.M., thanked the \isitors on behalf of the Lyttelton District. He hoped their lntei course with the Otago

The total output, of coal in the colony dming last ye.v wis 907,0.32 tons, as comy.ued with 810,71:3 ions, in 1597, and 792,851 tons in IS%.

Pishic-t vonlrl be move frequent. Ii boho\od Cnnterbuiy should be one distiic a^ Otago w.is Bio. Bons propound the " "Waunale Lod'^o," coupled with the name of Bio. E\uns. Bro. E\am jopliod on bplmlf of the "Waumte Lod<j;p It wis ,1 ploa'-nre to do tlioir be^t for then* \i Uois; thp-^ weie filw.'us well treated when the^ themsehes "\\ ent away.