ANNUAL DISTRICT MEETING OF THE I.O.O.F, M.U., AD. (From tho Daily Southern Cross, Saturday.)

Waikato Times, 20 January 1874, Page 2

ANNUAL DISTRICT MEETING OF THE 1.0.0.F, M.U., A D. (From tho Daily Southern Cross, Saturday.)

Yestbbday afternoon, at % o'clock, tlio annual district meeting of the I 0.0 F., M.U., A. T). was commenced in the District Chambers, Cook-street, the deputies from the five lodges comprising the Auckland District ai<>einbliiig punctually at that tune. The following gentlemen were present : Prom the Fountain of Friendship Lodge— P P G.Ms. G Leahy, Flemings Guird, and N,Gs. Seermg, E[. M,«thewi. From the Paruell Lodge, PG. Burge»g. From the Good Intent Lodge— PP. G.M. T. Cole and P.Go. Job Holland and F. Goombes. From the Charles Bruce Lodge, Thames— P.Qg. Thackeray aiidJotkins. The chair was occupied by P.G.M. Pouley, and the vice-olmir by Dep. f.G.M. Mockie. Corresponding Secretary J- Derrom , wai also present. Past Grand Master T. llobson was elected Provincial Grand Master for 1874, and Past Secretary H. J. Smith was elected Provincial Deputy Grand Mastor. Corresponding Secretary Derrom still remains in office. The iwual statistical reports were road and adopted. Votes of thanks were passed to the outgoing officer*, and the meeting closed with the usuul formalities at ten minutes past 7 o'clock. It was arranged that the next district meeting should tako place at the Thames. A dinner was held afterwards P P.G. M. Cole responding to the toast of the Manchester Unity read the folbuirg statement : —

Tlinn, notwithstanding the immense expenditure Mated, fclio capital of the Society now amount* to £3,826,520 8s 2d. That itttemont had been drawn up by tlio A.M.C. to show to the world the exact position of the aifairu of the Man cheater Umtj Great stress had been placed on the published statement thut the Odd Fellows' funds would be iuuiiil ctaiioiein to the amount of a million if they were culled upon to pay all their debts. Suoh things as Souioties hccoiw ing lnswhent he waa awnre haJ frequently happened ; in fact, when a boy, he remembered carrying his id,thor'» wmtributisnt: c friend 1» tbcicfy which went to smush Uut

iui lon lowly autd Uiat nU Luo OJi Fi-Hows' Lxl^uslii Aaskland were solvent— (!u-av» liw)— and; able to meet all ths daraindt wlvich c»uld b© ptft upcm taenv . (Applause). Xhe editor of atf Auekl«n(i paper tad thought fit to reiterate tho assertion, without naming ■liglktost inquir.f on the su l)jeot, Wbcrcis if thkt hftd givea tho •UgUtosb uitimalion t j thoii» n«>o!i J ro»pecl»d Oprreupondtuj; S«oretarv, Mr Denomj or had tnladef ap(>li«tro», to biinsßlf (Sir Oo!e), he could have shown that »U t4:o lodges conneotpj wit'i tlio Ri iiiche»Lor Umtj" in Auckland *»era •olventi, and more than ■>oivent In the ntfjoct!ion^bl<3 lulielc Alluded to it was if.atod iliat »U thry mopt^ rcaliKed fioto tho oontribut'ion of the iijomb'jfs liad Ivon speut ujHjnJ regal* and dctnotutrations or piuiiKt. ilo cill^J on all pio-i>nt to tostifj whether they had done aiijLhin^ of the iion Tuo oditor, bofore committing hiuiaolf to duch I tilde a->bortioii3, should have made lnquti'yi wiieu ho >«ould have found a very diiFerent state of alTairj to exist. If any such demonstration or ptcnio had taken plaeo, the expcnsO-s had bten burno by 1 he M.in<i<;ement Fund, and the Miiua^omnit i'uud .nljiie. Up concluded by a^ain thanking them tor the ttiannei* in whicli tney had reconvd tlu- toast. (Ajiplan.eo.)

Fite Yeieb' Expehienck or this Woekixg of the MANCHEsrtK Omit.