GOOD TEMPLARY IN WAIKATO.

Waikato Times, Volume X, Issue 580, 8 February 1876, Page 3

GOOD TEMPLARY IN WAIKATO.

k BKIEF HI3TOBY OF lIS K3TABLIBUMBSr ANI> FUOQUBdS.

Oh ! that mon ihonld put an onomy to their mouthi Io ateal avrftj their brains.— Su*KsrKAHl.

i{Continuril from nur latl ) Tho second quartor of tlio Jlopo of w'mkato Lodge cimnienaud under most favour »blo circtiinntancfls, and G-Dod Tomplary was plaocd upon a firm ba<u. Hue ilsfliiocegs in Hnmilton wiih not HiilTlciont to salmfy the fa.'it growing desiro for IVmpcranco n-foua in the 'listuct. CAMBIUDQB became anxious for a lodge, and an application wus forwarded to the G-ran 1 L »dga for a charter for that townnhip. Thin wm i{rmtod and Sister Knox, about tho end of ffuno, having übl'iinnd tho nocensnry iiitthoritj and nCoomo mied bj teveral mombori of the Hamilton Lodgq

AtffelVED AT CAMBIttDCJB end opened THF BKCOND LODOB in the diitrict. Fifteen members worn initiated and the Lod^o act in wo-kmg order. HislHr Knot returned to Hamilton, where nhe again to >k up h'T quarter* and dftoi* a bnof stay announced hrr m tcMiti >n of fi-turmng to Auckland. On learning tins, a committee wits formed for I lie purpose of devising means for prc^onlin/j tins lndy with a Huitablo testimonial in appreciation of the valmblo Bervi«os hlio hid rendered iho ordur in "Wttik-vto. The timo between Iht forming of the committee and Sitter Knox'a departure was but short, but by prompt action on their part an

ItKTEUTAmiRNr \VA<S AUBANOfeD to tako place .it t)it>'Jouit houso, on tlio 14'h of Aunu-t,nt wlncli iho presontfition (a Tory handi'imo coLl watch with a luitublo inso ipiion), toooinpinied by a testimonial, wm made by Bro Uhtti E Madden, WCT of the Lodge on tuhilf ol its mcuiburs-

MB W N SBIRANOKK, BM, pr-siderl over thH proceedings. Th« Court-homo «fiis crowded to eii'oss find thn nmimnt. rt'iiliacd was more than oufllciciil to defray tlio cjit of the presonl/iilion. Ai shewing the

KAI»II) PKOGKBBB OP TEMPLAtfY up to thw tuuu we cannot do bettrr than quote Mr tto'iranckc's own'wbrds at tho opening of ilio entertainment: He said, "Though not a Good Templar him-clf, he had olieirfudy consented to take tho chair on tho ;>r<'Soiit occasion. Ho re-cognn.-d ihit the rstublnlimi nt of tho Order in the Witikalo had been the nie.ms of eff.'ctin^ an immeimo deal of good. No words that ho could use would describe th« bonofiU it hid confonol on tho cotninunuv, and tho improvement adVcted m the moral tone of the district. Tho present entertainment was given in honor of Mus M«ry Knox, a young ludy who arrived hereabout fou* months ago, having been specially deputed by tho G.>o 1 Tom pi »rs of Au klund to organize branuhei of tho Onler in this distriot Witli tho assistance of one Goo i Templur then resident in tlamilto i (Mr Lougbottom) she opoue'l a lo<lt;o wlncli then numbered oid.v ninotfon members. Fro n thin email beginning tlio lorlgo had n rown rapidly until it now nu ntierod fouitoen femiilo ndulis. »nd 114 male adult member*, pxi'lhrivo of 19 on probation At Cimbrid^o n lodg 1 hid been opened now numbering about 30 mt> übors There must bo dome good in an Order winch had a tamed such marked eJ£.cU upon tho community. Ho was informed tliat Mtsi Knox had been off. red remuneration for her services, but had refund to accept anything. The Good Ternpluri, however, had got up tho piesent enterUinmeilt, and he understood that during tho evening an address, accompanied bj a gold wutcli, would bo pieientod to lu-r (appUme) " On the day following tho prca-ntation Sisler Mary X iox left for Auckland, and with her departure may be mid to hare cloied the

r.BST KUA of &o )d Tern plary in tho Waikato. From this ttmo, Templary pursued tho orcn fiuor of 'its way and Uounshi'd Tlio odiLcrs •elected forils conduct were, for tlie most purt,

JNFLUK>m*L GRKTLKMKN, who threw the wholo df their energies into the work tuey had taken in hand. Among tlum, »nd forcmoßS in Us ranks, irmy he incut ioiichl Uro C ll Montroto, Lodge Deputy, and Bro C E Mnrlden, W V Templar. Ndr mutt we forgot to mention the other St-x, who wtre of no small ulue inlluir work of refonnttnon, and atnon^ whom, Sister Montrosi', XV V JL\ wun ouo of the leuding members. By Ihe iiertiotu of a Visiting Committee the miijoriiy of those who had joined weic kcj>t at their poot», Mid mHtiy other* win hid previously derided the ciuse, wen* indjccl to become members It is true the old love of dunk proved too much for a fuw and they diOjiped awny, but noirtithstindnij; thii", the number increisnd, »nd oath Lo Ige night saw collected toucher between seventy and et htv Brother* and bisters. At the end of the nocond quurter, tin- cidoieiury'* leport, showed that nearly

ONK FIFTH OF IKB POPULATION of Hamilton were m good nandinx on tha roll. About tlio und of August Bro C Lonubottom went to Nuuruawttiim to try and extend tho Older in tli.it direction. He succeeded in getting an application »igned by ftl'tcoii ri*«ulont». Tin* was forwarded to Aucklund, und, aft or lomo delay a charter was reo ived, und Bro C O Mont"use, of Uamilton, appointed Special Deputy to open a Lodge in that district. On tlie lGt it of August tiio Lodge was opened with fourteen memoora. The three Lotigio now in eiiste co did much good, und increased in slrengfcli week by week.

A ORKAT LOSS to tho Order wti felt hi t ho departure of Bro C O MontroHO, who lelt tho dmtrict on tlio 12th of Noy. as Load ot tl.o Lotigo, lie had ever been a zealom worker for ltd tfofkl, and Ins lubirs did nut go imuppreo att-d. Tho night pioviua* to his departure he, with his wife, were proiented with anusl flitierinu tostunonml by Iho members of ihu N^arußwalua and Uumilton hodftpt The Oourt-liouoo wt»» cruwdel on the occubion, and vii ro B relti-d tho dojurture of one to whom, us a, member, tlioy looked up to and respected. (To be concluded in our next.)