MELBOURNE LARRIKINS.

Auckland Star, Volume XIX, Issue 222, 20 September 1888, Page 3

MELBOURNE LARRIKINS.

A DETECTIVE SHOT. ? " Melbourne, September 19. Detective Stores, who was proceeding to attest a laMkin, Was fired at and badly wounded. He now lies* in a critical condition. UNITED ANCIENT OMft OF DRUIDSTits! general half-yearly meeting of the Grand Lodge of the U. A, O.D. took place on September 4, ai> the Masonic Hall, [ Oollins-streei/, and was attended by between 0 and 90 represeritativiei''ftom the several colonies, including New Zealand. The; Grand President (Bro. J. Black) presided; Correspondence was read from kindred Societies conveying fr&ternal greet|ngs, and from the President of the Centehni&l Exiibitioni thankirig the order for the splendid display made by the Druidson the Isfc Atfgust, which contributed largely towards the success Of the proceedings held in connection with the opening of the Exhibition. The Board of Directors reported thab 9 new lodge! Hdd been opened during the past •halfryeai', of which &;w'ere in Victoria, 2 in. New Zealand j 1 in Queensland, and 1 in Tasmania. , It was further reported that the qninquonnial valuation of the order in Victoria, for tho 5 yeara ending 1886, just completed, showed that every lodge had improved its position, and th«i order ns a whole had materially advanced. During the five years the average uge had doereiwed from 331 to 32f yeara ; tho mortality from 7 per cunt, over ihe expectation to 8 per cent, below the expectation ; the aicknosa from 6 per cent, to 11 per cent. below tho expectation; tho capital per n»eiub«r liari increased from i' 4 iSa to £6 ]6a, aud the dolicieucy per mentber had docreflrfud fnn\i £9 to JJ3 4r j while fch'j Grand Lndire funeral fund showed a surplus of 12a per member, instead or a dcilcient-y ofof 93 por member, ;*a shown in 1881. The balanco-sheet of tho Grand Lodge, which had been duly audited, showed that during tlio half-year ending 20th Augiißfc; .£670 was paid for funeral olaiftis, leaving a crodit bulanco in thn funeral fund of £17,122 11k 4u. The management cxixirifiOii for the same period amounted to £575 10a 9d, and left a credit balance of £1,070 12s. Jt was .-ilso reported that the sum of £%f£A was ronoived from lodges in Victoria for iuvestmonb, which, together j v/hti £9,240 (making a total of £19,CTi'4), was invested on mortgage at intvr&h vnryiDg from 6^ to 8 per cent. Tho following vow law waa subfliittedby ),fii> BiXiTtl vi inreutors and adophod:-— "Any lodge may agreo to join a frioudly society's •lkpensary or niedical institnte, and take ■part in its management, and mako such contributions to iia fands out of the lodgo i^ric'ental fnnd as may bo necessary to entf.de aach lodge to the benofits of such dispensarjror tuwJicttlinstitute." Another now] ralo w?.» approved, empowering lodges in Tasmania, Qnconeland, and New Zealand to Tednce the preaenfc ecale of initiation fees tosimikir rates charged by kindred societies.