AUCKLAND ORPHANS' CLUB.

Auckland Star, Volume LI, Issue 195, 16 August 1920, Page 2

AUCKLAND ORPHANS' CLUB.

! F.ir i tie Hrst tiin-- in its history. cbe 'Am klajid Orphans' I'lub ..u riaiurday nijrhl held au "fWd Members' Night." whon of th.- ortpiiml niejnbers irerp ecr, tejiUliTre-d. TliPTe was : . larff** Mr. John Fa.rrell. life mo-mhor. presid«-d. ,ajid cytended ._ cordial welcoiw to the i srnf«rs\ In .irp ban-lorn, the foundation ! M<v.-si-s Stonier Milrr.v. s. , .-iomcrti'id R. Reeve. ('. F. MtaruV. M. M. M.-CaUum. A. StyaJt. F. .1 O'Meara. H. i' r.arhorpe. <;. I'.ishe!. !., Dis. Thos. V. Turner. \V. NVi.. m-e-Bcn. "\V. Barton. I-:. A. f"'Kerf-v G. K. ! H-iwnrd. F. M. Scully. .1. rrammond. r. I. i Goldle. I. R. Dix an-1 A. 11. Busby iseereRiry) were known a-s ihe "Old Brigade." Fioni :i star! with twenty-one member '.n VT-2. under the p-p.<idem-y of Mr. The. 'Henderson, the membership had in, reaf»-l to "4-50. while LtOO had joined tb-e .-hi". sln.'e i's inception. Th-* rirsjt meeting room was the .British iHot*>l. and snbsp<iu«!rrtl..thc -Princes Street Hell, rhe Fcle.-ai Club Room i Rabbi noldstein presiding at the opening function twenty years a«o that- | rrighti. the Federal Hall, tbe Beiginm ; Srreist Masonic Hall, and now the Sochrty of Arts Hall. He foreshadowed a further i move nexit season, stating tbot an endoo- ! v.n.r was b«-ing made to semre a "perrn*!----l ire-n: borne." in iMennie's Hail. Symonds I direct. , Maiiy Lnterpsttir.g reminisc<»noos of tne history assocLir.-d wi'ti the olu.h were j reJifbed by Sir. T. Henderson (tbe firs; prv-|sld.-ni, and Mr. Stanaey Milroy. who | acknowledged the <-omplimcnT extPoded *i I th*i pionwxs of Orphandoni in New Zealand. !' <-hps*rs were and Che " Orhpans' Wail." "The ißoy.s of the old Brteade" wa.- suns in ulwrir honour, and Mr. T FLsiv . derpou was unanimously .etecoed a life ] mem,'.ier. An enjoyable was - eomrihured by tb»> orchestra (under Mr. G. F. <-"ater,. which rendered "Finlandta." atnl '. "&pii. >iioiigs.-- -the Hot. r'ra.-ni; Gorman. .Messrs. J. Lltiler. E. Sriiatz, E. Tezg, Gov- , don iFTady and R. Adams. Meters. CyrD iTorwsey, Geo. Sborlarftl and. F.. Skam offiI cia ted as accompanists.