PROTESTANT ALLIANCE.
GRAND COUNCIL OP* NEiW ZEALAND. ■
The biennial - session of- the' New vZftalana Grand Council of the Protestant' Alliance Friendly Society , was held at InvercargUl on Tuesday, April ,7th. - 1 : The Acting Worshipful Grand -Master; Bro.' Deviin,' -who welcomed the delegates, referred" to the loss the society -had suffered'through, the death of . the. ,Worshipfuk Grandi Master.* Bro. C. A. Arnold, -Qn.. jPebrusiy 11th. The death ot Bro. J-. McMullcn.GrandTrustee' at" the loyal Excelsior- Lodge No. '4l, was fclsb referred to. > . , . " , The.. Grand: .• ..Executive" reported 'that.-,-care» and .caution had been .eserQised 'ln investing lodge- moneys; ■ The funeral fund now stood- at £18,569 18s the specialfunißl'al>■ fund at £1650 4* Bd, the lodge relief! at £326 5s 9d, ana the siek fund of the lodges at l £25,699 .7s, 6d.. ■ Each.- of the funds had: made steady increases ' during the past twq years. _> " ..• r _ i « At. a citic welcome* the Mayor of Itaverisar* frill. '.A- Campbell, responding to - tjbu)>. Worshipful. Grand District Halter, Bro: Devlin's speech of introduction, wished the order prosperity.
Reports presented stated that : the new branch of, the Order,, for juvenile members, was making satisfactory progfos&t, - as - was the la,dy branch. Lodge Gilchrist hpd won the Challenge Shield' for both 1939 and .1980..,: . r , _. JJ"® 8 decided to hold thq ' next Grand Counci K session in Wanganai. r - V ■ - The following officers were elected and installed :—-W.G.M., Bro. A. Devlin; 1.P.G.M., rO, 5- Christie; p.G.M., 'Sro. John. Harvey; G. .Ghapi, Bro. Si. «(AsMjv4' Gh SscretarytBro. A.-Hayr G.-Jreajiurer, -J. .Lindsay; G. Trustees, Bro. J, is.'- Gould,. Bro.- A. Murie, Bro. G. Hellyer. . Delegates were later ' entertained at a J»»»«l«Bt by the Star -of .Southland Lodge, the Bro. G. Millow presiding.
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20215, 18 April 1931, Page 3
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