U.A.O.D.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 23, 22 October 1907, Page 7

U.A.O.D.

OP CHARTER.- ' ■'The ceremony,in-connection; with the presea. tation.-.bf a,charter:from tho Grand Lodge of iY.ictoria.i-.constitutihg, the ■ North , Island District 1 Grand Lodge of Druids a separate Grand Lodge, .took place in the Druids' Hall, Tara- . iiaki Street; last. night. About' two hundred jijembers' of the .Order, including delegates from.all'-parts~''of -the district, were present. The charter Was'presented by Bro. S. Kennedy, D.G:P.''(Canterbury,-District U.A.0.D.), to the Grand Lodge -Executive, consisting of Bro. H. J:?i Gilbert) -G.E. (New. Plymouth), Bro. W. Bloomfleld, G!V,P.'(Auckland), Bro. W.-'Hun-■ter, G.G.: (Gisborne),' Bro. J. N. Grant, V'G.3. (Wellington),,and Bro. R. Fletcher, G.Ti (Wel.lirigtoii),. The ceremony, which marks an epoch 'in the ,history of Druidisni iu New Zealand, '.was'a'very impressive one. .-•,,-. '"'Afterwards,- the i company, adjourned to the hall'upstairs, whero.the Grand Lodgo Executive.', were;, entertained at a smoke concert anj supper,. Bro. J.,. Bingham, D.P.* in the chair..■.-,-,-■ ~- . ...•'"

..During,, the' evening, the following toasts were enthusiastically,', honoured:—" The King • and the -.Druids,"' " The Grand Lodge," . The .'Grand Lodge, of' Victoria," "The Registrar," "Kindred Societies,"-' "The . Ladies,'' and "Tlie- Press."- The following, contributed to the enjoyment- of'the evening :—Bros. Hick-' soil,''-' .Thornley, .yCrisey, .Forsyth, H'Elwain (songs), .and. Donovan (recitation). ■•<-; •-->' v '-t : .' '•' ■■''■■. ■■ ;