FRIENDLY SOCIETIES' FUNDS.
■> v 'AUSTRALIAN ACCUSATIONS.
NEW: ZExVLANI) NOT CONCERNED.
' .; ; A. cable, message: published, yesterday- con-.-.taiiied iscathihgj' reficctiorisC.made .at the an-, nua). conference Of'the; Grand Lodge: of..thp.| United ofV .Oddfellows;"' at/ Melbourne,. ,'oii-tho .maladministratioh; ? '.nejjl^ wiioh v/oto' alleged: to' havo taken placo in respect of> funds. , x 1 ' -. ilt-; is-,-interesting: to. know that the United Order of Oddfellows, which is quite distinct from .itho Manchester.; Unity r Order, of. Odd-fellows',sor-the Independent.Order (American' . Ooiisi-ifcutiori), - -lias.! no' 'branches- Yin; this -Do- , minionj'.:i'Accordiug,to tho report if the.Go-: Adt'uary Frieiidly Sof. ',cietie3 ; nn -*1905, ; ; thoY.Sqoibty- had- fifty-threo; Ybritnbhes,;3lß7-.-members, and ..funds -. in!hand' . amountirigJto,; £64,034.v. Its jsystemjbf.'audit;. J apparently,' - was;, similar .to that Tpf• 'other; -friehdly .societies', ! ,,which ;ele'ct: auditor's .fr.oin : , 'their.,'membors-.without;rogard:tp.; their, ability, '■foj,such- Work.',' This system }s now generally. ■ regarded, as; inadequate., inj manysocieties to ..'meet- the., growing; iinpprtince.lwhich. 'thb'ac-■cumulation:of.largefunds-has.giventb''theso -duties.. -Most of\tho large, Orders in;this Do- , minion ; have. rules .which' enable tho , govern-,. Ving/'of central, body.' to; exercise, some .control ovor tho lodgo flnanees by means of special , auditors-.and" book'.examiners. ! . . . ' AVe are 'requested to state' that' the eabl<y ■ gram i from tb tho numerical and • financial, position :of - the. United '■ Orde'r' pf! Oddfellows,'does, hot: iii any Wiy relate -to the old-established,: Society :of the Manchester Unity' Independent Order : of Oddfellows. 'The rotiirns of'.the 'Victorian Branch, of-.the Manchester Unity Oddfellows ;fon the, year''ending'December 31,. 1906,' show: • that .this . Socioty. lias 226. Lodges, . 2-1-.SG2 ~ membof-s, a.nd; sick, a'nd- funeral funds amount'£483,736/:.' During ..i9o6;.thoy .paid,' in* ;'.iiek. : bbnefits .£38,308, and .in funeral 'benefits . 0695 i.;. .. .''■
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 145, 13 March 1908, Page 7
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