LODGE MEETINGS.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 667, 18 November 1909, Page 11

LODGE MEETINGS.

■/Tho ■ weekly v session of- the.- Pioneer '.Lod<4, wo;. 11,. of the. International Order o£ Good Ismplars., was. held :in\ tho Eechabite Hall Manners Street,,on-Monday ."evening.'"Bro E Coulter, C.T,,' presided, over Va -very good '■ attendance/of ;ir.embers and/friends!'-. Three> candidates were and initiated. The following programme was provided, Sis. Hardiue being m: the - chair solo, : Sis. Allsop; song,-Mr. GathOart,(encore); song, Miss Freeman; recitation,' Sis., W. Smith (encore); song, Mr.vJß.ubj.ck-.(encore); duet, Sis. L. Barrett andi-llvv Utbcart; song, Miss Gilbertson '(encored); dnot, Sis. Lr.-Barreit. and M. Petlier,yak; address by 'Bro/ A.' B. .Thomson,- G.C '• •song, Miss- : 'Proeman; recitation, Bro. Grubb encored); song,' Mr. Hoys (encored); song, Mr Knbiek.,.During'; tho evening refreshments wcro handed ...round.by .the Harmony Commit- :_ A • fair, .number, of membcrk. of ihe Excelsior lent of. the- Independent Order of Bechahites -attended the last meeting: of.-tho Tout, Chief Ruler;; Bro. J. Eobinson being in. tho chair. Two. candidates "were" initiated. The delegates who attended tho recent sub-district convention .submitted a,report, showing-that during tho ■past niho months-twelvo new tents had been opened,, and some 501) members initiated to the .Order.-'..- ' : " •■■•;'.'■ . The..."Loyal'. Antipodean ~ Lodge, 1.0.0. P , ;M.U.,-met .last -night,:Bro. -Duff,.N.G., presiding,' One. candidate was initiated into .tho lodge, and... order.. ' A hearty vdto of thanks, with'-, lodgo ..'-honours,' 'was/accorded '.to '.' Bro, Bennett; v of-:.Taranaki. '••".