American Order of Oddfellows.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5483, 23 March 1889, Page 2

American Order of Oddfellows.

l'- i- -'j,-; ;'vi,,..,' ♦.' ' ■ "■ 1.» . • *• mtHi-th: . I PRESENTATION- TO idPASI! «ORAN» t MASTER BROJ^APHTALi:

" {.BEKOIAIr TO DAIHT- TODUBQBA»H..j »,».„.

'""■' i V.*, ) x, i /■ Llajt jtifljhfcf \ ■ A very pleasing ceremony tbdVplaod-fM afternoon at thq Bnll and. Mouth Hotel, when Bro. Medly,'the,newly made Grand Maßtor,of American Order, pre-- .... sonted Naphtali, ;the Vratiririg -0.M.,. with a purse of sovereigns,- Which *ad*beeni subscribed by the members of the Grand', i Lodge, who sat in Oamaru this week. The> Grand Master, in making ,she presentation: on behalf of the Lodge, referred to the very large amount of enthusiasm that his pro'deoes'brrlmd infused info the Order, anl'Sft ; the manner in which the money had; bettf! subscribed, namely", spohteneofil|'and'bw ' :of the pockets of the individual rii|m6er¥'Bl *' the Grand Lodge. Since Bro. N^thpthlf l ;been in Hawke's Ba'f he had instsfttt&l TOttj: - |Lodges,fwhich in itself was sufficient 1 1# showhisszeal.' The GrandMaater'obrigWy tulated "the P.M., 'ithd "would- say jhopeil.ihe, zeil shb'tfn by Bro. NaphtaH? would be m»iritttinea, r ,althougli hi wa'siW'' • retiring frojn the Executive of the'Ottfe?,*9,. ' Bro. Grand- TxtMi&j* bore testimony to' the- -services* J Naphtali as a Brother who. had- -worked folP s-aven or eight 5 ear a ihdefattgahly in advancing tho cause of the Order. Bro/Thos. Cole fDeputy G.M.) oould'fiot.' allow tho qppdrtunity to' pass' wlfchbut aUfcsf' bearing testimony to tho valuable" rendered,to the" Order by the recipient: - Representative Pigott (Star of- Atfokia!n#' Lodge) desired tb place on record the . in which' the late f G;M.' was held by*th(iy members'of. his ftho Speaker's) his official' visit lb; Naphtali |iad alwaya tendered hilC&isV 5 > advice, which had been duly appreojattidi' a .i j Bro. Naphtali, in" ack«bwie%ihg< l testimomaV, desired''to thank those BroiA Who had so kindjy puVthelr hands into their .'•■■ dockets, *, aha 1 -'without'trenohing on tba funds" of ;'the Grand; jDodge,. had aokrfbWl Ssdged his ."slight f services to * the, OrdSrl uring his connection (extending years) the Order; He had striven the best he could for' the -various an,d hdvinjr been re warded 1 with the posiffaraH' ofGr.Mi, the highest fgiffc in the handVWfi the representatives, he':was indeed greatly Surprised'at this additional mark of esteem and appreciation of His labors. not them wfth a long repbri; butt'"l assured his successor that he hoped toljei able to contmue to t4ke i an-ftotiT&iutßreßtin:fi thOj OrcUr. He 1 heartily' -thanked the new Gr'.M. :fbr the continued- confidence<iil'i v , appointing him D:G;M."fbr ia