LODGE MEETINGS.

Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 63, 12 September 1911, Page 8

LODGE MEETINGS.

Bto. Hunter, C.R., presided at the fortnightly meeting of Court Sir Oeo. Bowen, A.0.F., last night. Feeling reference was made to the loss, the court and th§ orde* had sustained owing to the death of Bio. Foley, and a letter of sympathy was ordered to be Bent to the widow and relatives. A committee was set up to make arrangements for the crib tournament with tho Oddfellows, to be held this month, Ono new member was initiated, and tvtp proposed for membership. The delegate to the Friendly Societies' Diftpe&4&ry reported the business done at the last nfeeting of that body. Tho Pioneer Lodge, No. 11., of Good Templars held its weekly session on Monday evening itt the Rechabite Hall, Man-ners-street, &to. (J. S. Kelly presiding over a fair attendance of members and visitors. One new member was admitted. Letters of condolenco were ordered to be sent to tho relatives of tho late Sister Hose, of Petone, and of Bro. Walton, of Groymouth. Tho item of the evening, "Sisters' Basket Night," was proceeded with, the proceeds going towards the fund* of the Harmony Committee. The coal and timber industry on the West Coast is /states the -GreymoM.h correspondent of the Christchurch Sta-r) in a prosperous condition, but is severely handicapped by the repeated block that takes place in the shipping through the bar being unfit to work. For the past month the export of timber WAd a. lecord for Greymouth for any similar period, as no les« tha-n 7.067,300 «upertiml feet were exported, and all the mills are still constantly engaged in attempting in overtake orders, which are freely earning in. The delays la»t week in the shipping will considerably lessen the output this rrlonth, and the lpsult is that all the mills are heavily slocked with rAaterinl awaiffng despatch. Then, again, in the matter *>f the output of coal there i» a constant, demand. Tins previotH month's output /iinounk*l lo 39.239 tons, and tho demand is *ii]] in exinten«.D, us can be seen by the fact that the Blackball Company is working at full pressure, having its men nt work for four pay Saturdays, in cofl'-oqnenee of tho increased demand for coal, as the award provides that only^ four pay Saturdays can be worlwfl ia any one year. This shows how eager is the demand for coal from the company's mine at, the prewmt time. Altogether the outiook for these two industries is most promising, and the security of the investments made in them is assured and ' mosV -encfiur aging ta everyone,