ODDFELLOWS CONFER

Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 87, 11 April 1924, Page 3

ODDFELLOWS CONFER

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;.'■:(•« tBUeEAPH^ipKESsVjUs'OcUnOS.) \-:'■'!':■■ ■■.:.■".■ •V'NELSpN," 10th' April. '■'■■: '■■ Th? Oddfellows' ;.Conference resumed':" this morning; when -remits ..were' further considered. Among those passed were: That the junior membership funeral'air' [ lowance be graduated from- ±!5: at the age . of three yearsjto. £!l6 at the age of six-' teen; that; a' clau'sefbe iadded to.rule 130/ :that. membWs;,. initiated ;after' 31sfc December, 1925, shall pay contributions jn '■■ advance; ;that'^£2s. be.voted the. Grand" Master' for? put-ofrpocket -expenses; that any district shall Have po^er ltd establish. > a superannuation, fund-froin which may be paid superannuation benefits; that directors have power to expend up to £50 in any biennial period7 to' enable society officers to visit- districts; the actuary be requested to-revise;~al£:.scales 'of ' contributions: that] the, society consider the advisability irid of es-.,. tablishing art .. eqnalisation' ,df "contribu- ' - tions. and benefit fund; ; that tiie New Zealand branch iake: "over the Manchester Unity, magazirip;!,that',the question of the relation of lodges arid the medical profession be considered; and' that, in th« bpinion'of the' conference,the. time' has arrived_ whenthe, medical service of the Dominion'be'nationalised; that the recommendations.of the" Grand Master of ' recogiiising : the services of ■ past directors who have not aspired to higher official positions be referred to the directors.'to submit a report to the next JB.M.C. A number of other'remits were:withdrawn, and. a number of machinery, clauses adopted. „. '•. ■■ \ ..' This evening the installaiion""of'officerselect took place, and was followed by a social gathering. , 'i"- " '