LODGE MEETINGS.

Evening Star, Issue 14634, 2 August 1911, Page 3

LODGE MEETINGS.

> At the weekly meeting of the Rescue > Bodge, 1.0.G.T.. C.T. Pro. J. Hilton pre--1 siding, five- candidates were elected. Tho • customary rejioi-ts for the quarter were read and adopted, that of the Finance ' Committc-3 showing the lodge to bo in a ' good financial position. The past quarter - was-, reported as being a very strenuoiw ' one for 'the officers, owing to the lack of ■ interest bv members, but indications point ' to a very bright and prosperous future. After the* usual routine business had been ' disposed of, the installation of officers for 1 the ensuing quarter was proceeded with, Lodge Deputy Bio. W. A. lies acting as 1 installing master and Sis. Strang and Bro. ■ Saudilands as marshals. The following : officers were installed :—-C.T., Bro. 'lily; [ V.T., Sis. K. Howie; secretary. Bro. A.E. I Lilley ; assistant secretary, Bro. H. _ Wos- ' fcu-.'F.S., Bro C. Tily: treasurer. Sir. A. Dunn; chaplain, Bro. T. M'Keown; mar- \ shal, Bro. A. Stanley; 1). marshal, Sis. ' M'Kechnie ; guard. Bro. W. Porter, sen.; ' sentinel, Bro. 1). Howie; P.C.T.. Bro. J. , Hilton. All the officers returned thanks 1 for their election, and a hearty vote of thanks was accorded the visitors and those [ wiio had assisted. During tho evening ; leferenee was made to the "death of Mr T. ! E. Taylor, M.P., and it was decided to forward a message of sympathy and con- [ dolence to Mrs Taylor and family. The motion was as follows: —"That this lodge ; desire to place on' record their appreciation of .Mr Taylor's work in the cause of tem- ; perance, and that the secretary lvo in- , struct-ed to forward a message of the lodge's sympathy to Mrs Taylor and . j family in the- bereavement. [ The Pioneer of Ditntdhi Ixidge, 1.0. G.T., ■j at their weekly meeting last evening, . i passed the following resolution:—"That j the Pioneor Lcdgo express their deep sympathy with the widow and relatives of Mr T. 1* : . Taylor, and also that they- express their high appreciation of the noble and 5 eneriretic work done by their iatc leader ' tor the cause of temperance." A copy of , the resolution to be forwarded to the re'.a- ---' tives. Bros. D. (-Jain, D. C. Cameron, '> and T. H. Dalton s(ioke of the great ioss , sustained by the sudden death of Mr Taylor, and also of his high qualities as a . public man and a No-licen.-e advocate.