THE MANCHESTER UNITY

Evening Star, Issue 15968, 23 November 1915, Page 8

THE MANCHESTER UNITY

I He Loyal Valley Lodge held their annual elnircn parade on Simdav iimniiri" Jfist, whon 40 members attended'the North«i*t, A a-hey Presbyterian Church The <-Hy and subm-b.-L.il lodges bad representa- ■ -.ives in the ranks, and the district exeni- , Tivs wero represenf:ed bv 1' |) ("; \[ !>,-„ Ivmgbt, and, P.r.G.M. ]{,,,. Palmer' Th-'-JU-v. H. B. Gray took :,s his subject the ! .iounda.tion ot tho first r.iid meat est •mendly society in the hislorv \>f the world—" I Jmv railed vou friends" f-Wt.s xx., lo>—and -made an interesting (-«m..ari*r>if .between the principles of pre--eni^ ; a,v inendly societies and those ~,; t) n , " Ord.-V : <Ji tho Friends of ('hi-ist. - ' ' y -At the meeting or the Hand and Heart ! {; f r, V?t , nv r*' k ;l -ontest was. held amonI J*sl Ur.tjid? in tno rendering of t] IU <; y •„ ; nnurge. ]Vr. S.-«. Bio. J iis . Ijmsm ' Jj'clgf. and tiio verdict, went to I'.U. Tiro (Albion;, the, second prize (env-a j i.y the judge) goinsf to I>. C. ]} ro . Obive-r j Among the correspondence were a. service ; jpst, card from liro. S. Thomson, let'e-s , lr : : « 1 \i«;o_Tiie I .. I ber.s who h;«l left, with the hieht, LeniiorcernenU, and A . letter fiv-m 1.1,■- Bi ;( >. O.Washer, who then was "in the. SLbtary Hospital. Manchester. ,l»i, lj: we,|. L.o. AVa.<4ier wrote with. plea, m -=i, <.t a rat be had had i,- om c.S. liro. C\v- - J',™ aw * ««>. -lone, (Manchester ; District). N U. L,o. AV. 11. Lyons pre- , sided; wrer the meeting. which" included • tit? initiation, of a eaiididale. Tho meeting ot the Lovai Dm.edin Loago on Tnursday Just opened in monrn my jov the late TJio. R. Pollock, and ■ was resolved to semi ,-, co ;1 ,!o!atorv mel ; sago to- his relatives. The corespondent 1 read <py tlio chairman (N.U L r „ p,,.:,-- ■: inclCKled .letter--- from B, os. Viid'r-wV -Noble, and A. C. Mint, who have Jefb for l rent ham with the Tenth Ino visitors.' toast, was bv i.tr. Lro. It.. M'Counell iCentenai-v'., who for practical support of an. eicenttonaiy recital -his lodge have arranged for a fmlnight hence. Tho Loyal Out ram Lodge havo suffewl a severe los> in the. removal from tho ditoch of the Xeill farnilv. 'fhero l beea no Jjioro zealons workers i u t i, e lod-e> than B.G.S 11. ami W. an<i ;t n earlier days) their father, (jwinc to the ill-healbh of the latter a. of" oaiu-s- - noeessarv. and the stcro Iws been given up for a "farm at (ilenore, near tuc ,ciia.n«o is iirovin/r henetieial, and it goes w-Üboiit saying that fho .Milton, Lodge, will gladly welcorno the new-comers whenwei" they «ui make, it convenient to attend. Tho official visit of sister lodges to the Chiton Lodge last iveok was a, -decided siioeess, s;!,v« in one feature—tho almost total abseneo of brethren from town. The tally was made up of eijrht mejrybers from Otitnim., ten from .MosgioL. • six Irojn Jvaitangate. a.nd R)x>tit ?■ dozen irom Bale-lutba, toget'her with 'PIXJ-.M JB.W..F, AA r . Knigbt,' P.J?.{J.M, Bro, Colo

represented by a local member (Bro. Jones). The Milton brethren turned out in good force. After the initiation of r candidate in "fine, style by-a team chosen from anions the visitors, and for which they -were heartily thanked by the lodgf, a letter was. read from P.O. Bro. Coxhead (wounded at the front, and at time of writing in the Manchester. Hospital) conveying fraternal The following brethren acknowledged the visitors' toast: —Bros. M'Council (Centenary), Cole (Cavershamb Snarks iOntrani). ".M'Leod (Mosg;?M), Middleniass (Kaitangata), Wiliocka f.naitoni. .Tones (Albion), and P.D.G.M. Bro.- Knight iD.EJ. P.G. Bro. Reed made -an excellent chairman for the after meeting, and a pleasant couple of horn"? were spent in toast, song, and story. Tho toast of '"The "Visitors" was responded 10 by Bros. Wood, Cole, and Sparks (A. warm tnoii, aaid a- special one was (.riven to two returned soldiers—Bro?. i Samoa) n.nd E. M'Lea.u (Gallifioli). The good fare was as a-bimdant as the. good fellowship, amlj a helping hand was given to tlto Centenary Loclge/by the sale of ticket* fur their" function 'earlv ne_\t month.

the interesting letter? from soldier brethren is a ehattv one received last week from Bro. y. (!. .M'-'Bongall, the Harrup scholarehip wintier- in 1903. It is too long to give here, but a- few extracts a.ro wonh oriiu.i.ug:—"I am now on mv way to England i<,v a. spell io cine mv dvscntery. Imagine me getting a trip" to "K::glaml from Turkey on the largest- British ship ;ifloat. It is a. magnificent sle-amer, and the accommodation is wouderfid. Aui;tlier Xcw Zealander and 1 liave a iiist clns S <leek eabin to ourselves—beds • not bunks) and every convenience. It was a most enjoyable change after three sohd months' fighting on- that peninsula. I.,re there was very hard indeed, but I ::i;:: agi-d :.. siar.d :i\) to it about as vreii .'; most of them. h\ fact, when I left tere were only six men of our company ol 2',H) who hiiti been there longer than me. Ail the rest had either been shot or descntoy dad laid them out. I came 'right through that nig light in August without a sciatcii. My platoon started out with 40 men. ami .10 days afterwards 1 was the onlv one let:, so you can imagine what, a lively time the ' New Zealanders hud. . - . Jmiinir that bisr attack 1 learnt what thirst really is. There was a fearful heat all the time, and all we got, was a eott",.. and.a-hal: of water a. day. . . 1 Jin writing this on the Bay of Biscay, and it is living up to its reputation. The ship is rocking and roiling quite a lot. and it rakes a hit of a sea to shift 47.000 ton.. We have 4.000 odd sick and wounded, aboard. I.COO of a. crew, besides nurses., doctors, and B.A.M.C. men galore, so you can see this boat is quite a. fairsized town."