INSURANCE ACT
NOT A BLOW AT LODGES CO-OPERATION DESIRED. Speaking at the Manchester Unity Lodge meeting at Te Aroha on Saturday evening, when over 400 members of the Order were present, the Deputy Grand Master of New Zealand, Bro. Wm. McMillan, referred to the blow struck at Friendly Societies in the Old Country by the Government’s introduction of the National Insurance Act. He anticipated that the new Government in New Zealand would also do something on similar lines, but at the same time he felt that by a unanimous effort of the Societies throughout the Dominion, nothing unfair would be done, and the Government, rather than weakening them, would assist and co-operate and generally help towards the furtherance of the Lodge activities.
The Mayor of Te Aroha, Mr R. Coulter, M.P., mentioned that as far as Friendly Societies were concerned, they need have no fear as to what might be done. Already the party officers had discussed the subject and were unanimous that nothing should be done to endanger the operations of such valuable social institutions.
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Hauraki Plains Gazette, Volume VLI, Issue 3421, 18 December 1935, Page 5
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