FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIII, Issue 1716, 6 January 1920, Page 3

FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.

'-.I !*-: ;■ #M "O The'hrst ordinary meeting for /tile year of ’ Courli/ MaHa w*tu;; , :.wa s‘]jhpldi Vu the* Foresters’ Hall • J'apt. ivomrig. - U.R; Brp.T'Hdgore wa« in the-chair < and the atvoty good. /, Dr, Ppa,cli wrptp Bitting; that leiuriosiliabsence on holidays HirWi •- f Dri'Puinahl also' 'vfrotd /tendering; his? resignation; ,aa Court purgeort. f 'Rr was-. decided .to accept thq* resignation with' fpgreti and .the secro-' Paryj'waa.-instructcd.to --forwarda.leHor thonkmg Dr. Putnam for the. -attentive sdfeviceii rendered tp members. during the avjmbet of years ho lias been.-Court , surgeplr. ■ Dr. Bctt was ajVpointiecl. to aCt/iri iflaco of Dr. Putnam during the quarter.' ■; The instaljatiCn ceremony, .was petformod, ra the C.R;>' 'ljrp. Rogers/ assisted %-PiO.R.’s Bros.; Paltri dgo v. add ?. Drury,; ■^ndi.-; the , hewly installed/ officers briefly returned thanks for tjjeir election. It was decided to J place on record a vote of thanks to the retiring officers for their serviCCa •.. r\ " M: & ■ It wits also decided to place P.C.R.. BrO. .Rogers’; name, on thp,. Respect Board, fand that he receive the usual presentation of a framed P.CjR. diplQmaiandrneckj nbbQh., At' the next meeting a wtdcomd home social >HII bo to the returned sojdtoV mdprliers; when all members and visit : orsVar^TcordiaUy^hwt^^tp^^eud.