ODDFELLOWS’ CENTENARY
MAIN FUNCTIONS CANCELLED BUSINESS CONFERENCE TO BE uni) The biennial movable conference of i the Ne\. Zealan 1 branch. M.U.1.0.0.F.. j which should have taken place last j year, was put forward a year in order! if. coincide with the 100th anniversary of the foundation < f Oddfellowship in | the Dominion, whit*’ took place in Nel-j The first meeting of the Loyal Nel-. son Lodge was held on 7th April. 1842, | rnnoir - L the fern on the hillside near the old Saltwate* bridge, above the! Ifaven road school. The Centennial Conference of lhe| New Zealand branch will be held in Nelson. ( • • E day. 6th April, and will be preceded by » commemoration service at Pioneer Park, only a stone’s throw away from; tne original meeting place almost 100 years before. A strong centennial committee has j be on formed to carry out the proceed- i A very elaborate programme had been drawn up for a week's c-elebra-t:ons. but: owing to war conditions, the' celebrations have had to be abandoned, and a business conference only will be held. Certain function -, however, will be i held, of which the commemoration ser-j vice on Easter Sunday will be a leading feature.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 16 February 1942, Page 4
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198ODDFELLOWS’ CENTENARY Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 77, 16 February 1942, Page 4
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