FRIENDLY SOCIETIES.
Tins fortnightly meeting of Lodge Olmgo, No 107) UiAid.li., was> hulil in the lodge room, Central 1-lotoi, oil Wednesday iligllfc. A.D, Bro. Bryant presided, and there wta a good attendance nf members and visiting officers and brethren from otlliir lodge*. Tlii! muliku'\s riiporfc and balaucc sheet we're read and ad jptcil, i'he fornier congratulated iiiu lodge on the progress made during tho last six. nioilths, whilii the1 ii>Jtor PbpwiMl tho ihiariciai position df tlie lodge to bo ii\ il Very stiuud gonditioii, the fiiniU amounting to over L3C9. .AfW several songs had been rendered by different brethren, P.D.P. Bro. M. Moss, at the request of A.D. Bio. E. J. Bryant, presented P.A. Bro. J, H. Hanson with a beautifully-framed P.A. diploma, ami in doing so referred to the offioient- manner in which Bro. Hanson had fid filled his duties while in tho various offices, and the many valuable services rendered the order in general, to which Bro. Hanson suitably responded. One candidate was initiated, and tho receipts for the evening amounted to L 7 10s.
At tho adjourned summoned meeting of the Loyal Hand and Heart Lodge M.U.1.0.0.F., held on Tuesday evening in the Stuart street Hall, tho auditors' report and balance sheet for the half year ending 31st December, was presented. The total receipts for this period amounted to Llll6 Is lid, and the expenditure to L 928 5s Bd, thus showing a surplus of LlB7 16s 3d for the sitting. L 246 16s was disbursed in sick pay, and L6O paid for funeral claims. The number of members now on the roll stands at 437, the total Value of the lodge funds being L 16,037 14s sd. After the adoption of the report and balance sheet had been carried, P.P.G.M. Bro. P. Miller, on behalf of the lodge presented the retiring Grand Master, Bro. F. Whinam, with a handsome emblematic certificate, and in doing so referred in complimentary terms to the efficient manner in which Bro. W. Whinam had filled the various offices ho had held in the lodge. N Bro. Whinam briefly returned thanks.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 9336, 29 January 1892, Page 3
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