CONFERENCE OF ODDFELLOWS.
CHRISTCHURCH, April 6. The deputies attending the biennial Oddfellows' Conference were accorded a civic welcome to-dav bv Cr Cooper (actingMayor). i In acknowledging the welcome. I\lr C. E. Bellringer said that the Unity was try. ing to do a work which would be in the beet interests of the country. The work of friendly eocieticfi was r.ow meeting with some recognition, for there vraa now in operation a strong movement in the direction of better provision for the aged and the distressed. | The conference opens on Monday. The board of directors met this morning and prepared certain reports, and transacted I other preliminary business.
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Otago Witness, Issue 3030, 10 April 1912, Page 63
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