ODDFELLOWS' LODGE
PROGRESS OF THE ORDER INCREASED, MEMBERSHIP The Now Zealand Society of tin.' Manchester Unity independent Order of Oddfellows now comprises 36,637 be.nelii members. 231 lodges, and }ias funds. amounting In £1,772,828, according I" llio rrjM.nl nf (he board of directors, submitted to Iho biennial movable conference, which opened in Wellington this week.
The society in New Zealand, through headquarters in Wellington, lias funds inve-ted amounting to £.159.957. returning in interest £7272, 'equal'to Xo lid per _ tent.-. In (he 10-year period 19261935. the Manchester Unity in New Zealand increased j| s inomti.er.snip by 5578. equal to 18.65 per cent. Over the period 1826-1930 the average number sie]c was 6324. and the average paid per annum in sick benefits £46.913. During the period 1951-1935 the figures were respectively : Average membership, ,>4,53i) : average number pick, 7191; average sick benefit. £57.497: lota] sick disbursement over the .10 years, C 522.054.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19311, 29 April 1937, Page 3
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148ODDFELLOWS' LODGE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIV, Issue 19311, 29 April 1937, Page 3
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