MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 7435, 23 June 1902, Page 3

MEETINGS OF SOCIETIES.

♦ '. The Loyal City of Norwichh Lodge, 1.0.0.F.,. M.U., Lyttelto©, has a surplus of £2839, equal to £11.78 per member, om the operations of the quinquennial period ended Dec. 31, 1900. The Registrar of Fri«ndOy Societies has authorised thi© Lodge to appropriate £1700 of that sum. It is proposed to apply £400 to the 'hall fund 1 , £200 to the management fund, and £1100 to paying the sack and funeral contributions of meambers Brxty-five yeara of age and upwards.' It is «stdma.ted that the interest on the £1100 Trill do this, and Trill thus confer a substantial benefit on members when tfhey arrive at the age at which such) relief is most acceptable. The unexpended) balance of the surplus, £1138, is *o remaini to strengthen tbe Lodge fund®. There is one Oddfellows' Lodge in the North, Canterbury district— tihe Loyal Benevolent Lodge, Ohristohurch— which stands (higher in regard to tihe quinquennial surplus tbami the City of Norwich Lodge, which is eighteenth on the list of Lodges of, all Friendly Societies of New Zealand in respect of that surplus. An ordinary meeting of the Socialist Party was held on Thursday. The committee reported that the Oddfellows' Hall had been engaged for July 13, 16 and 17 for Mr Tom Mann's meetings. A report of a conference with the School of Brotherhood wa3 dealt with. It was decided to amalgamate the two bodieSi and from the end of the present month to meet in rooms at 151, Gloucester Street, every Tuesday. The following resolution was carried unanimously —"That this meeting protests against the misleading statements attributed to the Premier dn (his speech in London, when he is reported to have said that there was little crime and' no poverty in thf~ colony, as according to the Mayor of Christchurch there have been some hundreds of cases assisted in Christchurch during the past week." Thirty ladies^ attended the opening of a Ping-pong Club at the Church of England Schoolroom, Cust, on Friday evening. A very pleasant time was spent at the game, and before closing refreshments were partaken of. mmtmi _^

A young man was once proceeding along the road on a beautiful horse, when he overtook ai witty old monk riding »on ft donkey. " How goes the ass, father?' he asked. "On horseback, my son., on horseVck," returned the old man.