HIBERNIAN CONFERENCE.
Per Press Association. WESTPORT. May 14. The Hibernian Triennial Movable Conference, which was arranged at a previous conference eleven years ago in Christchurch, by circumstances was prevented from being held on the date, arranged, but culminated to-day. The delegates number about eighty, and many are accompanied by their wives. The visitors to the conference speak in no uncertain terms about the grandeur of the scenery en route to Westport from Reefton and Nelson. A civic reception was held in the Theatre Royal this evening, when speechs of welcome were made by Mr F. O’Gorman, president of the. local branch, and by the Mayor (Mr *T. Menzies). county chairman (Mr D. J. Archer) and the member for the district. (Mr H. K. Holland), with replies by the district president ( Brother Colboun), district, secretary (Brother W. Kane) and Brother Dane (Onehunga) The tenor of the speeches was for unity among the brotherhood and all kindred societies. The programme arranged includes visits to the Denniston coal mines, a smoke concert and a Communion breakfast on Sunday morning, with a visit to Charleston on Sunday afternoon. Charleston being the first established branch of the Hibernian, Society in fi«w Zealand.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17350, 15 May 1924, Page 11
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