SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 301, 19 December 1931, Page 30 (Supplement)

SICK BENEFIT SOCIETY.

Railway Workers Hold Annual Meeting. Members of the Christchurch Permanent Railway Employees' Sick Benefit Society held their annual meeting: last evening, Mr L. Shaw presiding over a fair attendance. The annual report stated that during the year there had been heavy expenditure in connection with the sick fund. This had been due to the epidemic of influenza during the winter months. Some members had also been on the sick fund for the whole year. At present there were few members on the fund. The committee had been compelled to impose a levy of sixpence a month, but hoped to be able to remove it during the new year. This levy had been introduced to meet the deficiency in the sick fund. The financial statement showed that there was a credit balance in the sick benefit fund of £l7 18s lid. The hospital cot fund showed a credit balance of £27 15s Bd. In the medical fund there was a credit balance of £26 6s 6d. The annual report and balance-sheet were adopted. The election of officers resulted as follows: President. Mr S. Stewart; vicepresident, Mr F. Barnes; secretary. Mr E. E. Clemens: treasurer. Mr A. Finlayson; auditors, Messrs F. Allen and H. A. Leopold; trustees, Messrs J. G. Robb and A. Finlayson; committees: locomotive branch, Messrs W. Leece, J. G. Robb, L. Shaw and A. Palmer; traffic branch, Messrs H. A. Leopold, 11. Brosnahan, C. Ellis and F. Allen; permanent ways. Mr G. Calvert, with power to add; ways'and works, Messrs D. Millard, B. Kennedy and F. Jenkins.