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New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 217, 22 June 1877, Page 8

HIBERNIAN AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY. Beakchis abe Established isr Chrietchurch P^bSbGWasll M^»tlPtß^' Auckland y Addisons Jt "* iMioc&nii/meJ * «^^~ J Grahainftown Registered under the Friendly Societies Acts of Victona, New South Wales, Queensland. South Australia. Tasmania, and New Zealand, and at present numbering 116 Brandies and over 6,000 members. Clearances are granted at no extra charge to members. The entrance fees and rates of subscription will be found to compare favourably with those chargbC *>y other societies, and are at moderate as practicable, having due regard to the benefits secured, a synopsis of whinh is subjoined : — A Benefit Mpmber receives during illnpss £1 per week for TWENTYSrX CONSECUTIVE WEEKS, 15s. for the next thirteen weeks, and 10s. for a further period of thirteen weeks : on death of wife, £10 ; at his own death his relatives receive £20. He has medical attendance and medicine for himself and family immedittely on joining. If a single man with a WFDOWED MOTHER, AND BROTHERS AND SISTERS (under 18 years of age), he has medical attendance and medicine for them. A member removing can have a CLEARANCE which will ADMIT him to ANY branch of the Society in the locality to which he may remove. Honorary and Life Honorary Members are provided for, and may, on the payment of a SMALL weekly contribution, secure medical attendance. j Our fellow Catholics nare no longer the excuse, heretofore too I well founded, that there is no Catholic pocietv for them to join, offering advantnge* equal to those afforded by other benefit societies as the HIBERNIAN' AUSTRALASIAN CATFfOLIC BENEFIT I SOCIETY is in a position to offer benefits not to be surpassed by any j other society in New Zealand ; it is therefore confidently anticipated that in a very short time mnny thousands will be enrolled in its ranks throughout this Colony, forming an institution to which it will be an honor to belong, and of which the members may feel justly proud. As set forth in the introduction to the Rules, one of the objects of the Society is for the members to " Cherish the memory of Ireland," rejoicing in the prosperity and condoling in the suffering* of their native land, and to bird them yet closer m social chains of fraternity and friendship in this distant land. Also, end.'iivor to instil into i' the minrls of the Celtic-New -Zealand race a veneration for the land of their forefathers, in order that they may imitate, if not excel, the faith Bml virtues of that devoted nation"; and to extend the hand of fellow. J ship to their co-religionists of every nationality, participating with ( them in a brotherly spirit every benefit, social and ppcuniary, ! Society affords. OPENING NEW BRANCHES. Any person des-irous of having a branch opened shall make application to a branch, verified by signatures of not less than thirteen persons not members, who wish to become members thereof; also the signature of the resident Priest, if available, and at the same time forward the sum of 10s. each as proposition fees.

j^^^^^^Bßll^^H^BS^^fl^D shipments of PIANOFORTES from £15. HARMONIUMS from £6 ss. ORGANS at all PRICES. MAGNIFICENT TONED PIANOS, 7 Octaves, trichord, fret front, in Italian Walnut, with check action, 1 and all the latest improvements, for 1 THIRTY-FIVE POUNDS. r The whole of the Magnificent Stock, costing over £12,000, will b» offered to DECEMBER 31st, at a corresponding reduction, the only stipulation being that the terms are Nett CASH. QKORGE R. WEST, MUSICAL IMPORTER, PBUJCE3 STBSBT, DCNBDJS.