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New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 228, 14 September 1877, Page 8

HIBERNIAN AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY. Branches abb Established xn Besisterftd under the Friendly Societies Act* of Victoria, New South W»les, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, and New Zealand, and at present numbering 116 Branches and orer 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 charged *»y "other societies, and are as moderate as practicable, having due regard to the benefits secured, a synopsis of whioh is subjoined : — A Benefit Member receives during illness £1 per week for TWENTY-SIX 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 immediately on joining. If a single man with a WIDOWED MOTHER, AND BROTHRRS AND SISTERS (under 18 years of age), he has medical attendance nnd medicine for them. A member removing can have a CLEARANCE which will ADMIT him to ANY branch of the Society in the localiry 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. Our fellow Catholics have no longer the excuse, heretofore too well-founded, that there is no Catholic society for them to join, offering advantages equal to those afforded by other benefit societies, as the HIBERNIAN AUSTRALASIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY is in a position to offer benefits not to be surpassed by any other society in New Zealand ; it is therefore confidently anticipated that in a very Bhort time many 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 sufferings of their native land, and to bird them yet closer ra social chains of fraternity and friendship in this distant land. Also, to endeavor to instil into the minds 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 and virtues of that devoted nation ; and to extend the hand of fellowship to their co-religionists of every natio/iulity, participating with them in a brotherly spirit every benefit, social and pecuniary, the Society affords. OPENING NEW BRANCHES. Any person desirous 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 feet. scriptions. Pianos, Organs, Harmoniums, and other Instruments tuned and repaired. Pianofortes for Hire. New Zealand Agent for GEORGE WOODS and CO.'S unrivalled American Parlour Organ*