NEW ZEALAND HIBERNIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XI, Issue 34, 21 December 1883, Page 18

NEW ZEALAND HIBERNIAN CATHOLIC BENEFIT SOCIETY.

2?« l^ i q x? r i er & mcc t in S of tbe members of the St. Joseph's Sn «' N - Z ; j Chnst cWb, of the New Zealand Hibernian Cathot£ ?OJ?? O J ? i°°«l y was St. Patrick's Hall, Christchurch, on Thursday, the 6th inst. There was a fair attendance of member* Sl™^ o^ o^ 6 . weatber Panting many from attending rfl£^ t . im Po r tant business of the evening was the nomination of officers for the ensuing six months, and, judging by the many nommatious received for the various offices/no dlubt, in the eleS of same at nest meeting of branch, a great deal of interest will be taken by the members, and, therefore, the contests for same should t>e Vi-ry close. Sin JJ h/h /L B?B ?T b iS s t* a ? n y leasing in strength and prosperity. SESU £ I <l ua . lfcerl y meetin S the num ber of members of the f™, k been increased by twenty-six. Twenty-four of these new members ran ° c? remaining two were duly initiated as ™i,* Dnrinff c l8 * 8t - T ntbs tbis Branch of tbe Bo ciety has underS3 fh^f f chiefly through the fault of the late Secretary, ™ hes . t »; emwblcb books of Branch; but, thanks to the XSETr ° fl < s . me t mber8 ff a ° dtb c aid which it has received from the Executive Directory of the Society, and from one or two gentlemen outside its ranks, the Branch has borne its trials well, and now Sds Si 'ctr We W lad,B«l ad ,B« ft i 1 * progresß during last quarter, to become the strongest branch of the E, D, in New Zealand,