Invercargill

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 42, 17 October 1907, Page 19

Invercargill

(Prom an occasional correspondent.) ~~- *""? '-' ,- _ A branch of the Hibernian -Society^was- opened in bt. Mary T s Club room, Invercargill, on Monday, OctoWer 7. The number present easily constituted- a record .lor the opening. of a branch of this Society. . Bfo. : J^'J. Marlow, District Deputy, presided. Forty-three members were initiated, and '60 candidates were nominated. The following officers were elected :— President, Bro. G. W. Woods ; vice-president, Bro. J. Sims ; secretary, Bro\ • G. McNamara ; treasurer, Bro. J. Mulvey ; warden, ;.Br6\ P.; Scully ; gaiardiian, Bro. J. Shepherd; sick v/teitors, Bros. T. Trainor and F. Byrne; trustees, Bros. •T. McGrath, T. Matheson, and J. McDonough ; auditors, Bros. T. Trainor and F. Thorpy. It was 'arranged that -the branch meet on Wednesday' evenings, the first - meeting to" be held on October 23. The chairman, after installing the officers, spoke of the advantages . to be derived' from membership in a society' that offered financial benefits second to none, and in- addition" * to being- a -powerful Catholic organisation, it was) a society speakings to tEe world- on :behalf of everything Irishmen hold.". dear. He said that" they need havelnd fear of -the future of an organisation which was founded on -charity, 1 •■■ nurtured by the patriotism of" its- members, -ana - cared for by the Church-whose children it was their, glorious privilege to be. - ' ' The Rev. Father Delany, in. a very, eulogistic speech proposed a vote of thanks to the 'District 'Deputy for . ffiie able and efficient 3 manner in -which" he "had carried out his duties. -'' ' "• * ■ s • .; ,- ;- ■ Bro. Marlow in reply said that the compliment was ...the other way about,- as it was he "who thank the members for Being allowed to assist at" a cerefirioriy .that created a record for friendly societies in the Do"minion; ---So far as he-.>fchew^ there -tad" .never : been "s an • .instance of a friendly society;. opening-^- branch" with a ' membership of , more.dbhan .one- hundred. v-The/ „ achieved" -was a tribute , to., -the well" ..'directed^ Labors • of the Rev.. Father Delany and those- oontieciod with him in ; .organising- -the -meeting.