HAWERA

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2, 9 January 1908, Page 23

HAWERA

(From our. own correspondent.) ' ", Miss Poitmani is at present .maLing- arran';e;h'e,its for the spectacular display in connection with the,;bazaar, to be held early -next month.' [/ . ; .■ ■: Rev. Father O'Dwyer is to be in charge- cf>tte-3 T parish -during the absence of the Very Rev. Father -B<>wer, ; who leaves for Ireland in, about ten days. • ' V "°J At the annual meeting cf ttie Hawera Society there was a good attendance of members. AftCr the usual routine business the Secretary's report and , balanced-sheet iWere; read 'and adopted. "They Society has only been in. existence 20. months, and dvi ing that -short •time has. made, good progress. Se\en new members 'were enrolled' this year/_;which leaves the membership At 31. The sick fund has a. .credit of £V 2 and the management fund .^,Ol edit of- £lB. This jvas .- regarded by the" members as -very- satisfactory. -The. following officers •• were elected for the next -term of. six. months':-r-Pxesiderit, , Bro. B. McCarthy ;-Vice-Presid;nt, .Bro.W. .O'Dorinell ;

Warden, Bro. Thurston ; Guardian, Bro. F. McCalman ; Treasurer, Bro. T. Sexton ; Secretary, Bro- L. Hooker ; auditors, Bros. Gallagher and B. McCarthy. The President in his retiring remarks referred to the good work of the officers generally, especially to Bros. Hooker and B. McCarthy, for the very keen interest they have takpn in the Society since its inception. The Secretary intimated that the district was making a present of £2 2s to the member who is instrumental in obtaining the most members' during the current year. The meeting terminated with a special vote of thanks to Rev. Father O'Dwyer, the retiring President.