HIBERNIAN SOCIETY

New Zealand Tablet, Volume LI, Issue 50, 17 December 1924, Page 35

HIBERNIAN SOCIETY

ST. JOSEPH'S BRANCH, DUNEDIN. The half-yearly meeting of St. Joseph's branch (No. 73) of the H.A.C.B. Society was held in St. Joseph's Hall, Rattray Street, on Tuesday evening, the 9th inst. The pre--j sident (Bro. R. A. Simpson) occupied the /r chair, and there was a large attendance of " members. Sick allowances and accounts were passed for payment, and a large amount of general business transacted. The branch delegates to the Friendly Societies' Council gave a report of the meeting of that body,

hold on the Bth inst. The District Deputy (Bro. J. J. Marlow) made reference to the Hibernian Scholarship given by the branch this year (for the first time) to the Christian Brothers’ School. The scholarship is valued at £5 tenable for three years; the winning pupil being also presented with a gold medal. St. Joseph’s branch (said Bro. Marlow) well deserved congratulations on its praiseworthy action in providing for this scholarship. The president and District Deputy were appointed to represent the branch at the “break-up” function of the Christian Brothers’ School. The following nominations were received for office-bearers for the ensuing ternu: —President, Bro. A. Gillick; vice-president, Bro. J. Hughes; secretary, Bro. J. J. Ford; treasurer, Bro. T. J. Boyle; warden, Bro. W. H. Coll; guardian, Bro. L. McEntec; sick-visitors, Bros. A. Borland, J. Hughes, and M. 11. Scanned; auditors, Bros. J. J. Marlow, jun., P.P., and J. N. Smith; judicial committee, the president, the District Deputy, Bros. J. Hughes, AY. H. Coll, L. McEntec, M. O’Gorman, R. A. Simpson, J. N. Smith, E. Lyng, AY. Simpson, and J. J. Marlow, jun.. The president announced that the installation of officebearers would take place at the first meeting in January, to be held on Tuesday evening, the 6th of that month.