The Dorset County Express and Agricultural Gazette.
Dorchester, Dorset, England, 1883-01-30 00:00:00

WEYMOUTH.

000FELLOW8' DINNER.

SPEKCH OF THE GRAND DIASTRR.

The Oddfellowe of Weymouth, including the
members of the lodges "Great Itaatern," "Excelsior,"
and "United Brothers." had a public dinner, at the
Restaurant. Await a Place, on Friday last, when the
Mayor of Weyntraut+, R. N. Howard, Req.. J.P. was
supported by the Liberal member of the borough,
Henry Edwards. Req.. and by the Grand Master of
I e Unity, T. Walton, Req. Buil lee these gentlemen
there were present : Canon Stephenson. Rey,
R Gilber, Mr. Percy Street, Lieutenant Howard
Waitron, 10 C =patty, D.R.V., LitutrnanteColonel G.
R. Eliot, J.P., Mr. A. R. Curtis, C 'auditor, Lieut.
Herbert Groves, It Company, D.R.V., Rev. J. Wool,
Rev. W. Lewis, Mr. 3, Jackson, Mr. Abbey, Mr.
Luodie, J.P., D. Ryan, Dr. Childs, Mr. R. Ayles,
Councillor, Mr. 0. Target', Mr. F. Brown. Councillor,
Mr. Junes, Mr. E. Mace. Mr. W. M. Thiseltou,
chairman of committee, Mr. George Clark, vice-
ch airman, and Mr. Henry Polls, secretary of the
c .mmittos, Mr. Priestley, Mr. Russell, and about MO
bmthere and Meads. 'Fps room was neatly and
tastefully der:Jested. with tip, &c., and • capital
dinner we. provided.
The MATO& having given tha loyal touts, which
were followed by the band playing the appropriate
tales, called on P.P.G.M. &Oakland, of the Poole
di.trict of Oddfellows, who had to leave by train.
PP .0.11. fdricatun add the Po ile district was
samblithed in 114 sod the lodges extend through this
pin t of the comity an 1 eastward to Ringwood It has
6 106 members, brrns aa Masan of 930 in the year. and
c ,pital Lg. 83. Within the lust year not kr than 1,5000
haa ben 'lipoid...l in sick pay. (Appianied The
whole of the emote soil liabilides hay. been aubmitt
for the third time to an seta in, and it la found that the
clitt,ct stands eery well, for it has a surplus of A'7,000
and upward,. Tat. is supply iing all th, membere were to
live the time acidulated and die at the average time, and
the death pay rr.es paid, then, after &lithe member, were
d ad. there would be something like 0,000 over. That
ems very satia'acmre, but their duty wee not done yet.
They had sickness and death, and widow and orphan
Instals ; but bad yrt to grant auptrrunitatloe. ( t palm's.)
That would take • great deal of coeslderation before it
would be carried out soccesefully, because of the lune
numbers and various ague of members. At 65 they should
hews • fair claim for emporium' ation—(applimue)—aml it
would be very difficult 11411446 they exchanged at 65 the
Wok bimeeta for am noyercuouction allowance. At the
n-xt district luestint it will bare considerstios. and the
P old dist-.ct will not in behind others in carrying out
the grand ids., but he hupol the incheeter Unity will
lay ttta Pobaus• before them. The great thing is to make
the members safe la old •te without haying to go to the
relieving officer, or anything of that 'Cad (Appian...)
The Gusto Muir= of the MU , OF , said after an
aheessoe of nearly Id years, when he attsnded rie deputy
from him own diakiet, It mtkamptoo, to the 4 k C. at
Weymouth, he cim 'wont them 64 Cirll34 Muter.
(d.lleluia.) Ha little rxmctod that be should aspre to
Um position, or attain such as important one. They
ha .w the numbers of their widely are greater than some
of the IC :rupean States, and tlt-iy were banded tog lbw
for the beet of '1'3034, for the DOWN of keeping the
wolf from the dug in thaw of diSkelty and distress. It
had sot always been In the blatory of am' axik%7 that
they were ownateedol, ae now, by r" trn'A who a-to