Friendly Societies Bill

will certainly accomplish. This Bill will prove a protection to the true interests of all Friendly Societies, and give them a locus standi in a court of law. One important fact which the Bill accomplishes is that our Grand Lodge can register all her branch sub-lodges and have control over them, which was denied in the old Act; and further, no Lodge can dissolve without the consent of the Grand Lodge : if so, the members thereof make themselves liable for heavy penalties. Another boon to Friendly Societies would be the establishment of a