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Example sentences for "friendly societies"

  • Friendly Societies~ are not of modern origin, traces of many having been found in ancient Greek inscriptions.

  • Reform of the law on friendly societies and co-operative societies and subsidy from the public authorities.

  • These funds are not administered by the state, but by "Friendly Societies" (insurance orders organized by the unions) and other benevolent organizations of workingmen now in existence.

  • A phrase in the first act for the encouragement and relief of friendly societies, passed in 1793, designating them "societies of good fellowship," indicates another useful phase of their operations.

  • A writer of that time speaks of the instability of friendly societies as "universal"; and the general conviction that this was so resulted in the passing of the act of 1819.

  • He described the action of Friendly Societies, and showed that at that early period they were open to the same objections that are now being continually raised against them.

  • Something of this sort was undoubtedly required, and the necessity became more and more felt on account of the action of Friendly Societies.

  • Friendly Societies, to the great loss of those who had claims upon them.

  • Four years later it is pointed out that members of friendly societies, entitled as such to medical attendance, must not be allowed the services of the parish doctor.

  • Such are some of the reasons which alarmed me, I confess, when I saw lately that a Commission of the Legislative Assembly had been charged to prepare a project of law on friendly societies.

  • Hence the origin of /Friendly Societies/--admirable institutions which benevolence had given birth to long before the name of Socialism was ever heard of.

  • Now, in order that this surveillance should operate beneficially, friendly societies must be free and select, and have the control of their own rules, as well as of their own funds.

  • An application claiming exemption under the 1843 Act must be addressed to the Registrar of Friendly Societies at London, Edinburgh or Dublin, as the case may require.

  • Registrar of Friendly Societies, as allowed by this Act.

  • The money may be borrowed from the Public Works Loan Commissioners, County Councils, Banks, Friendly Societies or private individuals.

  • By giving effect to the operation of friendly societies, individuals would be rescued from becoming a burthen upon the public, and, if necessary, be enabled to subsist upon a fund which their own industry contributed to raise.

  • There was a Report on Friendly Societies in 1825 (X).

  • What is said of friendly societies, I think no man will dispute with me, since one has met with so much success already in the practice of it.


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    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    ancient civilization; calcareous spar; colossal statue; corps commander; cutting machine; electric power; felt certain; friendly fashion; friendly natives; friendly port; friendly power; friendly smile; friendly society; friendly tone; kusa grass; often quoted; over his; plantation life; proceeding from; sell them; she would have been; shed tears; start from; violent opposition; what reason; worry over