South Australia.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA .

GRAND LODGE

THE Quarterly Communication of tho Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of South Australia was held at tho Freomasons' Hall , Flinders Street , Adelaide , on Wednesday evening , 18 th January last . The Pro Grand Master ( His Honour the Chief Justice ) presided . The Board of General Purposes stated iu their report : —

The United Service Lodge , No . 37 , have temporarily surrendered their warrant and resolved to go into recess for twelve months . The Grand Inspector of Lodges supplied a report upon the Lodge of Instruction , which was "dopted by the Board . The furnishing of the Grand Secretary ' s ra has been authorised by the Board and

completed . The office . now occupied . The Board are pleased to intimate that one of the daughters of the late Bro . J . H . H . Vockins has been elected for admission into the Royal Masonio Institution for Girls in England , and her education and maintenance thus assured . The Grand Lodge of Connecticut having expressed a desire

for the exohange of Grand Representatives , and having snggested the name of M . W . Bro . Hugh Stirling Grand Master for election as the Bepresentative of the Grand Lodge of South Australia near the Grand Lodge of Connecticut , the Board recommend that he be elected , and also that the name of W . Brother Louis von Doussa be suggested

for election as the Bepresentative of the Grand Lodge of Connecticut near this Grand Lodge . Daring the quarter the Board have from the Benevolent Funds of Grand Lodge relioved a number of cases of distress . The Board recommend that the sum of £ 5 5 s each be voted annually to the Convalescent Hospital and the Home for Incurables .

The report , which also referred to other matters concerning the working of the Craft , was adopted . Brother the Hon . Dr . Harman J . Tarrant was re-elected as the

Representative of the Grand Lodge near the Grand Lodge of New South Wales . Nominations were received for the election of Grand Lodge Officers , members of the Board of General Purposes , and two Auditors .

The monthly meeting of the Board of Benevolence waa held on Wednesday , the 22 nd ult ., at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . R . Grey President of the Board presided , and the Senior and Junior Vice-Presidents , Bros . James Brett and C . A . Cottebrune , occupied their usual positions . Bros . E .

Letehworth G . bee , A . A . Pendlobury Asst . G . Sec , Wm . Dodd , and W . H . Lee represented the Grand Secretary ' s office . There were also present Bros . S . Vallentine , Chas . J . R . Tijou , George Graveley , Charles Dairy , James Bunker , Win . P . Brown , tho Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , T . W .

Whitmarsh , George R . Laugley , J . H . Matthews , G . H . Goldsc-hmidr , Henry Garrod , A . L . Woodward , E . C . Mulvey , W . Martin , R . Eve , G . Powell , C . H . Webb , G . Macfarlane Wm . Masters , G . Reynolds , Heather Bigg , U . J . Chillingwoith , C . W . Davi * , T . Bullock , W . Lichiall , John Fmeh ,

R . Foster , Lewis Peak , J . W . Burgess , George Gabb , R . 'J . R . t : ers , B . Kauffmann , R . A . Hose , Ernest Candelier , J . M . Soatlett , W . E . Sutton , H . Mayer , Heury Colley , k . Cole , E . Morris , F . W . Row , W . J . Trappett , James rfalrnou , E . Mooie , Frederick Hughes , J . T . Rinipp e , W . T . Buck ,

Joi'U F . Jone-, George E . Fairchild , Uliver Papworth , C . J . Smith , W . Robins , W . Wiugham , Edwiu fliil , A . G . Duck , W . Hay ward , C . J . Lloyd , H / Massey , and H . Sadler . Tho brethren first confirmed recommendations made to the Grand Master at the February meeting to the amount ot

£ 310 . There were 59 cases on the new list , which were qualifiod through Lodges in the London district , and at Aldershot , Combermere , New South Wales , Secunderabad , Woking , Newcastle-under-Lyme , Brixham , Manchester , Chatham , Brecon , Newcastle-on-Tyne , High Wycombe ,

Cardiff , Spalding , Agra , Northwich , Slaidburn , Whitehaven , Ross , ) Exeter , Budleigh , Salterton , Faringdon , Baredly , Haworth , Boston , Barnstaple , Plymouth , Little hampton , Cowes , Barrow-in-Furness , Liverpool , Bromley ( Kent ) , Walton-on-Naze , Wigan , and Amlwch . In the

consideration of these cases the Board sat more than fivt hours . Five of the cases were deferred , being incomplete , and three were dismissed . The remainder were relieved with a total of £ 1 , 225 . There were four recommendations )

to Grand Lodge of £ 50 each , six recommendations to the Grand Master of £ 40 each , and eleven of £ 30 each . Seven grants wore made of £ 20 each , ten of £ 10 each , and three of £ 5 each .

Obituary.

Obituary .

BRO . W . WILLIAMS .

THE funeral of Brother W . Williams , a member of Lodgo Huyshe , No . 1090 , and of the Plymouth Plasterers' Society , took place on Wednesday , the 22 nd ult ., at the Plymouth Cemotery . Several monibsrs of the Lodge were prosent ,

with a noraber of the deceased ' s fellow workmen , who acted as bearew . Deceased leaves a widow and four young children . The cofhu , whioh was covered with a number of beautiful wreaths , was of polished elm , with plated fittings and engraved breastplate .

Masonic Sonnets.—No. 44.

MASONIC SONNETS . —No . 44 .

By BRO . CHAS . F . FOIJSHAW , LL . D ., 205 , 1214 , 2417 ( E . C ) , 24 , 761 ( S . C . ) — : o : — ON BEING PRESENTED WITH A MASONIC SWORD , BY GILBERT T . BEATTON , ESQ ., M . D . EDIN .

Like , and yet not like , I would have our lives ; Like , inasmuch they should with brightness gleam , Flashing and sparkling as some crystal stream , That the poor wanderer strengthens and revives ; Like , that our minds should finely-tempered be , And true as steel and beautifully pure—Upright and straight , so that our deeds endure ,

When long our sonls have sought Eternity . And yet unlike this blade should be our days—For , —take it from its sheath and you will see It has been handled rough and carelessly , And rough and careless ne ' er should be our ways ; So when Death comes , with his relentless blade , We ' re welcomed in that Home no human hand hath made . \ Winder House , Bradford . 30 th March 1893 .

Devon Masonic Educational Fund.

DEVON MASONIC EDUCATIONAL FUND .

THE General Purposes Committee of the Devon Masonio Eduoational Fund met on the 21 st ult ., at the Freemasons' Hall , Plymonth , Brother J . R . Lord Treasurer to the Fand presiding . There were also present Brothers J . B . Gover Secretary , H . Steele , S . Jew , J . Griffin , R . Pengelly , J . Gidley , J . Leonard , W . Ashford , C . Mutten , E . M . Ellis , and W . H . Dillon . The Secretary announced that three candidates for election on the Fund who were onBuccess .

fal at tho meeting m October last were still eligible , one of them bringing forward 316 votes , a second 272 , and a third 28 votes . Ia addition two further applications have been received , one in rospect of tho child of a deceased Brother from Torquay , aud the other on

behalf of a child of a deceased Brother of Benevolent Lodge , Prince , town , making fivo candidates for tho two vacancies to be filled at the forthcoming meeting . It was decided to put tbe whole of the names on the list , and the election will take place at Plymouth on the first Tuesday in April .

Memorial To The Late Sir Francis Burdett.

MEMORIAL TO THE LATE SIR FRANCIS BURDETT .

MESSRS . WHITEHEAD & SONS , of the Granite Works , Aberdeen , will in tho course of a few days erect in the churchyard o t Foremark , Derbyshire , a very handsome memorial , composed of polished red grauite , Sicilian white marble aud stone , with a bronze raised recumbent cross . Tho inscription to be plucod upon tbe memorial reads as follows : — " Iu loving memory of Francis Burdett ,

7 th Bart ., late Lieutenant-Colonel 17 th Lancers , and Colonel Her M'ljefty ' s Gaards ; 1 st Provincial Grand Master of Freemasons in Middlest-x , 1-t Provincial Grand Murk Master Mason for Middlesex

and Surrey ; representative from Grand Lodgo of Ireland at the Grand Lodgo of England ; Inspector-Generul 33 rd Degree Ancient and Accepted Rite . Boru 23 rd March 1813 j died 31 st May 1892 . '' As in Adam all die , even so in Christ shall all be made alive . ' "

Royal Aquarium . —Lovers of the sensational will find plenty of excaeineut at the Aquarium during tho Easter holidays , some of the feats being highly hazardous and extremely daugerous . The management , however , is careful to intersperse the sensational with a , varied programme , embracing almost every form of variety , including the fisheries and theatrical exhibitions . Dan Sullivan ia to

lift a cob weighing 8 cwt ., trap 3 . V cvvt ., and 1 people G cwt ., —a total of nearly one too , with hid teeth . As a matter of fact the programme iB one of tho best for tho money charged for entrance ever placed before tho public , there being aa many aa G 3 turns , many of which nrfl distinctly characteristic , and are generally separate entertainments . Amongst the specialities will be Professor Bnrna' great dive

from beneath tho Aquarium dome into a tank below the ground level ; Ella Zuila ' s high rope performances , tho rope extending from eud to eud of the vast building ; Akros ' s very daring head-downward fall , actually from the rnof ; tho Australian lady boxers , Ac . •Iu addition to the usual programme , on small extra payment , there are Zieo ' s

maze of light and delight open all day and night , " She , " shooting , roller skating , billiard ? , and all sorts of games , tho boxing Kangaroo , grand swimming , & c , & c , and for tho inner mau refreshments from a bun to a recherche repast from 9 a . m . to closing time iri 3 p . m .