Meetings Meet Week.

446 Benevolent , Vicar ' s Hall , Wells , Som . 450 Cornubian , F . M . H ., Hayle 456 Foresters , Town Hall , Uttoxeter 462 Bank Terrace , Hargreaves , Accrington 46 9 Hundred of EHoe , F . M . H ., Spalding 472 Friendship & Sincerity , Shaftesbury soq Tees , F . M . H ., Stockton

539 St . Matthew , Dragon , Walsall 637 Portland , Town Hall , Stoke-upon-Trent 703 Clifton , F . M . H ., Blackpool 761 St . John , F . M . H ., Dursley 792 Pelham Pillar , F . M . H ., Grimsby 803 St . Andrew , Swan , Biggleswade 856 Restormel , Duchy Palace , Lostwithiel

859 Isaac Newton Universities , Cambridge 913 Pattison , F . M . H ., Plumstead 076 Royal Clarence , Blue Ball , Bruton 1012 Prince of Wales , Derby , Bury , Lane . 1231 Savile , Masonic Room , EUand 1304 Olive Union , F . M . H ., Horncastle 1324 Okeover , Masonic Room , Ripley 1379 Marquess of Ripon , M . H ., Darling .. in

1 ^ 84 Equity , Central , Widnes 1424 Brownrigg of Unity , Old Brompton 1473 Beetle , F . M . H ., Bootle 1500 Walpole , 47 St . Giles St ., Norwich 1504 Red Rose of Lancaster , Padiham 1513 Friendly , F . M . H ., Barnsley 1557 Albert Edward , F . M . H ., Hexham ic 6 c Earl of Chester , F . M . H ., Lymm

16 39 Watling Street , Cock , Stony Stratford 1741 Montgomerie , King's Head , Diss 176 3 St . Mary , F . M . H ., Thame 1770 Vale of White Horse , Faringdon 1790 Old England , Art Gallery , Croydon 1829 Burrell , Royal Pavilion , Brighton 18 74 Lechmere , F . M . H ., Balsall Heath 18 99 Wellesley , Wellington , Crowhurst 2043 Kendrick , F . M . H ., Reading

Meetings Meet Week.

2169 Osborne , F . M . H ., East Cowes 2189 Ashburton , F . M . H ., Ashburton 2195 Military Jubilee , F . M . H ., Dover 2321 Acacia , F . M . H ., Bradford 7342 Easterford , Mas . Temple , Kelvedon 2350 Corinthian , Bird i' th' hand , Hindley 23 86 Clarence , F . M . H ., Chester 2433 Minerva , Bank Bdgs ., Connah ' s Quay 249 6 Wirral , Claughton Hall , Birkenhead 2 i-. 2 Baring , Hotel Metropole , Cromer 2651 Charity , F . M . H ., Warrington

Friday . 33 Britannic , Freemasons' Hall 134 Caledonian , Ship and Turtle 157 Bedford . Freemasons' Hall 177 Domatic , Anderton ' s Hotel 1201 Eclectic , Freemasons' Hall

1559 New Cross , Hotel Cecil 1704 Anchor , Cafe Royal 1997 John Carpenter , Albion 2399 Ordnance , F . M . H ., Plumstead 2552 Stoke Newington , Stoke Newington 2740 Comrades , Holborn Restaurant 3 6 Glambrgah , F . M . H ., Cardiff

81 Doric , Private Room , Woodbridge 170 All Souls , F . M . H ., Weymouth 404 Watford . F . M . H ., Watford 458 Aire and Calder , F . M . H ., Goole 516 Phcenix , Fox , Stowmarket 526 Honour , Star & Garter , Wolverhampton 680 Sefton , Adelphi , Liverpool

786 Croxteth United Service , Liverpool 815 Blair , Town Hall , Hulme 83 8 Franklin , Peacock and Royal , Boston 916 Harrington , Queen ' s , Eastbourne 1001 Harrogate & Claro , F . M . H ., Harrogate

Meetings Meet Week.

1087 Beaudesert , Ass . Rs ., Leighton Buzzard 1102 Mirfield , F . M . H ., Mirfield 1 i 2 i Wear Valley , F . M . H ., Bishop Auckland 1289 Rock , Masonic Chambers , Birkenhead 1428 United Service , F . M . H ., Landport 1605 De la Pole , F . M . H ., Hull

1661 JNewton , f . M . H ., JNewarK-upon-irent 1676 St . Nicholas , Cen . M . H ., Newcastle-o-T . 1715 A . J . Brogden , M . H ., Grange-o-Sand » 1983 Martyn , Town Hall , Southwold 2359 Doric , F . M . H ., Chorlton-cum-Hardy 23 80 Beneventa , Wheatsheaf , Daveritry 2 cc 4 Manchester . F . M . H .. Manchester

2558 Furnival , F . M . H ., Sheffield 2594 Old Priory , Masonic Rooms , Beeston 2608 Headingley , Parochial Institute , Leeds 2 ( k 2 Albany , Kingston-on-Thames 2660 Crane , George , Cranbrook 2674 Ravensworth , F . M . H ., Gateshead 2677 Calcaria , Masonic Rooms , Tadcaster

Saturday . 108 London , Ship and Turtle 173 Phcenix , Freemasons' Hall 17 6 Caveac , Albion 1328 Granite , Holborn Restaurant 1426 Great City , City Terminus Hotel 1446 Mount Edecumbe , Holborn Restaurant

1607 Loyalty , London Tavern 1612 West Middlesex , Mun . Bldgs ., Ealing 1671 Mizpah , Albion 1743 Perseverance , Anderton ' s Hotel 18 39 Duke of Cornwall , Freemasons' Hall 2369 Cornish , Freemasons' Hall

2384 Mitcham , Lower Mitcham 2599 Engineer , 33 Golden Square 737 Wentworth , F . M . H ., Wellingborough 1347 Lome , F . M . H ., Sutton 1755 Eldon , Royal , Portishead

Investing By Proxy.

INVESTING BY PROXY .

AN amusing' instance of the hair splitting views of some Brethren as to what is right and proper , was furnished by Bro . Walter Jenkinson ' s protests to some of the Past Masters of the Brunswick St . John Lodge , No . 78 ( Vic . ) after its last meeting . Bro . Bon wick , the Junior Warden nominate , was

absent on a holiday tour , and for the smoother working of the ceremonies , such as Address in presenting Pillars , & c , it was decided to invest another member as acting Junior Warden , such portions of the Address as related to attendance at Grand Lodge , & c , being carefully omitted . The Pillars were entrusted and the Address delivered as usual . Later

in the evening the acting Junior Warden was relieved from further duty in that position and invested as I . G ., and remained at this post until Lodge was closed . Bro . Jenkinson maintains that this was essentially investing by proxy , which is forbidden by the Constitutions , and which we also

have always condemned , and he further thinks that it was a case of investing one man in two Offices at the same time , We hear that it is not unlikely that he will submit the matter to the jurisdiction of the Board of General Purposes , and the finding' will be interesting . It is the admitted right of every

W . M . to appoint any member of the Lodge as an acting ' Officer in any capacity for any term , from one to 525 , 948 minutes , and it is usual for that member to pet into place and put on the collar as substitute for the absent one . Fancy then the heinousness of a breach of the Constitution ,

which is said to consist m that Officer being invested as acting Officer and being instructed in the duties expected of him before taking his seat . One would suppose that it deserved every commendation . This is the gravamen of

the charge which it is possible will be made , and it is a fair sample of the complaints which are sent in in shoals of foolscap to the Grand Secretary s Office year after year , a great portion of which happily go no further that the waste paper basket .

The question of the right of any Grand Lodge Officer to interfere in any way , except it be the Grand Master or his Deputy , is a nice one which is generally respected with discriminating thoughtfulness , though we fully admit any man's right to appeal to the Board for a ruling . But the

instance is interesting as showing that whilst Grand Lodge still refuses to appoint Inspectors of Workings there are any number willing to fill such a position unsolicited and

communicate their disapproval to the private ear of any number of willing listeners . Hence , in trams and trains , discussions are too often audible in adjoining compartments between disputants on Masonic rights , and whilst straining at meta-

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phorical gnats the Brethren swallow whole camels in the disregard of the proprieties and their obligations regarding their attitude to an outer world . We look upon Bro . Walter Jenkinson as a heaven-sent Inspector of Lodge Rooms , only

discovered after years of urging upon our part , but we doubt the wisdom of his discrimination in the present case , and regard the serious contemplation of such a question by the grave and reverend sig-nors , who -constitute the Board of General Purposes with much interest and amusement .

So far as investment by proxy is concerned , it must , of course , be meant that that act is performed with the intention of investing one who is not present . This , of course , would have been an attempt to illegally qualify the Junior Warden of this Lodge for a higher office when a year had been

served , but no such ^ attempt Was made , and it was distinctly clear that no such intention existed . As to the investing in two Offices at the same time , it must surely be self-evident that the moment the acting Junior Warden ceased to " act" he was open for investment in the position

he was intended to occupy for the year . It cannot be matter of surprise if Past Masters and Grand Lodge Officers hold such confused notions of the meaning of " proxy , " and of the intentions of the Constitutions , if less experienced men are caught tripping by the ever critical eyes which

surround them ; but in this case we presume that Brother Jenkinson has discovered a mare ' s nest . Still , the case affords an interesting proof that an able Inspector of Workings , with District Inspectors under him , might do as good a work in advising Lodges upon knotty points as Brother

Walter Jenkinson has undoubtedly done in the matter of securing greater and much-needed privacy in Lodge Rooms . It would be exceedingly dangerous if every Grand Lodge Officer volunteered to worry Lodges with advice and threats in matters in which they exercise the greatest care and the

best of their abilities to obey the Constitutions . " Ne sutor ultra crepidam , " is the landmark for their guidance , and is the safer course to follow ; but if they be in doubt it would be more courteous to seek a ruling upon such points before laying vexatious and trivial charges . It should always be

borne in mind that private Lodges are subject only to the control of the Grand Master and his Deputy , but if they make wilful breach of the Constitutions they lay themselves open to be dealt with by the Board of General Purposes ,

with right of appeal to the Grand Lodge if they consider themselves hardly dealt with . We hope if anything be done in the matter under review that Bro . Jenkinson will first seek an opinion of the Board before alleging any breach of the Constitutions . — " Masonry " ( Sydney , N . S . W . ) .