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be four months before they met again , and therefore the present was a good opportunity to " pay , pay , pay ; " and appealing to the younger members to join the Association . By the payment of is a week they were enabled to become Life Subscribers of either of the Institutions , or for 2 s a week they could

secure a Life Governorship . Their worthy Preceptor hctcT acted . as a Steward for ifehe-tliBee . Institutions ,- and-he . * w . o . uld be-venjfc - pleased to receive additions to his lists . He was pleased to say they hoped to secure him a three figure total for the Qld People , one more contribution was wanted to do'the same-for '

the Girls , and six more for "the , Bciys . If these werejojftfrcornlng ^ and Bro . Manuel was able to return three three figure lists it would be sufficient to gladderi the hear £ cjfrthe ; P ^ ecsp'toHof „

that dear old Logic Club . Pie thanked the members very much indeed for the way in which they had * responded to his previous appeals , and stated he had been able to pay out £ 130 from the Association to the Charities durihgf the presentyeaf : "' One Brother was elected a member of the Club and two

others were proposed as candidates , to be balloted for at the next meeting . - - - -..-... The acting W . M ..- had very much . pleasure in -introducing •& to the Brethren the Sultan . Mohamad Khan , Mir Munshi of

Afghanistan . ' Their distinguished Brother "had' been initiated in the Richard Eve Lodge , and had already made a host of friends in the Craft . He was sorry to say the Sultah was leaving for Afghanistan in a week or two , and he felt he would leave behind him troops of friends , while no one would be more .

delighted ^ to ^ welcpjne him on „_ hjs .. return ^ han , h ^ Mast ic ^ Brethren . " « Bfor "SatttHi ^ -M-ohanraa ^ Khah shanked . the * members ^ verv ?* 'iBfbVSate ^ -M-ohamafl ^ Khahshanked the rirembers ^

verymuch for allowing him to join their meeting that-day . .. HeAiad . been delighted with the working of the Logic Club , and sorry he had not known of it , and joined the Craft before . ' H e ' took to himself a very high opinion of the Logic Club ,- andhoped to visit it again on some future occasion .

, The Preceptor ! -Bro . Manuel ; ^ riew ad ^ 3 ressed ^ the'Brethi ¦ e'h . At the present moment , he said , the-Logic- Club -had -only-one honorary member , their'distinguished Bro . Alfred Bishop , one

of thte'oldest rrienlbers of the Club . Pie proposed they increase the number to two , by electing Sultan Mohamad Khju ^^ o p like dignity . The suggestion was warmly receivect , 'dul y seconded , and carried with acclama ' tioin . - ' ^ * T T ^

In acknowled g ing the compliment paid him the Sultan first tendered his thanks to the'W . M ., and then ' most " affectionatel y thanked Brother ^ Manuel for the way id jvhich he had proposed 5 that * sd ' great * a compliment " should be shown him . Pie considered Freemasonry was the only institution that could ¦ of

n * w ITAII ^ YTV ~ - .-t- > - _ . IA - ~> L rf ^ i - -r j" if < i' - ^ r ., .: ~ , i ' "T 3- * "s . -r ; r ilnfte alT ^ laWe £ ' ' and ' peopJ ££ T ^ £ balance the ' peaceoftlie world tQ-daj ^ depended on the far east . and-ifj the great Towers could only agree as to the east , then that peace would be maintained ., - Afghanistan . , wa . s , xeally the , Jauffer . between the two greatest powers , and it consequently exercised

considerable influence on J ; he „ future of the world . He . hoped it , wo , uld be through the medium of Freemasonry that Afghanistan and Great Britain would be more closely united , and that by its means their friendship would be cemented . His earnest desire was to open the first Lodge in Afghanistan , and he trusted to

ere long be in th ' e position tb'do so . 'He hoped to see the future " ruler ' of that" country'initiated' b y " t 1 ie " Grahd"Master of England the Priftceof Wales , " ancTbelieved s ' uc'Ii a urifoh ' wbuld have most beneficiaPresults for-the-two-ceurrtriesj-as there was such a close " relation between ' Freemasonry and the Queen .

They must not judge from the utterances of a fewToreign papers as ^ t © - the- " dpinioii entertained --by ; f . 0 feigii "powers in regard to her Majesty , the ,. Queen ^ for . , she , yvas not only worshipped by all her subjects , but all other sovereigns of the world'looked-upon-her as . -a pattern ruler ,-, thg . mQst' ^ irtuaus of

all ladies , Looking at the events of the last few days they had an exemplification , of ' *& 4 unity -dflfhe English people . They hcad-sentasway . . a hundred , thousand men ; to fighfcimSoufeh Africa yet they were not missed—not _ a tke ^ tre wa . s closed , not a shop shut up because ' its' workers' had gone " to the war , in fact it

seemed-there were more people-than ever about to wave the Uriio ' iTja ' ck and rejoice ' attte " progress of affairs ' arid he felt it would be the same had 36 o , o 6 bjor , 366 , 000 .. men gone away instead of the smaller number . Not onl y-was G ^ eat ,, Britain ' "

united but therewas aninner circle strengthening the unity , and thai was the-circle of- Freemasonry . ¦> - ¦<¦ - * > ¦ ¦> < ^ The Lodge ^ was then-closed 1 and thc-proceedings were brought to a most successful conclusion .

LODGE Summonses-, Hste of . tqember ^ Mar . ji . s , & 6 .,. 06 every description . Morgan , Printer , Freemasou's Gbjoaiole Office . Ne-wBarnefc .

United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

MM HE Quarterly Communication will be held on Wednesday , JL 6 th inst , at Freemasons' Plall , London , at 6 for 7 p . m ., when , after the confirmation of minutes of the last Quarterly Communication , - and of the Grand Festival of 25 th April , a

ibmmjjnication wjlLbe re ^ rced ^ fnmijthe i Most Worshipful the Grand Master , in response to the address of Grand Lodge , conveying the expression of their congratulations to His Royal ^ Highness on-his merciful-preservation upon the recent attempt Ijop his life . x f -i j . -7 . . . «^ s- v - - * The President of " the Board of General Purposes will be ' appointed andinvested , j , and'the (' other members of the Board * elected "; ' the Grand Lodge Auditor and Members for the Com-•mittee iof- » Managsment ofotha Benevolent . Institution will next be elected , and then the Reports of the Board of Benevolence , -and ^ of-the . Board-ofr General Purposes will be submitted .

The annual report of the Benevolent Institution will be dealt with , and the usual vote of £ jo ,. to supply the inmates of the Institution with coal , will be proposed by Bro . John A . Farjpifield . A , prc 5 posal to-alter ther-time afi-jneet'ing of Grand Lodge to 6 o ' clock will be made by Bro . J . W . Burgess 1325 ,

arid ' an ' -cijlpeal '' - ' against ah'luie ' ge'd ' ruling of the District Grand Master of Burma will bring business to a conclusion . "'•' * Warrants '' for "thirteen * new * Lodge ' s' have 'been ' granted since the last Quarterly Communication , three of them being for Londoji Lodges , nine lot Provincial , and one for the isle of Jamaica .

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fTTHE regular-meeting of this Grand Lodge will be held on jJ ^ AciFuesclay next , 5 th inst , at Mark Masons' Hall , Great Queen Street , London , at 5 for 6 p . m . ¦ ri '' After "the confirmation of the minutes the report of the / General ^ B

investiture , pi h }< 5 . Officers , : ;„ ..,, / \ „ ,.. * . . „ . , . , ..-. . j ; i „ The Grand Festival will be held in Freemasons' Tavern , at 7 o ' clock ; - and the-M-Wr-Pro-Grand-Master will preside . Tickets , 21 s each , may be obtained from the Grand Stewards . •" i"ia ! ** : < i v . - »;¦ - -r i J ; . r 1 a a

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