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BRIDGE HOUSE H O T E L , LONDON BRIDGE , S . E . Telephone No . Hop 80 . Redecorated throughout , Electric light , handsome Suites of apartments , including Lodge Uooms , lieception and Ball Booms . Banquets , accommodation up to 400 . ' The cuisine is of the highest class , and we have a very large stock of the choicest Wines , comprising vintages of the best Champagnes . Trains , Omnibus ' ses , and Trams to all parts , and within a cab fare of 1 / 6 to all principal places of amusement . Proprietors—Messrs . CALLINGHAM & Co . LODGES AND CHAPTERS vtiill find eVertf convenience at this old and celebrated Hotel .

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DOVER CASTLE HOTEL , WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD , CHARLES BEST & Co ., Proprietors . E . VOIGT , manager . THE MOST HANDSOME AND COMMODIOUS HOTEL IN SOUTH LONDON . Bed and Sitting Booms . Bed and Breakfast from 6 s . Dining Booms on Ground and First Floor . Special Dishes for the day , from 12 till 3 . The Best 2 s 6 d Table d'H < 5 te Dinner in London , from 5- 80 to 8 'K ) . Seven Courses . English and French Cuisine . Silver Grill and Suppers till Midnight . MASONIC ACCOMODATION AND BANQUETING HALL PUBLIC AND PRIVATE DINNERS TO ORDER . TWO LODGES ALREADY MEET HERE . Billiard Tables by Wright and Co . Choice WineB and Liqueurs , Munich Burgerbrau on draught .

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United Grand Lodge.

UNITED GRAND LODGE .

THE regular Quarterly Communication will be held on Wednesday next , 6 th inst ., at Freemasons' Hall , Great Queen Street , London , at 6 for 7 p . m . The following is the Agenda of Business to be transacted : ^ 1 . The Minutes of the Quarterly Communication of the 7 th June for confirmation .

2 . Report of the Board of Benevolence for the last quarter , in which are recommendations for the following grants , viz .: A Brother of the Sidney Lodge , No . 827 , Sidcup ... ... £ 50 0 0 The Widow of a Brother of the Union Lodge , Carlisle ... 50 0 0 A Brother of the Carnarvon Lodge , No . 1572 , London ... 75 0 0

A Brother of the Fortitude Lodge , No . 281 , Lancaster ... 75 0 0 A Brother of the Welehpool Lodge , No . 998 , Welchpool ... 50 0 0 A Brother o £ the Royal Kensington Lodge , No . 1627 , London ... 50 0 0 A Brother of the Prince Arthur Lodge , No ; 1570 , Liverpool ... 50 0 0 A Brother of the Clapton Lodge , No . 1365 , London ... ... 100 0 0

3 . REPORT OF THE BOARD OF GENERAL PURPOSES . To the United Grand Lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons of England . The Board beg to report that numerous communications have been received from the Cambrian Lodge of Australia , No . 656 on the Register of the Grand Lodge of England , requesting the full recognition of the Lodge as a working Lodge . It will be remembered that Grand Lodge , on the 7 th of June 1393 , resolved that the Brethren who adhered to their allegiance to this

Grand Lodge , instead of joining the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales , were entitled to recognition as the Cambrian Lodge . Some delay took place in the transmission of a certified copy of the ' Minutes ; and a difficulty rose by reason of the Lodge having no Master , Past Master , or Warden , when it resumed its Meetings in 1894 , after the above resolution of recognition . The plea of the Cambrian Brethren is , that they acted under a great and pressing emergency , and took immediate steps to remedv the

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defect , by electing one or more Past Masters as Joining Members , electing one of these as Master of the Lodge , and having him installed in a Board of Installed Masters ; after which they proceeded as a regular Lodge . Propositions , elections , and initiations of candidates followed , together with election and installation of Worshipful Master and appointment of Officers each year . No doubt the holding of a Lodge Meeting in June 1894 , without

a Master , Past Master , or Warden present , was contrary to the Constitutions and usages of the Order ; but after reading the explanations of the Cambrian Brethren , and considering in fullest detail the events and correspondence from June 1888 , to tho present time , the Board felt that it would best give effect to the resolution of Grand Lodge by recognising the plea of great emergency , and acknowledging-the validity of acts loyally performed in the endeavour to

overcome the difficulty . It was therefore resolved , at the meeting of the Board on Tuesday , 15 th of August last , as follows : ' That this Board , while regretting the irregularities which have occurred in the Cambrian Lodge of Australia , No . 656 , from June 1894 , and the cause thereof , acknowledges the great emergency under which

those irregularities were committed , and resolves to recognise the several elections and initiations of members , elections and installations of Worshipful Masters , appointments of Officers , and other acts necessarily supervening thereon ., and confirms in their respective rank and past rank all such Masters and Officers . All returns by the said Lodge to be recognised in the usual course . "

The certificates of all Brethren in the Lodge since 1888 have been forwarded , and a troublous matter has now been swept away . The Board has to report that the following Presentations have been made to the Library and Museum since the last Meeting of Grand Lodge , all of which have been accepted with thanks : —

Title or Object . . By whom Presented . The Broad Arrow—John R . Reep P . M . No . 1260 . Masonic Pamphlets ( bound)—John Armstrong P . P . G . W . History of Lodge St . George , No . 549—R . A . Arnold Jenkins Secretary . The Theatrical Banquet—John G . Littlechild .

The Grand Sanhedrim—William Shurmur Past G . Standard Bearer . The Virginia Text Book—The Grand Secretary of Virginia . Sundry Masonic Books and Pamphlets—Mrs . Shadwell H . Clerke . Old Masonic Diploma ( facsimile)—Samuel W . Creech , jun ., Boston , Mass . Transactions of Lodge of Research , No . 2429—John T . Thorp P . M . and Sao . 30 Volumes of Masonic Works—Prank Richardson Past G . Deacon .

History of the Old King ' s Arms Lodge , No . 28—Albert F . Calvert P . M . The Board also submit a Statement of the Grand Lodge Accounts at the last Meeting of the Finance Committee , held on Friday , the 11 th day of August 1899 , showing a balance in the Bank of England ( Law Courts Branch ) of £ 10 , 379 13 s 3 d , and in the hands of the Grand Secretary for Petty Cash £ 100 , and for Servants' Wages £ 100 .

( Signed ) RICHARD LOVELAND-LOVELAND President . Freemasons'Hall , London , 'W . C ., 15 th August 1899 . List of Lodges for which Warrants have been granted by the M . W . Grand Master since the last Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge . No . 2761 . —The Royal Naval Lodge , Malta .

2762 . —The Lindisfarne Lodge , North Shields , Northumberland . 2763 . —The Harringay Lodge , London . 2764 . —The St . Olave's Lodge , London . 2765 . —The Earl's Court Lodge , London . 2766 . —The Putney Lodge , London . 2767 . —The Lord Kitchener Lodge , London .

2768 . —The Kosmos Lodge , Johannesburgh , Transvaal . 2769 . —The East Surrey Lodge , Oxted , Surrey . 2770 . —The Earl of Yarborough Lodge , Grimsby , Lincolnshire . 2771 . —The Yorick Lodge , London . 2772 . —The Richard Eve Lodge , London . 2773 . —The Lodge of Assistance , London .

2774 . —The Vernon Lodge , Doornfontein , Transvaal . 2775 . —The Perth Lodge , Perth , Western Australia . 2776 . —The Richmond Lodge , East Freemantle , Western Australia . 2777 . —The Diamond Jubilee LoJge , Perth , Western Australia . 2778 . —The Kalgoorlie Lodge , Kalgoorlie , Western Australia .

2779 . —The Boulder Lodge , Boulder , Western Australia . 2780 . —The Finnerty Lodge , Kalgoorlie , Western Australia . 2781 . — The-Katanning Lodge , Katanning , Western Australia . 2782 . —The Duke of Albany Lodge , Perth , Western Australia . 2783 . —The Golden- Square Lodge , Kalgoorlie , Western Australia . 2784 . —The Legge Lodge , West Bromwich , Lancashire .

Masonry And Business.

MASONRY AND BUSINESS .

NO man should use his Masonry to further his business enterprises . There is no obligation which requires one man to do business with another simply because of Masonic ties . I have known several newly made Masons to become very much disgruntled because all the members of their Lodge did not fall over one another in an effort to patronise them . It is evident

that the motive of such men in entering Masonry was purely mercenary . If it had helped them in a business way they would have sounded its praises for evermore . But when they found that ic did not they became sorely displeased . Such men are not a benefit to the institution , and their presence among good Masons is not to be desired . — " Illinois Freemason . "

A net increase of one thousand affiliated Masons in Ontario during one year speaks well for the prosperity of the Craft in that fair Province .