Surrey.

SURREY .

THE Provincial Grand Master Designate General Davis was present at the installation meeting of the Weyside Lodge , No . 1395 , on the 16 th ult ., and , responding to the toast of his health , assured the company present that his highest

ambition in succeeding to the rule of the Province would be to follow worthily in the footsteps of the noble Brother who was about to retire from the Office of Provincial Grand Master .

A Fighting Lodge.

A FIGHTING LODGE .

RESPONDING at a recent meeting of the Grand Lodge of Scotland a visitor from Bulawayo said his Lodge had for some time been working under great difficulties , but he was happy to say they had been able to surmount them all . Their Lodge took its name from a great fighting man , the late Major Alan Wilson , and might be termed a . fighting

Lodge . The Immediate Past Master was at present Captain of C Troop Southern Rhodesian Volunteers , and was with Colonel Plumer at the relief of Mafeking ; the R . W . M . was for some time a cyclist scout in the same regiment ; the Junior Warden was a Lieutenant of G . troop ; the Senior Deacon he met in Durban about three months before .

recovering from the effects of a mauser bullet wound through both lungs , received at the battle of Spion Kop ; the last news he had of the Inner Guard was that he was engaged at the ? battle of Colenso ; a former Inner Guard was Captain of F Troop Southern Rhodesian Volunteers , and was also , he

believed , present at the relief of Mafeking ; while one of the Stewards was a corporal in the same troop . So much for the Office-bearers . The rank and file had also done their part ,

and were too numerous to mention . Still , with all those absentees they had been able to work the Lodge in a creditable manner , as the remaining Brethren had worked hard to fill the gaps .

Royal Arch.

ROYAL ARCH .

NORTH WALES .

Tjp PIE annual meeting of this Provincial Grand Chapter -L was held in Carnarvon Castle , on the 25 th ult ! , undertime presidency of the Provincial Grand Superintendent Comp . J . E . Greaves .

A past Treasurer ' s jewel was presented to Comp . Donald Cameron P . Z . The next meeting of the Chapter was arranged to be held at Bangor . The following were appointed the Provincial Grand

Officers for the year : COMP . J . Lloyd Griffith ... H . H . C . K . Benson ... J . J . G . Tuxford ... Scribe E . C . Rowland ... Scribe N .

Edward Roberts ... Treasurer A . D . Rawson ... Registrar Rev . Llewelyn Hughes ... Principal Sojourner W . A . Foster ... lst Assist . Soj . J . Jones Morris ... 2 nd Assist . Soj . J . A . Rodway ... Sword Bearer

Rev . W . D . Roberta ... Standard Bearer G . L . Woodley ... Dir . of Ceremonies T . Armstrong ... Assist . Dir . of Cers . W . G . Williams ... Oro-anist W . A . Tuxford ... Assist . Scribe E . Thomas Powis ,,, Janitor .

Mark Masonry.

MARK MASONRY .

SOMERSET .

rn HE annual meeting of the Mark Master Masons of this JL Province was held on Wednesday , 24 th ult ., at the Masonic Hall , Bath , under the presidency of Bro . R . C . Else Prov . G . M . M ., who invested the following as his Officers for the year -. BRO . Rev . E . A . Purvis P . P . G . C . ... Senior Warden

T . Baggs ... Junior Warden S . J . Sellick ... Master Overseer W . Longworth ¦ Dames ... Senior Overseer J . P . Capell ... Junior Overseer Rev . F . F . Frizell ... Chaplain B . H . Watts ... Treasurer

O . W . Wiltshire ... Registrar F . T . Elworthy ... Secretary P . Edinger ... Senior Deacon A . W . Dalby ... Junior Deacon . T . H . Chaffin ... Inspector of Works G . Tames ... Dir . of Ceremonies

E . Huntley ; ... Sword Bearer . A . Gates ... Standard Beare . W . J . Nosworthy ... Organist Frank Everitt ... Inner Guard W . F . Cooling ... Steward R . J . H . Scott ... Ditto A . J . Salter ... Tyler .

South Wales.

SOUTH WALES .

fl ^ HE following were appointed the Provincial Grand JL Officers for the year ; , at the recent meeting of this Lodge , reported in our last issue : BRO . Thomas Walters 116 ... Senior Warden Isodore Leon 28 ... Junior Warden Samuel G . Rogers 256 ... Master Overseer William Thomas 297 ... Senior Overseer

Thomas W . Barker 116 ... Junior Overseer Rev . David Bowen 116 ... Chaplain John Munday 28 ... Treasurer Dr . De Vere Hunt 28 ... Registrar Nelson D . Marks 28 ... Secretary H . J . E . Price 297 ... Senior Deacon

Lewis Thomas 297 ... Junior Deacon C . H . Williams 116 ... Inspector of Works James John 116 ... Dir . of Ceremonies . J . Lancaster 28 ... Asst . Dir . of Cers . \ V . T . Holt 256 ... Sword Bearer Alfred Keeping 297 ... Standard Bearer

R . D . Gilbertson 256 ... Organist John Shearman 28 ... Pursuivant R . F . Morgan ... Steward C . A . Britten ... Ditto Ben Winfield 28 ... Ditto Amos Jenkins ... Tyler .

The first meeting of the Upton Lodge , No . 1227 , since the installation of Bro . Walter J ames Carroll , is to held on Thursday , 8 th inst , at the Great Eastern Hotel , Liverpool Street , E . G ., and will provide ample occupation for the new

ruler and his Officers , there being no less than four candidates . on the agenda for raising , two for passing , and five for election and initiation . To cope with this amount of work the Lodge is called for half past three o ' clock , dinner being arranged for 7 . 30 p . m .

The annual meeting of the Asaph Lodge will take place on Monday afternoon , at Freemasons' Hall , when Bro . J . W . Mathews is to be installed as W . M . The present Master Bro . C . B . Powell will perform the ceremony .