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lordship ' s autograph on the fly-leaf , as a memento of their share in the day ' s proceedings . On the motion of Bro . Chirgwin , seconded by Brother Courtney , Brother E . A . Broad , the present Charity Representative , was elected Prov . G . Treas . for the year . Brother Broad was also re-elected Charity Representative , on the proposition of the Deputy Provincial Grand Master .
It was announced b y the Prov . G . M . that the Church offertory amounted to ; £ io 7 s 6 d , which was divided as follows : — £ 4 ys each to the Cornish Masonic Annuitant and Benevolent Fund , and to the Camborne Nurses Fund , and £ 2 is 6 d placed at the disposal of the Rector .
The Prov . G . M . then appointed and invested the Prov . Grand Officers for the ensuing year as follow :
BRO . G . H . Chilcott 331 ... Senior Warden J . M . Carne 75 ... Junior Warden Rev . H . K . Southwell 330 ... Senior Chaplain Rev . W . G . Kerr 331 ... Junior Chaplain E . A . Broad 450 ... Treasurer
A . W . Walters 1544 ... Registrar B . F . Edyvean 330 ... Secretary F . J- Lee 1544 ... Senior Deacon J . Tonkin 131 ... Ditto ' J . Grossman 970 ... Junior Deacon
T . A . Taylor 1272 ... Ditto F . J . Gardener 1544 ... Supt . of Works H . Downing 5 8 9 ... Dir . of Ceremonies C . J . Webber 2747 ... Dep . Dir . of Cers . A . R . Brown 8 5 6 ... Asst . Dir . of Cers .
W . Andrew 077 ... Sword Bearer J . Smith 1006 ... Standard Bearer P . C . Jeffery 1136 ... Ditto C . H . Whetter 49 6 ... Organist T . E . Roach 9 67 ... Assistant Secretary
G . Goodfellow 330 ... Pursuivant G . Anderson 1954 ... Assistant Pursuivant A . Bowhay 2166 ... Steward R . Colenso 121 ... Ditto
C . Mitchell 510 ... Ditto P . Blake 178 5 ... Ditto W . Stephens 893 ... Ditto J . Brooking 1071 ... Ditto J . V . Bray 450 ... Tyler .
In investing the Rev . H . K . Southwell , of Bodmin , as Chaplain , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe mentioned that Bro . Southwell had recently returned from South Africa , where he had been serving as a Volunteer Chaplain on the march from Bloemfontein to Pretoria . When Bro . Lee came up for the collar of Senior Deacon , his Lordship said he had , on
behalf of the Brethren of the Camborne Lodge , to present Bro . Lee with a gold watch and chain , and also a Past Master ' s jewel in token of the esteem in which he was held for his valued services as Secretary of Mount Edgcumbe Lodge for eight years , and for services in connection with the building of the new premises .
This closed the formal business of the Provincial Grand Lodge , but , before the Brethren separated , the Prov . G . M . said that , although it seemed a considerable time since the dastardly attack was made upon the life of their beloved Grand Master H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , and , although ,
after consultation with some of the Provincial Officers , he took upon himself to express their horror at the act , and gratitude for his Royal' Highness ' s escape , he thought they could hardly close that Grand Lodge without repeating their feeling , not only of horror , at the attempted crime , and
of sympathy and love for their Grand Master , but of disgust at the conduct of the authorities in Belgium in dealing with the would-be assassin . His Lordship added that he would like to have given a Provincial Collar to the brother of the
D . P . G . M . Bro . Hugh Smith who , he was sure , would have conferred dignity on the office of Sword Bearer . Brother H . Smith served with the gallant 21 st Lancers in Egypt , and afterwards volunteered for South Africa , where * he' was now engaged .
Invitations were given on behalf of Bodmin , Truro , and Looe , at which to hold the Prov . Grand Lodge next year , and this concluded the business .
The Brethren afterwards adjourned to the Commercial Hotel , where luncheon was served , and presided over by the Prov . Grand Master . Bro . Mason P . G . Std . Br . responded for the Officers of Grand Lodge , and made an earnest appeal
for further support on behalf of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , which , he mentioned , was paying £ 17 , 000 a year in annuities . The toast of the Prov . Grand Master 'the Earl of Mount I-dgcumbe Past Deputy Grand Master of England was sub-
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mitted by Brother F . Harvey , who referred to the firm , yet courteous and kind manner in which his lordship conducted the business of the Lodge . In the wide and sympathetic interest which he showed in the public affairs of the county
he set an example which might with advantage be followed by other leading residents . They were delighted to see his lordship looking so well , and trusted he would long be spared to preside over the Province , and use his influence for the general welfare of the county .
. The Provincial Grand Master , replying to the toast , said he thought at one time that he should not be able to carry on his duties as efficiently as heretofore , but he was thankful to say he now felt quite equal to it . It was a great pleasure to him to see that such a large number of Brethren took an
interest in Provincial Grand Lodge , and he could not help feeling when he saw the size of the gathering that they ought to be able to do a great deal , not merely in the direction of charity , but in leavening the country with the principles which they professed to observe , as members of the Craft .
The practice of those principles ought to tend to a unity of feeling which other motives did not tend to , and in other relations of life besides those immediately connected with their own Lodges they ought to do what they could to encourage unity . Other toasts followed , interspersed with songs .
West Yorkshire.
WEST YORKSHIRE .
THE half-yearly meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge was hem on Friday afternoon , 26 th ult , at the Drill Hall , Barnsley , under the banner of the Friendly Lodge , No . 1513 , of which Bro . H . B . Nash is Worshipful Master . The October meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge is always
of less importance than the April one , at which the Officers for the year are appointed and invested , but it is many years since so poor an attendance of the Brethren was registered , the call of the roll disclosing that out of the eighty-one
Lodges of the Province some twenty-two were unrepresented . The Provincial Grand Master the Right Hon . W . L . Jackson , M . P ., presided , supported by many Officers of Prov . Grand Lodge .
As a preliminary to his address to the Brethren , the Provincial Grand Master read a letter from the Grand
Secretary Bro . Letchworth , who was desired by the M . W . the Grand Master the Prince of Wales to convey to the Brethren of West Yorkshire his best thanks for the resolution , passed at the April meeting , congratulating his Royal Highness on his providential escape from the attack made upon
his life at Brussels . Bro . Jackson went on to say they were met that day under the banner of the Friendly Lodge . The first Lodge in Barnsley of which they had authentic information was one founded in 1777 , concerning which few particulars were known . The first Friendly Lodge was
founded in 1816 , but was erased in 1832 , and a second Friendly Lodge , established in 1842 ceased to exist nine years later . The present Lodge was consecrated in 1874 , by Bro . Bentley Shaw D . P . G . M ., when Bro . Ensor Drury , who was that day acting as Prov . S . G . W ., installed as W . M .
the then Mayor of Barnsley , Bro . William Carter . Prov . Grand Lodge last met in Barnsley in 1879 , when Sir Henry Edwards presided , Bro . T . W . Tew being present as the D . P . G . M . The Prov . Grand Master proceeded to refer to the laying of the foundation-stone of the new Masonic
Hall , in Great George Street , Leeds , in July last , and said the injunction of the Earl of Warwick Deputy Grand Master of England , that the building was to be completed without delay , had been so far followed , that the roof was now on the structure . Allusion was made to the
presentation by the Brethren of the Province of Grand Lodge regalia and clothing to Brother W . C . Lupton , Mayor of Bradford , who for upwards of sixteen years rendered invaluable services as Chairman of the Charity Committee
and whose elevation by the Prince of Wales to Office in Grand Lodge was hailed with gratification throughout the Province . Sympathetic reference having been made to the sudden death in Barnsley of Bro . C . Lingard P . G . S . B ., the Prov . Grand Master read a letter from the D . P . G . M . Bro .
Wilson , apologising for his absence owing to the serious accident which he met whilst on a yachting tour , and conveying the gratifying intelligence that steady progress was being made towards recovery . Bro . Jackson proceeded to deal with matters of purely local interest , and in conclusion
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lordship ' s autograph on the fly-leaf , as a memento of their share in the day ' s proceedings . On the motion of Bro . Chirgwin , seconded by Brother Courtney , Brother E . A . Broad , the present Charity Representative , was elected Prov . G . Treas . for the year . Brother Broad was also re-elected Charity Representative , on the proposition of the Deputy Provincial Grand Master .
It was announced b y the Prov . G . M . that the Church offertory amounted to ; £ io 7 s 6 d , which was divided as follows : — £ 4 ys each to the Cornish Masonic Annuitant and Benevolent Fund , and to the Camborne Nurses Fund , and £ 2 is 6 d placed at the disposal of the Rector .
The Prov . G . M . then appointed and invested the Prov . Grand Officers for the ensuing year as follow :
BRO . G . H . Chilcott 331 ... Senior Warden J . M . Carne 75 ... Junior Warden Rev . H . K . Southwell 330 ... Senior Chaplain Rev . W . G . Kerr 331 ... Junior Chaplain E . A . Broad 450 ... Treasurer
A . W . Walters 1544 ... Registrar B . F . Edyvean 330 ... Secretary F . J- Lee 1544 ... Senior Deacon J . Tonkin 131 ... Ditto ' J . Grossman 970 ... Junior Deacon
T . A . Taylor 1272 ... Ditto F . J . Gardener 1544 ... Supt . of Works H . Downing 5 8 9 ... Dir . of Ceremonies C . J . Webber 2747 ... Dep . Dir . of Cers . A . R . Brown 8 5 6 ... Asst . Dir . of Cers .
W . Andrew 077 ... Sword Bearer J . Smith 1006 ... Standard Bearer P . C . Jeffery 1136 ... Ditto C . H . Whetter 49 6 ... Organist T . E . Roach 9 67 ... Assistant Secretary
G . Goodfellow 330 ... Pursuivant G . Anderson 1954 ... Assistant Pursuivant A . Bowhay 2166 ... Steward R . Colenso 121 ... Ditto
C . Mitchell 510 ... Ditto P . Blake 178 5 ... Ditto W . Stephens 893 ... Ditto J . Brooking 1071 ... Ditto J . V . Bray 450 ... Tyler .
In investing the Rev . H . K . Southwell , of Bodmin , as Chaplain , the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe mentioned that Bro . Southwell had recently returned from South Africa , where he had been serving as a Volunteer Chaplain on the march from Bloemfontein to Pretoria . When Bro . Lee came up for the collar of Senior Deacon , his Lordship said he had , on
behalf of the Brethren of the Camborne Lodge , to present Bro . Lee with a gold watch and chain , and also a Past Master ' s jewel in token of the esteem in which he was held for his valued services as Secretary of Mount Edgcumbe Lodge for eight years , and for services in connection with the building of the new premises .
This closed the formal business of the Provincial Grand Lodge , but , before the Brethren separated , the Prov . G . M . said that , although it seemed a considerable time since the dastardly attack was made upon the life of their beloved Grand Master H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , and , although ,
after consultation with some of the Provincial Officers , he took upon himself to express their horror at the act , and gratitude for his Royal' Highness ' s escape , he thought they could hardly close that Grand Lodge without repeating their feeling , not only of horror , at the attempted crime , and
of sympathy and love for their Grand Master , but of disgust at the conduct of the authorities in Belgium in dealing with the would-be assassin . His Lordship added that he would like to have given a Provincial Collar to the brother of the
D . P . G . M . Bro . Hugh Smith who , he was sure , would have conferred dignity on the office of Sword Bearer . Brother H . Smith served with the gallant 21 st Lancers in Egypt , and afterwards volunteered for South Africa , where * he' was now engaged .
Invitations were given on behalf of Bodmin , Truro , and Looe , at which to hold the Prov . Grand Lodge next year , and this concluded the business .
The Brethren afterwards adjourned to the Commercial Hotel , where luncheon was served , and presided over by the Prov . Grand Master . Bro . Mason P . G . Std . Br . responded for the Officers of Grand Lodge , and made an earnest appeal
for further support on behalf of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution for Aged Freemasons and Widows of Freemasons , which , he mentioned , was paying £ 17 , 000 a year in annuities . The toast of the Prov . Grand Master 'the Earl of Mount I-dgcumbe Past Deputy Grand Master of England was sub-
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mitted by Brother F . Harvey , who referred to the firm , yet courteous and kind manner in which his lordship conducted the business of the Lodge . In the wide and sympathetic interest which he showed in the public affairs of the county
he set an example which might with advantage be followed by other leading residents . They were delighted to see his lordship looking so well , and trusted he would long be spared to preside over the Province , and use his influence for the general welfare of the county .
. The Provincial Grand Master , replying to the toast , said he thought at one time that he should not be able to carry on his duties as efficiently as heretofore , but he was thankful to say he now felt quite equal to it . It was a great pleasure to him to see that such a large number of Brethren took an
interest in Provincial Grand Lodge , and he could not help feeling when he saw the size of the gathering that they ought to be able to do a great deal , not merely in the direction of charity , but in leavening the country with the principles which they professed to observe , as members of the Craft .
The practice of those principles ought to tend to a unity of feeling which other motives did not tend to , and in other relations of life besides those immediately connected with their own Lodges they ought to do what they could to encourage unity . Other toasts followed , interspersed with songs .
West Yorkshire.
WEST YORKSHIRE .
THE half-yearly meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge was hem on Friday afternoon , 26 th ult , at the Drill Hall , Barnsley , under the banner of the Friendly Lodge , No . 1513 , of which Bro . H . B . Nash is Worshipful Master . The October meeting of Provincial Grand Lodge is always
of less importance than the April one , at which the Officers for the year are appointed and invested , but it is many years since so poor an attendance of the Brethren was registered , the call of the roll disclosing that out of the eighty-one
Lodges of the Province some twenty-two were unrepresented . The Provincial Grand Master the Right Hon . W . L . Jackson , M . P ., presided , supported by many Officers of Prov . Grand Lodge .
As a preliminary to his address to the Brethren , the Provincial Grand Master read a letter from the Grand
Secretary Bro . Letchworth , who was desired by the M . W . the Grand Master the Prince of Wales to convey to the Brethren of West Yorkshire his best thanks for the resolution , passed at the April meeting , congratulating his Royal Highness on his providential escape from the attack made upon
his life at Brussels . Bro . Jackson went on to say they were met that day under the banner of the Friendly Lodge . The first Lodge in Barnsley of which they had authentic information was one founded in 1777 , concerning which few particulars were known . The first Friendly Lodge was
founded in 1816 , but was erased in 1832 , and a second Friendly Lodge , established in 1842 ceased to exist nine years later . The present Lodge was consecrated in 1874 , by Bro . Bentley Shaw D . P . G . M ., when Bro . Ensor Drury , who was that day acting as Prov . S . G . W ., installed as W . M .
the then Mayor of Barnsley , Bro . William Carter . Prov . Grand Lodge last met in Barnsley in 1879 , when Sir Henry Edwards presided , Bro . T . W . Tew being present as the D . P . G . M . The Prov . Grand Master proceeded to refer to the laying of the foundation-stone of the new Masonic
Hall , in Great George Street , Leeds , in July last , and said the injunction of the Earl of Warwick Deputy Grand Master of England , that the building was to be completed without delay , had been so far followed , that the roof was now on the structure . Allusion was made to the
presentation by the Brethren of the Province of Grand Lodge regalia and clothing to Brother W . C . Lupton , Mayor of Bradford , who for upwards of sixteen years rendered invaluable services as Chairman of the Charity Committee
and whose elevation by the Prince of Wales to Office in Grand Lodge was hailed with gratification throughout the Province . Sympathetic reference having been made to the sudden death in Barnsley of Bro . C . Lingard P . G . S . B ., the Prov . Grand Master read a letter from the D . P . G . M . Bro .
Wilson , apologising for his absence owing to the serious accident which he met whilst on a yachting tour , and conveying the gratifying intelligence that steady progress was being made towards recovery . Bro . Jackson proceeded to deal with matters of purely local interest , and in conclusion