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GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY . EASTER HOLIDAYS . EXCURSIONS will leave PADDINGTON , Kensington ( Addison Road ) , Hammersmith , & c , as under : TUESDAY , 10 th April . —To Killarney ( via Cork ) for a fortnight or less . WEDNESDAY , 11 th April . —To Waterford , Clonmel , Tipperary , Limerick , Kilkenny , Killarney ( via Waterford ) , Belfast , Armagh , Bnniskillen , Giants' Causeway , & c , for a fortnight or less . THURSDAY , 12 th April . —To Newbury , Devizes , Trowbridge , Frome , Wells , Yeovil , Bridport , Dorchester , Weymouth , & c , to return 17 th April ; to Swindon , Bath , Bristol , & c , to return 16 th or 17 th April ; to Weston-Super-Mare , to return 16 th , 17 th or 19 th April ; to Taunton , Minehead , Barnstaple , Ilfracombe , Exeter , Torquay , Plymouth , Bodmin , Newquay , Falmouth , St . Ives , Penzance , & c , to return 16 th or 19 th April ; to Gloucester , Cheltenham , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Llanelly , Llandovery , Carmarthen , Tenby , New Milford , & c , to return 16 th , 17 th or 21 st April ; to Cork , for a fortnight or less ; to Evesham , Worcester , Malvern , & c , to return 17 th April ; to Oxford , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Manchester , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , & c , to return 16 th or 17 th April ; and to Shrewsbury , Hereford , Welshpool , Harlech , Aberystwyth , Llangollen , Dolgelley , Barmouth , Llandudno , Bettws-y-Coed , Carnarvon , & c , to return 16 th , 17 th or 21 st April . GOOD FRIDAY and EASTER SUNDAY . —To Reading , Pangbourne , Goring , Oxford , & c , to return same day . Oxford passengers can also return 17 th April . SATURDAY , 14 th April . —To Swindon , Bath , Bristol , Weston-Super-Mare , & c , to return 16 th or 17 th April ; to Cheltenham , Gloucester , Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Llanelly , Llandovery , Carmarthen , & c , to return 16 th , 17 th or 21 st April . EASTER MONDAY . —To Reading , Newbury , Pangbourne , Goring , Wallingford , & c , to return same day ; to Bath , Bristol , Weston-Super-Mare , & c , to return same day or 17 th April ; and to Swindon , Cirencester , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c , to return same day or 17 th or 21 st April . TUESDAY , 17 th April . —Half-day Trip to Shakespeare ' s Country . —For Banbury , Leamington , and Stratford-on-Avon . CHEAP THIRD CLASS RETURN TICKETS will be issued by certain Trains on Good Friday , Saturday , Easter Sunday and Monday , to Windsor 2 / 6 , Maidenhead 3 / -, Henley 3 / 6 , Goring 5 / 6 , & c . Pamphlets and Tickets can be obtained at the Company's Stations , and the usual Receiving Offices . J . L . WILKINSON , General ' Manager .

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BOYS SCHOOL , HAROLD MACKENZIE SHERMAN , * LAST APPLICATION—Votes forward 2 , 324 . Son of the late WILLIAM HENEY SHEHMAN , Clerk and Steward to the Bucks County Asylum , Aylesbury , who died on the 6 th May 1894 , leaving a widow and three children totally unprovided for . He was W . M . of Buckingham Lodge , No . 591 , when he died . The case , which is strongly recommended by the W . M ., Officers , and Members of Lodge 591 , is really urgent , as owing to the bad state of the Mother's health she is at times quite unable to work . Proxies may be sent to the widow , MBS . SHEBMAN , 47 Lambeth Palace Road , London , S . E . * Has a sister in the School at Clapham .

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The Freemason ' s Chronicle . Scale of Charges for Advertisements . Page ... ... ... ... ... £ 10 10 0 Births , Marriages , and Deaths Is per line . General Advertisements , Trade Announcements , etc .. narrow column , 5 s per inch . News column Advertisements Is per line . Special terms for a series of insertions or particular positions on application ,

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D . ROSENBERG , India Rubber Manufacturer , 89 A BOW COMMON LANE , LONDON , E . Buyer of all kinds of India Rubber Coat Cuttings , and also Diving Dresses and Pneumatic Tyres , and Hose Pipes , and all kinds of second-hand India Rubber .

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HENRY G I L L I N GS , JOBMASTER . Brakes for Pleasure Parties and Beanfeasts , SUPERIOR WEDDING CARRIAGES AND COMMERCIALS , Brougham to any Theatre and Back , 10 s 6 d . 132 NBWINGTON BUTTS , LONDON , S . E .

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MIDLAND RAILWAY . EASTER EXCURSIONS . From LONDON ( ST . PANCRAS , and CITY and SUBURBAN STATIONS ) . IRELAND . Tuesday and Wednesday , 10 th and 11 th April , to various parts of Ireland ( limit 16 days ) , as announced in Special Bills . ! GENERAL EXCURSION . Thursday , 12 th April , to Principal Towns and Holiday Resorts in the Midland Counties , Lancashire , Yorkshire , the Lake District , and the North East Coast ( for 5 or 6 days ) also to ALL PARTS OF SCOTLAND ( for 5 , 9 or 16 days ) . On Saturday night , 14 th April , to Leicester , Nottingham , Sheffield , Normanton , Leeds , Bradford , Stockport , Manchester , Warrington , and Liverpool , returning on the following Monday night . * Bookings from Woolwich and Greenwich by these Trains . St . Albans , & c . Easter Monday , 16 th April , to St . Albans , Harpenden , and Luton , leaving St . Pancras at 10-10 and 11-5 a . m ., and 1-10 p . m ., and to Bedford at 10-10 a . m . Southend-on-Sea . Cheap Day and Week-end Tickets will be issued to Southend-on-Sea , as per Special Bills . Cheap WeeK-end Tickets will be issued on Thursday , Friday and Saturday , 12 th , 13 th and 14 th April , from London ( St . Pancras ) to the Principal Seaside and Inland Holiday Resorts , including the Peak of Derbyshire , Morecambe , the Lake District , Yorkshire , the North East Coast , and Scotland , available for return on any day up to and including Tuesday , 17 th April , except day of issue . HgjT Excursion Handbills , Programmes of Week-end Excursions , and other Easter Notices , may be had on application at St . Pancras Station , also at any of the Company ' s Receiving Offices , or Thos . Cook and Son ' s Agencies . GEO . H . TURNER , General Manager .

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ROYAL Masonic Institution for Girls . The 112 th ANNIVERSARY FESTIVAL WILL BE HELD' WEDNESDAY , THE I 6 TH MAY 1900 , THE RIGHT HON . THE EARL OF DARTMOUTH , R : W . PROY . GRAND MASTER STAFFORDSHIRE , IN THE CHAIR . Brethren willing to act as Stewards are earnestly solicited to send in their names to the Secretary , as early as convenient . Stewards are much needed , and their services will be gratefully received . F . R . W . HEDGES , Secretary . Office—5 Freemasons' Hall , London , W . 0 .

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^¦ SftFTOWWW ^ g ^ . wag SATUBDAY , 7 TH APEIL 1900 .

Grand Lodge Of Ireland.

GRAND LODGE OF IRELAND .

AT a special Communication of this Grand Lodge , held in Freemasons' Hall , Dublin , on Tuesday evening , 3 rd instant , an address to Her Majesty the Queen , on her visit to that country , was unanimously voted , the members displaying great loyalty and patriotism .

One of the most enjoyable dances held at Southsea this season was that given on Wednesday , 21 st ult , by the members of the Royal Sussex Lodge , No . 342 , at the

Esplanade Assembly Rooms . There were just upon 300 guests present , and the Hall presented an animated appearance . The arrangements were efficiently carried out by a strong Committee . _