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o'clock , and after tho transaction of the ordinary business , the following woro appointed Officers for tlie ensuing year : — Bro . J . Bancroft W . M . 25 ( 5 ... ... Senior Warden Henry Frazer jun . W . M . 28 ... Junior Warden Rev . C . F . Harrison P . M . 297 ... Master Overseer

J . R . Ingram P . M . 28 ... ... Senior Oveiseot W . S . Phillips 116 ... ... Junior Overseer Rev . R . W . B . Sanderson 28 ... Chaplain John Munday P . M . 28 ... ... Treasurer N . D . Marks Grand Std . Br . Eug . Secretary

H . E . Smith 256 ... ... Registrar T . J . Perkins 28 ... ... Senior Deaoon T . H . Watts 28 ... ... Junior Doaoon George Freeman 256 ... ... Superintendent of Works A . H . Roberts 28 ... ... Director of Ceremonies

F . J . Colver 28 ... ... Assistant Dir . of Core . Levi Harris 297 ... ... Sword Bearer G . Videon Harding 116 ... Organist Thomas J . Wake 28 ... ... Inner Guard

Arthur L . Lewis 116 ... ... *) F . C . Milner 28 ... ... V Stewards Isidor Leon 28 ... ... Amos Jenkins 28 ... ... Tyler

Tho Provincial Graud Master at the conclusion of-the proceedings presented Bro . N . D . Marks with a very handsome Graud Officer ' s collar and jewel , on liis appointment to tho Office of Grand Standard Bearer of England , and expressed the pleasure ifc gave him that the long and

faithful services of Bro . Marks had gained for him the high honour which the presentation of that collar and jewel waa intended to commemorate . The annual banquet was afterwards held at the Royal Gate Honse Hotel , under

the presidency of the Provincial Grand Master . The catering of the manageress ( Miss Baker ) gave unbounded satisfaction , and a very pleasant evening was spent by the large number of brethren who were privileged to be present .

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PROVINCIAL GRAND LODGE OF NORTHUMBERLAND AND DURHAM .

ON the 4 th insfc ., the annual meeting was held in the Masonic Hall , Sunderland . The Provincial Grand Master , Rev . Canon Tristram , opened the Provincial Grand Lodge in due form . Formal business was transacted , after whicb the report of

the Committee of General Purposes was read by the Secretary ( Bro . 0 . B . Ford ) and was adopted on fche motion of Bro . R . B . Reed Deputy Provincial Grand Master , seconded by Bro . C . S . Lane Past Provincial Graud Senior Warden , and supported by Bro . John Strachan Past

Provincial Grand Senior Warden . Tho Deputy Provincial Grand Master moved the nomination of the Rev . Canon Tristram for re-election as Prov . Grand Master , and spoke of tho great honour conferred on tho Province by having at its head the Rev . Canon Tristram , who had hold the

high office for nearly twenty years . Bro . J . Strachan P . P . G . S . W . seconded the motion , which was carried by acclamation . The Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Rev . Canon Tristram , D . D ., returned thanks for tho continued honour done him , aud spoke of the progress shown in the

numbers of members reported , and of tho satisfactory state of the Lodges of the Province . He also stated thafc the Provincial Grand Lodge would bo held next year afc West Hartlepool , under the banner of tho Electric Lodge . Pie once more appointed Bro . R . B . Reed as his Deputy . Other

Officers wore invested for the year , after which the Lodge was closed with the usual ceremony . In the evening the annual banquet was held in the Grand Hotel , Bridge Street . The Provincial Grand Master , Bro . Rev . Canon Tristram , presided , and the usual Masonic toasts were daly hononred .

ST . OSWALD LODGE , No . 387 . fHHE annual gathering of this Lod . ^ o , was held at tho Masonic * - Hall , Crowlo , ou Thursday , the 29 th ult ., for tho installation of Bro . tho Rov . E . M . Weigall , Vicar of Frndingham , Provincial Grand Chaplain , as Worshipful Master of tho Lodge , and tbo investment of

Ollicers . Bro . T . Stauiforth was iu the chair , and performed the duties of Installing Master . Amongst those present were Brothers Alfred Parkin , C . F . Livorsidgo , W . Mason , Langbridgo , and a number of brethren from Doncaster , Gainsborough , aud adjoining towos . The OtHcora wore appointed aa follows : —Bros . Stauiforth I . P . M . aud

Almoner , Horobin S . W . and Treasurer , Fox J . W ., Dr . Behrondt M . O ., ¦ Cheenonian S . O ., Pickering J . O ., Chamborlin Registrar , R . Wood Secretary , S . M . Peace Orgauist aud S . D ., Robinson J . D ., Brunyco Dir . of Cers ., Cundall I . G ., Wressell and Swaby Stewards , Naylor Tyler . Bro . Woigall presided at tho banquet , wheu tho usual Masonic

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toasts woro honoured . Tho W . M . proposed tho Provincial Grand Officers of Lincolnshire , aud iu the absence of Brother Sutoliffe , the Provincial Grand Master , Bro . William Mason Prov . Grand Senior Warden replied .

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