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''A Sprig Of Acacia.''
''A SPRIG OF ACACIA . ''
rr \ HE death occurred suddenly at Pontefract , on the 23 rd JL ult , of Bro . Richard Hind Hedger Holmes . Deceased , who was a native of Leigh , Essex , went through a course of training at St . Mark's College , Chelsea , and whilst comparatively a young man was appointed head-master of St . he
Martin ' s School , v \^ orcester . i his post relinquished in order to embark upon a commercial career , and in 1864 went to Pontefract to taKe over tire stationery and printing business in the Market Place . For many years he was the publisher of the "Pontefract Advertiser "—first a monthly , then a
fourpage weekly , and later an eight-page weekly newspaper . For some time he devoted himself to antiquarian and literary research , and was a frequent contributor to the " Leeds Mercury Supplement , " " Yorkshire Weekly Post , " and "Yorkshire Archaeological journal . " As a historian of
Pontefract he stood pre-eminent , having published a host of works on the town , its lords , its churches , its castle , and other features of interest . Deceased took upon himself the work of preparing as complete a history as possible of the municipality of i ' ontefract . To this end the whole of the charters
and records of the Pontefract Corporation were entrusted to his keeping , and after years of close study he published the " Booke of Entries , " in which were given a complete list of the Mayors of the Borough , from its incorporation in 1484 , and partial lists of aldermen and councillors , with biographical
notes of those of whom local or national records showed any trace . In this connection he was a frequent visitor to the British Museum , & c . His next work was a translation of a voluminous diary of Nathan Drake , a gentleman volunteer in the Castle during the sieges . Deceased then proceeded
with a translation of the charters of the Monastery of St . John of Pontefract , preserved in thejibrary of Woolley Park , where countless visits were made by him in winter and summer for the purpose of copying and revising . The original text and its translation in parallel columns , with
full notes , occupying two copious volumes , never reached the printer , however , for on the completion of the work the Yorkshire Archaeological Association , on the Council of which Bro . Holmes was a member , decided to take the work up and publish it uniformly with their records . Bro . Plolmes
cheerfully accepted the work of revision , which practically meant re-writing the whole , and the first volume appeared as number twenty-five of the series in January last . Bro . Holmes was actively engaged on the preparation of the second volume ,
when , in April last , his health failed him , and though he was able to continue the work intermittently , he made but little progress . Deceased was a Past Master of the St . Oswald Lodge , in whose charities he took a zealous and liberal interest
T ITERE has just died a Brother who has fully carried out his obligations to the Order . Bro . Alexander Stewart Brown , F . R . C . S ., while suffering severely from a serious accident , nevertheless used his utmost endeavour to save the life of a fellow creature . A fortnight before his death the doctor received a spinal injury and a bad scalp wound , which
necessitated a change of scene and a short rest . He , therefore , proposed , and partly carried out , a sojourn in the south of Europe , but when off Boulogne , seeing a man fall from the quay , he jumped into the water to rescue him , and soon
brought the man safe to shore . He then had recourse to restorative measures for his patient , but the application of these employed him some two hours , and as he was in his wet clothes ail the time he had to abandon the further
pursuit of his trip , and returned home , to diei His death will be very m ' uch regretted . He was an old Freemason who endeavoured to exemplify in his daily course of life the principles which had been inculcated in him at his initiation , and in the lists of subscribers to the Masonic Institutions his
name and that of Mrs . Brown appear as the holders of a large number of votes , a qualification which is only acquired by the donation of large sums of money . He was an enthusiastic Freemason of many' years standing , and his efforts on behalf of the Craft were recognised by the Prince
of Wales , first of all , by making him , in June 1895 , a Grand Deacon of Mark Masons ; and again in 1897 , when the Queen ' s Jubilee was celebrated , conferring on him past rank in United Grand Lodge as Junior Grand Deacon , and in Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons as Assist . Grand Sojourner ,
''A Sprig Of Acacia.''
Q UITE a painful sensation was caused on Wednesday , 24 th ult ., by the sudden death of Bro . Chas . Lingard , ot Cockerham Hall , Barnsley . The deceased was a native of Barnsley , and was in his fifty-fourth year . He . was the only surviving and second son ot the late Mr . Thomas Lingard
who was practically the founder of the " Barnsley Chronicle , Since 1878 the late Bro . Charles Lingard was the sole proprietor , and in this connection he became widely known , and by his energy and labours he built up a successful business , which he retained until 1888 , when he sold the property ,
which had reached a high place amongst weekly papers in the county . The deceased , in comparatively early life , took an active interest in the public affairs of the town , entering the Town Council in 1878 , and representing the South Ward for six years . Fie was also one of the Overseers of the Poor
for the borough for many years , and at the time of his death held office for the twenty-fourth year as a Guardian of the Poor . Since the retirement from his own business , Bro . Lingard took a prominent interest in local public companies , and was a director of the Gas Company and Clarkson ' s Old
Brewery Company , Limited . He was a prominent Mason , of about twenty years standing He had held all the Offices of the local Lodge . He also held Office in the Mark Lodge and Royal Arch Chapter , was a member of the Rose Croix , Leeds ,
and two years ago he was admitted to the 30 th degree . He held Office in the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire , and was to have taken a prominent part in the demonstration connected with the Provincial Lodge held at Barnsley .
]' J \ ORMERLY a sergeant in the Army Service Corps , and J for several years a tradesman in a considerable way of business in Aldershot , the late Bro . Edmund Johnson had a whole host of friends . To them the news of his painfully sudden death on Wednesday , 17 th ult ., came as a great shock ,
and to show the appreciation of their loss very many of them were present at the interment on Saturday afternoon , 20 th . The military authorities accorded such honours as : were allowed to an old soldier , and in many respects' the sad ceremony partook more of a public than of a private character .
To carry the coffin to the Town Cemetery a gun carriage was provided . It had six horses , ridden by sergeants of the Army Service Corps , while other warrant officers acted as pall bearers . Reg .-Serg .-Major H . Sadler was in charge . Ahead marched representatives of the Aldershot Camp Lodge of
Freemasons , of the several Aldershot Lodges of Buffaloes , and Court Cannon Foresters . The employees of deceased made a long line on either side of the cortege , which concluded with the carriages containing the private mourners . At the cemetery gates many other friends of the deceased and
representatives of the various societies to which he belonged were waiting to accompany his remains to the last resting place . There the Rev . S . Langdon , of the Wesleyan Church , stood by the coffin-head , the centre of a large and reverent
gathering , to pronounce the words of the brief burial service . ' When the sad ceremony was over and the coffin had received the last looks and the Masons' tribute of acacia , many remained awhile to look at the beautiful wreaths .
G REAT regret was occasioned in Gainsborough , by the announcement of the death of Bro . Frederick James Sowby , branch manager of the Lincoln and Lindsey Bank . Bro . Sowby held a prominent position in the Craft , being
Provincial Grand Treasurer . He was also Provincial Grand Senior Warden-elect of the Mark Masons , and was to have been installed at a Lodge meeting in Gainsborough a few weeks hence .
r " BH HE death occurred at Southport , on Sunday , at the age JL of sixty years , of Bro . John Hardcastle , a prominent member of the Craft in Lancashire , he having filled the Office of Provincial Grand Treasurer there . TT 7 " E have received brief information of the death of
V V Bro . Thomas Trounce , of Victoria , British Columbia , one of the oldest colonial Masons , in the 8 8 th year of his age . The deceased Brother was the uncle of Bro . Thomas P . Trounce P . M . 453 P . P . G . Treas . Essex , and had attained the highest honours the Province of British Columbia could
bestow , he having been Deputy Grand Master there for the years 1883 and 188 4 , and Grand Master in 1885 . He was founder and Trustee of the Masonic Temple , in Victoria , and was held in the highest regard by all . His funeral was largely attended , and was under the auspices of the Masonic Fraternity of the Province .
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''A Sprig Of Acacia.''
''A SPRIG OF ACACIA . ''
rr \ HE death occurred suddenly at Pontefract , on the 23 rd JL ult , of Bro . Richard Hind Hedger Holmes . Deceased , who was a native of Leigh , Essex , went through a course of training at St . Mark's College , Chelsea , and whilst comparatively a young man was appointed head-master of St . he
Martin ' s School , v \^ orcester . i his post relinquished in order to embark upon a commercial career , and in 1864 went to Pontefract to taKe over tire stationery and printing business in the Market Place . For many years he was the publisher of the "Pontefract Advertiser "—first a monthly , then a
fourpage weekly , and later an eight-page weekly newspaper . For some time he devoted himself to antiquarian and literary research , and was a frequent contributor to the " Leeds Mercury Supplement , " " Yorkshire Weekly Post , " and "Yorkshire Archaeological journal . " As a historian of
Pontefract he stood pre-eminent , having published a host of works on the town , its lords , its churches , its castle , and other features of interest . Deceased took upon himself the work of preparing as complete a history as possible of the municipality of i ' ontefract . To this end the whole of the charters
and records of the Pontefract Corporation were entrusted to his keeping , and after years of close study he published the " Booke of Entries , " in which were given a complete list of the Mayors of the Borough , from its incorporation in 1484 , and partial lists of aldermen and councillors , with biographical
notes of those of whom local or national records showed any trace . In this connection he was a frequent visitor to the British Museum , & c . His next work was a translation of a voluminous diary of Nathan Drake , a gentleman volunteer in the Castle during the sieges . Deceased then proceeded
with a translation of the charters of the Monastery of St . John of Pontefract , preserved in thejibrary of Woolley Park , where countless visits were made by him in winter and summer for the purpose of copying and revising . The original text and its translation in parallel columns , with
full notes , occupying two copious volumes , never reached the printer , however , for on the completion of the work the Yorkshire Archaeological Association , on the Council of which Bro . Holmes was a member , decided to take the work up and publish it uniformly with their records . Bro . Plolmes
cheerfully accepted the work of revision , which practically meant re-writing the whole , and the first volume appeared as number twenty-five of the series in January last . Bro . Holmes was actively engaged on the preparation of the second volume ,
when , in April last , his health failed him , and though he was able to continue the work intermittently , he made but little progress . Deceased was a Past Master of the St . Oswald Lodge , in whose charities he took a zealous and liberal interest
T ITERE has just died a Brother who has fully carried out his obligations to the Order . Bro . Alexander Stewart Brown , F . R . C . S ., while suffering severely from a serious accident , nevertheless used his utmost endeavour to save the life of a fellow creature . A fortnight before his death the doctor received a spinal injury and a bad scalp wound , which
necessitated a change of scene and a short rest . He , therefore , proposed , and partly carried out , a sojourn in the south of Europe , but when off Boulogne , seeing a man fall from the quay , he jumped into the water to rescue him , and soon
brought the man safe to shore . He then had recourse to restorative measures for his patient , but the application of these employed him some two hours , and as he was in his wet clothes ail the time he had to abandon the further
pursuit of his trip , and returned home , to diei His death will be very m ' uch regretted . He was an old Freemason who endeavoured to exemplify in his daily course of life the principles which had been inculcated in him at his initiation , and in the lists of subscribers to the Masonic Institutions his
name and that of Mrs . Brown appear as the holders of a large number of votes , a qualification which is only acquired by the donation of large sums of money . He was an enthusiastic Freemason of many' years standing , and his efforts on behalf of the Craft were recognised by the Prince
of Wales , first of all , by making him , in June 1895 , a Grand Deacon of Mark Masons ; and again in 1897 , when the Queen ' s Jubilee was celebrated , conferring on him past rank in United Grand Lodge as Junior Grand Deacon , and in Supreme Grand Chapter of Royal Arch Masons as Assist . Grand Sojourner ,
''A Sprig Of Acacia.''
Q UITE a painful sensation was caused on Wednesday , 24 th ult ., by the sudden death of Bro . Chas . Lingard , ot Cockerham Hall , Barnsley . The deceased was a native of Barnsley , and was in his fifty-fourth year . He . was the only surviving and second son ot the late Mr . Thomas Lingard
who was practically the founder of the " Barnsley Chronicle , Since 1878 the late Bro . Charles Lingard was the sole proprietor , and in this connection he became widely known , and by his energy and labours he built up a successful business , which he retained until 1888 , when he sold the property ,
which had reached a high place amongst weekly papers in the county . The deceased , in comparatively early life , took an active interest in the public affairs of the town , entering the Town Council in 1878 , and representing the South Ward for six years . Fie was also one of the Overseers of the Poor
for the borough for many years , and at the time of his death held office for the twenty-fourth year as a Guardian of the Poor . Since the retirement from his own business , Bro . Lingard took a prominent interest in local public companies , and was a director of the Gas Company and Clarkson ' s Old
Brewery Company , Limited . He was a prominent Mason , of about twenty years standing He had held all the Offices of the local Lodge . He also held Office in the Mark Lodge and Royal Arch Chapter , was a member of the Rose Croix , Leeds ,
and two years ago he was admitted to the 30 th degree . He held Office in the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire , and was to have taken a prominent part in the demonstration connected with the Provincial Lodge held at Barnsley .
]' J \ ORMERLY a sergeant in the Army Service Corps , and J for several years a tradesman in a considerable way of business in Aldershot , the late Bro . Edmund Johnson had a whole host of friends . To them the news of his painfully sudden death on Wednesday , 17 th ult ., came as a great shock ,
and to show the appreciation of their loss very many of them were present at the interment on Saturday afternoon , 20 th . The military authorities accorded such honours as : were allowed to an old soldier , and in many respects' the sad ceremony partook more of a public than of a private character .
To carry the coffin to the Town Cemetery a gun carriage was provided . It had six horses , ridden by sergeants of the Army Service Corps , while other warrant officers acted as pall bearers . Reg .-Serg .-Major H . Sadler was in charge . Ahead marched representatives of the Aldershot Camp Lodge of
Freemasons , of the several Aldershot Lodges of Buffaloes , and Court Cannon Foresters . The employees of deceased made a long line on either side of the cortege , which concluded with the carriages containing the private mourners . At the cemetery gates many other friends of the deceased and
representatives of the various societies to which he belonged were waiting to accompany his remains to the last resting place . There the Rev . S . Langdon , of the Wesleyan Church , stood by the coffin-head , the centre of a large and reverent
gathering , to pronounce the words of the brief burial service . ' When the sad ceremony was over and the coffin had received the last looks and the Masons' tribute of acacia , many remained awhile to look at the beautiful wreaths .
G REAT regret was occasioned in Gainsborough , by the announcement of the death of Bro . Frederick James Sowby , branch manager of the Lincoln and Lindsey Bank . Bro . Sowby held a prominent position in the Craft , being
Provincial Grand Treasurer . He was also Provincial Grand Senior Warden-elect of the Mark Masons , and was to have been installed at a Lodge meeting in Gainsborough a few weeks hence .
r " BH HE death occurred at Southport , on Sunday , at the age JL of sixty years , of Bro . John Hardcastle , a prominent member of the Craft in Lancashire , he having filled the Office of Provincial Grand Treasurer there . TT 7 " E have received brief information of the death of
V V Bro . Thomas Trounce , of Victoria , British Columbia , one of the oldest colonial Masons , in the 8 8 th year of his age . The deceased Brother was the uncle of Bro . Thomas P . Trounce P . M . 453 P . P . G . Treas . Essex , and had attained the highest honours the Province of British Columbia could
bestow , he having been Deputy Grand Master there for the years 1883 and 188 4 , and Grand Master in 1885 . He was founder and Trustee of the Masonic Temple , in Victoria , and was held in the highest regard by all . His funeral was largely attended , and was under the auspices of the Masonic Fraternity of the Province .