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East Lancashire.
remember that at the last Provincial Grand Lodge , held in Oldham six months ago , he referred to the fact of there then being six Lodges which had not sent in their voting papers to the Provincial Grand Secretary , and unless they had them by the next day they would be useless , as the Election
Committee were going to London to attend the Old Folks election . This announcement brought two of the six papers in , the remaining four being entirely lost , amounting in all to eighty-eight votes . At the election last month , of boys and girls , six Lodges failed to forward their voting papers ,
thereby causing a loss of eighty-three votes to the Province . Brother Cheetham intimated that as all the Lodges in the Province were part and parcel of Provincial Grand Lodge , the latter had a right to demand that the Charity Representatives should look well after the votes which the Lodges
held , and forward them to the proper quarter . He further said the Committee had decided that in future any Lodge failing tp forward their votes , the names would be brought before the next Provincial Grand Lodge , which would not be a pleasant thing for the Charity Representatives concerned .
Provincial Grand Lodge was shortly afterwards closed , Lord Stanley having before that promised to consider , with other applications , one which the Rev . W . H . Healey submitted for the holding of the Annual Meeting in May next at Radcliffe .
In the evening there was a banquet at the Grand Hotel , the newly installed Provincial Grand Master presiding over a large company . In proposing the health of Her Majesty , his Lordship said that at no time in the life of most of them had . loyalty to the Queen on the part of the country , and of
all those dependencies that went to make up our empire , been called more into force than it was at the present moment . It was not for anybody to look into the Queen ' s heart , but if that were possible , and if they could imagine
what they would find there , he thought it would be found that she recognised what her love to the country had done in securing that country ' s love for her . What she had done for our empire ought only too gladly to be reciprocated by those over whom she had for so many years ruled .
Speaking of the Prince of Wales , his lordship said that among the thousands of Freemasons under his sway there was not one who could propose that anyone as good or half as good could ever take the place of their Most Worshipful Grand Master .
Colonel Robinson proposed the Officers of Grand Lodge , which was acknowledged by the Earl of Radnor and Bro . Letchworth . The Grand Secretary said that Colonel
Starkie expressed to him the hope that in the event of his death it might please the Grand Master to select as his successor their distinguished Brother the noble Lord whom they had seen that day installed .
The health of the Prov . Grand Master , proposed by the Earl of Lathom , was received with the utmost enthusiasm . Responding to the toast Lord Stanley said that as compared with the late Colonel Starkie he could say of himself in his new office , " The spirit indeed is willing , but the flesh is
weak . ' ( No . " ) For twenty-nine years Colonel Starkie ruled over the destinies of the Province , and he could only hope that if he were spared to be his successor for so long a period he might do something to maintain and extend its prosperity . He knew that he started on the same ground as
Colonel Starkie , in that he had the goodwill of the Brethren . Colonel Starkie was ably seconded . He knew that he would be ably seconded , and when , in years to come , he appeared before them annually to ask for their approbation he hoped they would be assured that at least he had to the best of his ability deserved it .
Other toasts were honoured , the subjects of them including the Installing Master , and the Deputy P . G . M . The musical arrangements were under the direction of Bros . W . Goldthorpe P . Prov . G . Registrar , J . - H . Greenwood Prov . G . Organist , and W . O . Rowlands W . M . 2387 .
We may mention that the menus and banquet cards were the work of Bro . William Harris and Sons , Cannon Street , Manchester .
Our Scottish Brethren are very anxious to hold their meetings away from licensed premises , and some figures submitted to the Grand Lodge last week are most interesting in this particular , showing as they do that throughout Scotland
there are only twenty-one Lodges which meet on licensed premises , while it is reported that all of those are about to build or purchase , or are endeavouring to secure , unlicensed premises .
Sussex.
SUSSEX .
r INHERE was considerable enthusiasm manifest among the JL Brethren of Sussex on Thursday of last week , when the Provincial Grand Master H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught presided at- the annual meeting of the Province , held at Hastings . The presence of so distinguished a visitor was
taken advantage of by the Mayor , Corporation , and residents of the Premier Cinque Port to express their loyalty , and accordingly the Prince not only received a hearty Masonic welcome , but was warmly greeted by a large concourse of the outside public .
The Mayor of Hastings ( Alderman Tuppenney ) has recently joined the Craft , so that it may be imagined he took considerable interest in both the Masonic and the civic
functions , and the efforts of himself and fellow workers did much to secure the success of the day's proceedings . The civic welcome took place at Hastings Railway Station , where the Mayor and Corporation , in full municipal state , took up a position on the Brighton line platform . The
chief Officers of the Freemasons of the Province of Sussex were also in attendance , and a guard of honour was . furnished by the 2 nd Cinque Ports Artillery , an escort of officers of that Corps being in attendance in the station yard to accompany the Duke ' s carriage to the Royal Concert Hall .
His Royal Highness was accompanied by Sir William Marriott , Q . C ., Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and Colonel Egerton , his Secretary . The Duke shook hands with the
Mayor , who in two or three sentences expressed the pleasure and honour he experienced in welcoming his Royal Highness to Hastings , and asked the Town Clerk to read the address from the Corporation .
The Town Clerk ; having read the document it was placed in the case and handed by the Mayor to his Royal Highness , who made the following reply : Mr . Mayor and burgesses of Hastings , J am very sensible of the kind address which you have presented to me . I shall not fail to convey
to her Majesty the Queen the expression of loyalty which we have heard in your address . I know that her Majesty and other members of the Royal Family have very pleasing recollections of their stay in this the Premier of the Cinque Ports . I am glad that after two disappointments I have on
this occasion found it possible to come to Hastings . It was no fault of mine , as you know , that I was unable to come , and I am glad that the bad weather in which we left London has cleared up and that we have a fine day . The members of the Corporation and the Masons then
entered the carriages in the station yard , where the Volunteer Artillery and their band received the Duke with a royal salute . In company with the Mayor , Sir William Marriott , and Colonel Egerton , His Royal Highness occupied the last
carriage , to which were attached four horses in charge of two postillions . The escort of officers having taken position , the procession started at 1 . 30 , the Duke having a warm greeting from the multitude of people along the whole line of route .
At two o ' clock His Royal Highness the Duke presided at the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Priory of Knight Templars , at the Royal Concert Hall , Warrior Square , St . Leonards-on- Sea .
At half-past three the chief function of the afternoonthe annual meeting of the Sussex Provincial Grand Lodgewas opened in the large room of the same hall under the presidency of the Duke of Connaught , who was supported by a large number of Provincial Grand Officers , and by a
representative gathering of the members of the various Lodges in the Province . The room was splendidly decorated , a special feature being the handsome banners of the Lodges , while flags , tapestry , and foliage , and flowering plants in profusion , gave the room an elegant and really charming
appearance . After the customary routine business had been transacted Bro . the Rev . Oswald Thompson Prov . Grand Chaplain , alluding to the Lord Mayor of London ' s Widows and
Orphans' Fund in connection with the sufferers from the war in South Africa , suggested that the Provincial Grand Lodge should assist so grand and noble a cause , and proposed that fifty guineas should be voted towards increasing the Fund .
The Provincial Grand Secretary said the meeting was unable to vote any sum without due notice of the same being
given . Bro . the Rev . E . R . Currie , Dean of Battle , hoped a way could be seen by which the sum named could be voted ; he was sure it would not be taken as a precedent in not conforming to the Provincial Grand Lodge bye-laws . Bro . Dawes said the difficulty could be overcome by recommending the Provincial Grand Treasurer to advance
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East Lancashire.
remember that at the last Provincial Grand Lodge , held in Oldham six months ago , he referred to the fact of there then being six Lodges which had not sent in their voting papers to the Provincial Grand Secretary , and unless they had them by the next day they would be useless , as the Election
Committee were going to London to attend the Old Folks election . This announcement brought two of the six papers in , the remaining four being entirely lost , amounting in all to eighty-eight votes . At the election last month , of boys and girls , six Lodges failed to forward their voting papers ,
thereby causing a loss of eighty-three votes to the Province . Brother Cheetham intimated that as all the Lodges in the Province were part and parcel of Provincial Grand Lodge , the latter had a right to demand that the Charity Representatives should look well after the votes which the Lodges
held , and forward them to the proper quarter . He further said the Committee had decided that in future any Lodge failing tp forward their votes , the names would be brought before the next Provincial Grand Lodge , which would not be a pleasant thing for the Charity Representatives concerned .
Provincial Grand Lodge was shortly afterwards closed , Lord Stanley having before that promised to consider , with other applications , one which the Rev . W . H . Healey submitted for the holding of the Annual Meeting in May next at Radcliffe .
In the evening there was a banquet at the Grand Hotel , the newly installed Provincial Grand Master presiding over a large company . In proposing the health of Her Majesty , his Lordship said that at no time in the life of most of them had . loyalty to the Queen on the part of the country , and of
all those dependencies that went to make up our empire , been called more into force than it was at the present moment . It was not for anybody to look into the Queen ' s heart , but if that were possible , and if they could imagine
what they would find there , he thought it would be found that she recognised what her love to the country had done in securing that country ' s love for her . What she had done for our empire ought only too gladly to be reciprocated by those over whom she had for so many years ruled .
Speaking of the Prince of Wales , his lordship said that among the thousands of Freemasons under his sway there was not one who could propose that anyone as good or half as good could ever take the place of their Most Worshipful Grand Master .
Colonel Robinson proposed the Officers of Grand Lodge , which was acknowledged by the Earl of Radnor and Bro . Letchworth . The Grand Secretary said that Colonel
Starkie expressed to him the hope that in the event of his death it might please the Grand Master to select as his successor their distinguished Brother the noble Lord whom they had seen that day installed .
The health of the Prov . Grand Master , proposed by the Earl of Lathom , was received with the utmost enthusiasm . Responding to the toast Lord Stanley said that as compared with the late Colonel Starkie he could say of himself in his new office , " The spirit indeed is willing , but the flesh is
weak . ' ( No . " ) For twenty-nine years Colonel Starkie ruled over the destinies of the Province , and he could only hope that if he were spared to be his successor for so long a period he might do something to maintain and extend its prosperity . He knew that he started on the same ground as
Colonel Starkie , in that he had the goodwill of the Brethren . Colonel Starkie was ably seconded . He knew that he would be ably seconded , and when , in years to come , he appeared before them annually to ask for their approbation he hoped they would be assured that at least he had to the best of his ability deserved it .
Other toasts were honoured , the subjects of them including the Installing Master , and the Deputy P . G . M . The musical arrangements were under the direction of Bros . W . Goldthorpe P . Prov . G . Registrar , J . - H . Greenwood Prov . G . Organist , and W . O . Rowlands W . M . 2387 .
We may mention that the menus and banquet cards were the work of Bro . William Harris and Sons , Cannon Street , Manchester .
Our Scottish Brethren are very anxious to hold their meetings away from licensed premises , and some figures submitted to the Grand Lodge last week are most interesting in this particular , showing as they do that throughout Scotland
there are only twenty-one Lodges which meet on licensed premises , while it is reported that all of those are about to build or purchase , or are endeavouring to secure , unlicensed premises .
Sussex.
SUSSEX .
r INHERE was considerable enthusiasm manifest among the JL Brethren of Sussex on Thursday of last week , when the Provincial Grand Master H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught presided at- the annual meeting of the Province , held at Hastings . The presence of so distinguished a visitor was
taken advantage of by the Mayor , Corporation , and residents of the Premier Cinque Port to express their loyalty , and accordingly the Prince not only received a hearty Masonic welcome , but was warmly greeted by a large concourse of the outside public .
The Mayor of Hastings ( Alderman Tuppenney ) has recently joined the Craft , so that it may be imagined he took considerable interest in both the Masonic and the civic
functions , and the efforts of himself and fellow workers did much to secure the success of the day's proceedings . The civic welcome took place at Hastings Railway Station , where the Mayor and Corporation , in full municipal state , took up a position on the Brighton line platform . The
chief Officers of the Freemasons of the Province of Sussex were also in attendance , and a guard of honour was . furnished by the 2 nd Cinque Ports Artillery , an escort of officers of that Corps being in attendance in the station yard to accompany the Duke ' s carriage to the Royal Concert Hall .
His Royal Highness was accompanied by Sir William Marriott , Q . C ., Deputy Provincial Grand Master , and Colonel Egerton , his Secretary . The Duke shook hands with the
Mayor , who in two or three sentences expressed the pleasure and honour he experienced in welcoming his Royal Highness to Hastings , and asked the Town Clerk to read the address from the Corporation .
The Town Clerk ; having read the document it was placed in the case and handed by the Mayor to his Royal Highness , who made the following reply : Mr . Mayor and burgesses of Hastings , J am very sensible of the kind address which you have presented to me . I shall not fail to convey
to her Majesty the Queen the expression of loyalty which we have heard in your address . I know that her Majesty and other members of the Royal Family have very pleasing recollections of their stay in this the Premier of the Cinque Ports . I am glad that after two disappointments I have on
this occasion found it possible to come to Hastings . It was no fault of mine , as you know , that I was unable to come , and I am glad that the bad weather in which we left London has cleared up and that we have a fine day . The members of the Corporation and the Masons then
entered the carriages in the station yard , where the Volunteer Artillery and their band received the Duke with a royal salute . In company with the Mayor , Sir William Marriott , and Colonel Egerton , His Royal Highness occupied the last
carriage , to which were attached four horses in charge of two postillions . The escort of officers having taken position , the procession started at 1 . 30 , the Duke having a warm greeting from the multitude of people along the whole line of route .
At two o ' clock His Royal Highness the Duke presided at the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Priory of Knight Templars , at the Royal Concert Hall , Warrior Square , St . Leonards-on- Sea .
At half-past three the chief function of the afternoonthe annual meeting of the Sussex Provincial Grand Lodgewas opened in the large room of the same hall under the presidency of the Duke of Connaught , who was supported by a large number of Provincial Grand Officers , and by a
representative gathering of the members of the various Lodges in the Province . The room was splendidly decorated , a special feature being the handsome banners of the Lodges , while flags , tapestry , and foliage , and flowering plants in profusion , gave the room an elegant and really charming
appearance . After the customary routine business had been transacted Bro . the Rev . Oswald Thompson Prov . Grand Chaplain , alluding to the Lord Mayor of London ' s Widows and
Orphans' Fund in connection with the sufferers from the war in South Africa , suggested that the Provincial Grand Lodge should assist so grand and noble a cause , and proposed that fifty guineas should be voted towards increasing the Fund .
The Provincial Grand Secretary said the meeting was unable to vote any sum without due notice of the same being
given . Bro . the Rev . E . R . Currie , Dean of Battle , hoped a way could be seen by which the sum named could be voted ; he was sure it would not be taken as a precedent in not conforming to the Provincial Grand Lodge bye-laws . Bro . Dawes said the difficulty could be overcome by recommending the Provincial Grand Treasurer to advance