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Ad00703
Bro . JOHN THOflAS SHAPCOTT , Proprietor of the NEW RED LION , 181 HARROW ROAD , W ., Has excellent accommodation for Lodges of Instruction .
Ad00704
THE WHELM SANITARY LAUNDRY , PRICKLER'S HILL , HIGH ROAD , NEW BARNET . Special Terms for Hotels , Clubs , & c . Drying grounds , upwards of an acre in extent , quite open on all sides . Carpets beaten , cleaned & re-laid . Further particulars of MRS . STAPLES , Proprietress .
Ad00705
X W . & J . BAILS , X BOOKBINDERS , IN ALL BRANCHES . Metropolitan Bookbinding Works , 362 GRAY'S INN ROAD , KING'S CROSS . BOOKS BOUND TO MY PATTERN . v J \ Old Bindings & Libraries Repaired & Decorated . ^ V
Ad00706
'¦ BaHBgg ^* HENNIG BROS ., W ^ m ^ Sm ^^ W BILLIARD MAKERS , W — W "*» W «« JF Manufacturers of the B « tabii . hed . 8 da . PATENT LOW FROST-PROOF CUSHIONS . a HIQH STREET , LONDON , W . C .
Ad00707
PHOTOGRAPHY. HOCKETT & WHITE , Photographic Printers , POTTEES EOAD , NEW BAENET . NEGATIVES sent to us by Parcels Post , securely packed , receive prompt attention , and Prints in SILVEB , PBATINOTYPE , P . O . P ., giving best obtainable results , forwarded without delay . We are also pleased to answer inquiries , and give information and advice , for which our large experience fully qualifies us . Price Lists on application .
Ar00708
I ... I arrays ? iipsiuuuilju UP ^^ IIM n . i am . w . uii Bi i tj n 1 . 1 Ptjw B * i ft « »"'»* vr-ii- rrtt *» "n | T y » M ^ aj , WSi * Vr ' . » a .. " MTV y ' p . 'V h \ m ^^^^^ BSBsariGraH ^ SATUKDAY , 15 TH AUGUST 1896 .
R.M.I. Boys.
R . M . I . BOYS .
THE monthly Council was held at Freemasons' Hall , W . C , on Friday , 7 th inst ., -when there were present , Bros . W .
F . Smithson P . G . D . in the chair , J . S . Cumberland , John Strachan , W . H . Kempster , M . D ., George Corbie , S . J . Attenborough , H . Thomson Lyon , H . A . Tobias , E . D . Cummings , and J . M . McLeod Secretary .
It was resolved on recommendation of the Finance Committee to make a further investment of £ 4 , 000 in South Australian Three per cents . Bro . W . H . Spaull was nominated by the Province of Shropshire for election on the Board of Management .
On the minutes of the last Quarterly Court being read , the Secretary reported and read a letter received that day from Bro . M . C . Peck Prov . G . Sec . North and East Yorkshire , stating : — " "With reference to the statement in our circular to which you take exception , my Committee considers it is amply justified by the reports in the ' Freemason , ' enumerated in the circular , and
as these reports have not been corrected they must be considered as accurate . As you have announced chat the Board will issue a statement next month our Provincial Grand Lodge yesterday decided to await such statement , which will be considered afc the regular meeting of the Charities Association in November , or at a special meeting to be called for the purpose . "
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must bear the name and address of the writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .
THE LATE BRO . WOOLBICH'S ANNUITY .
To the Editor of the FBEEMASON s CHRONICLE . DEAB SIB AND BEOTHEB , —Your papers oi 20 th June , 4 th and 25 th July were placed before the Committee of Management at its meeting to-day , and I , in the absence of the Secretary , was directed to communicate the following facts for the information of your readers : —Prior to the case being heard in the Westminster County Court there was an interlocutory application by Mr .
Seaman , and the Registrar then informed him that he could not succeed at the trial . The Treasurer of the Institution also , before the hearing , wrote him fully on the subject , but to no purpose , and the Judge , after expressing his doubt if the case would lie at all , asked the amount paid in pensions , and on hearing from Bro . Terry that it was £ 16 , 500 per annum , said , "this man is poor and out of pocket £ 3 for court fees , and I think under the circumstances
this rich charity can bear its own costs , " not , as you surmise in your article , because he had any decided opinion as to the right of Mr . Seaman to recover . The Committee have received a number of letters from Mr . Seaman , of a most scurrilous character , and it has taken time to induce the Executor of Bro . Woolrich to produce the probate ; this he has done to-day , and a cheque has
been at once drawn for the £ 10 due ; neither Mrs . nor Mr . Seaman had any right to the money , and had it been paid to them doubtless the Executor would have subsequently put in his claim . The Committee have been anxious to safeguard the money entrusted to them , and have excited the ire of Mr . Seaman in so doing , as he wished to have the handling of money to which he was in no way entitled .
Yours fraternally , JOHN MASON , Yice-Patron . Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . 12 th August 1896 .
A SCOTTISH HOSPITAL . A SCOTCH paper publishes the following item : —A new hospital at Stornoway , in the Island of Lewis , has been erected by public subscription . It is one of the finest in the North of Scotland , and is situated near the farm of Goathill , on the outskirts of the town . The hospital has been furnished and equipped by J . Ross Robertson , a Toronto publisher , in memory of his mother , Margaret Sinclair , who was born at Boathill in 1800 , and who lived there with her father , Hector Sinclair , up to 1822 . A condition of the gift is
that two beds , one for a boy and another for a girl , shall be free to the children of Freemasons of Lodge No . 108 , Grand Lodge of Scotland , to which Mr . Robertson ' s grandfather belonged from 1798 to 1822 . The " Highland News " says : — " Sheriff Brand , of Stornoway , in opening a bazaar recently held in aid of the endowment fund , said that besides local effort the promoters of the hospital had been fortunate in finding willing subscribers from a wide area , and that , amongst others , Mr . J . Ross Robertson , of
Toronto , had come forward handsomely , having a special attachment , through his mother , to the farm of Goathill , which is in close proximity to the hospital , has signalised the occasion by himself ordering and paying for the whole furnishings required for the existing wards of the building . " Thus does a man who has achieved success in one of our greatest colonies evince and perpetuate the affection he has never ceased to cherish for the land where his mother was born . — "Toronto Globe . " ^
A Square.
A SQUARE .
rPlHIS is one of the most important and significant symbols in Pree--1- masonry , and as such it is proper that its true form should be preserved . Our French Brethren have almost universally given it with one leg longer than the other ( as was frequently the case in this country in the last century ) , thus making it a carpenter's square . It is also often unnecessarily marked with inches , as an instrument for measuring , which it is not . It is simply
the trying square of a stonemason , and has a plain surface , the sides or legs embracing an angle of ninety degrees , and is intended only to test the accuracy of the sides of a stone and to see that its edges subtend the same angle . In Freemasonry it is a symbol of morality . This is its general signification , and is applied in several ways . ( 1 ) It presents itself to the
Neophyte as one of the three great lights ; ( 2 ) to the F . C . as one of his working tools ; ( 3 ) to the M . M . as the official jewel of the Master of the Lodge . Everywhere it inculcates the same lesson of morality , of truthfulness and honesty . So universally accepted is the symbolism that it has gone outside of our Order , and is found in colloquial language communicating the
same idea . As a Masonic symbol it is of very ancient date , and was familiar to the operative Blasons . In the year 1830 the architect ( Brother Payne ) in re-building a very ancient bridge , called Baal ' s Bridge , near Limerick , in Ireland , found under the foundation an old brass square much corroded , containing on its two surfaces the inscription , " I will striue to Hue with loue
and care vpon the leuel by the sqvare , " with the date 1517 . This discovery , therefore , proves , if proof were necessary , that the teaching of our old operative Brethren was identical with the speculative application of the working tools of the modern Craft . —A PAST MASTER , in a recent issue of " The Minstrel . "
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Ad00703
Bro . JOHN THOflAS SHAPCOTT , Proprietor of the NEW RED LION , 181 HARROW ROAD , W ., Has excellent accommodation for Lodges of Instruction .
Ad00704
THE WHELM SANITARY LAUNDRY , PRICKLER'S HILL , HIGH ROAD , NEW BARNET . Special Terms for Hotels , Clubs , & c . Drying grounds , upwards of an acre in extent , quite open on all sides . Carpets beaten , cleaned & re-laid . Further particulars of MRS . STAPLES , Proprietress .
Ad00705
X W . & J . BAILS , X BOOKBINDERS , IN ALL BRANCHES . Metropolitan Bookbinding Works , 362 GRAY'S INN ROAD , KING'S CROSS . BOOKS BOUND TO MY PATTERN . v J \ Old Bindings & Libraries Repaired & Decorated . ^ V
Ad00706
'¦ BaHBgg ^* HENNIG BROS ., W ^ m ^ Sm ^^ W BILLIARD MAKERS , W — W "*» W «« JF Manufacturers of the B « tabii . hed . 8 da . PATENT LOW FROST-PROOF CUSHIONS . a HIQH STREET , LONDON , W . C .
Ad00707
PHOTOGRAPHY. HOCKETT & WHITE , Photographic Printers , POTTEES EOAD , NEW BAENET . NEGATIVES sent to us by Parcels Post , securely packed , receive prompt attention , and Prints in SILVEB , PBATINOTYPE , P . O . P ., giving best obtainable results , forwarded without delay . We are also pleased to answer inquiries , and give information and advice , for which our large experience fully qualifies us . Price Lists on application .
Ar00708
I ... I arrays ? iipsiuuuilju UP ^^ IIM n . i am . w . uii Bi i tj n 1 . 1 Ptjw B * i ft « »"'»* vr-ii- rrtt *» "n | T y » M ^ aj , WSi * Vr ' . » a .. " MTV y ' p . 'V h \ m ^^^^^ BSBsariGraH ^ SATUKDAY , 15 TH AUGUST 1896 .
R.M.I. Boys.
R . M . I . BOYS .
THE monthly Council was held at Freemasons' Hall , W . C , on Friday , 7 th inst ., -when there were present , Bros . W .
F . Smithson P . G . D . in the chair , J . S . Cumberland , John Strachan , W . H . Kempster , M . D ., George Corbie , S . J . Attenborough , H . Thomson Lyon , H . A . Tobias , E . D . Cummings , and J . M . McLeod Secretary .
It was resolved on recommendation of the Finance Committee to make a further investment of £ 4 , 000 in South Australian Three per cents . Bro . W . H . Spaull was nominated by the Province of Shropshire for election on the Board of Management .
On the minutes of the last Quarterly Court being read , the Secretary reported and read a letter received that day from Bro . M . C . Peck Prov . G . Sec . North and East Yorkshire , stating : — " "With reference to the statement in our circular to which you take exception , my Committee considers it is amply justified by the reports in the ' Freemason , ' enumerated in the circular , and
as these reports have not been corrected they must be considered as accurate . As you have announced chat the Board will issue a statement next month our Provincial Grand Lodge yesterday decided to await such statement , which will be considered afc the regular meeting of the Charities Association in November , or at a special meeting to be called for the purpose . "
Correspondence.
CORRESPONDENCE .
We do not hold ourselves responsible for the opinions of our Correspondents . All Letters must bear the name and address of the writer , not necessarily for publication , but as a guarantee of good faith . We cannot undertake to return rejected communications .
THE LATE BRO . WOOLBICH'S ANNUITY .
To the Editor of the FBEEMASON s CHRONICLE . DEAB SIB AND BEOTHEB , —Your papers oi 20 th June , 4 th and 25 th July were placed before the Committee of Management at its meeting to-day , and I , in the absence of the Secretary , was directed to communicate the following facts for the information of your readers : —Prior to the case being heard in the Westminster County Court there was an interlocutory application by Mr .
Seaman , and the Registrar then informed him that he could not succeed at the trial . The Treasurer of the Institution also , before the hearing , wrote him fully on the subject , but to no purpose , and the Judge , after expressing his doubt if the case would lie at all , asked the amount paid in pensions , and on hearing from Bro . Terry that it was £ 16 , 500 per annum , said , "this man is poor and out of pocket £ 3 for court fees , and I think under the circumstances
this rich charity can bear its own costs , " not , as you surmise in your article , because he had any decided opinion as to the right of Mr . Seaman to recover . The Committee have received a number of letters from Mr . Seaman , of a most scurrilous character , and it has taken time to induce the Executor of Bro . Woolrich to produce the probate ; this he has done to-day , and a cheque has
been at once drawn for the £ 10 due ; neither Mrs . nor Mr . Seaman had any right to the money , and had it been paid to them doubtless the Executor would have subsequently put in his claim . The Committee have been anxious to safeguard the money entrusted to them , and have excited the ire of Mr . Seaman in so doing , as he wished to have the handling of money to which he was in no way entitled .
Yours fraternally , JOHN MASON , Yice-Patron . Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . 12 th August 1896 .
A SCOTTISH HOSPITAL . A SCOTCH paper publishes the following item : —A new hospital at Stornoway , in the Island of Lewis , has been erected by public subscription . It is one of the finest in the North of Scotland , and is situated near the farm of Goathill , on the outskirts of the town . The hospital has been furnished and equipped by J . Ross Robertson , a Toronto publisher , in memory of his mother , Margaret Sinclair , who was born at Boathill in 1800 , and who lived there with her father , Hector Sinclair , up to 1822 . A condition of the gift is
that two beds , one for a boy and another for a girl , shall be free to the children of Freemasons of Lodge No . 108 , Grand Lodge of Scotland , to which Mr . Robertson ' s grandfather belonged from 1798 to 1822 . The " Highland News " says : — " Sheriff Brand , of Stornoway , in opening a bazaar recently held in aid of the endowment fund , said that besides local effort the promoters of the hospital had been fortunate in finding willing subscribers from a wide area , and that , amongst others , Mr . J . Ross Robertson , of
Toronto , had come forward handsomely , having a special attachment , through his mother , to the farm of Goathill , which is in close proximity to the hospital , has signalised the occasion by himself ordering and paying for the whole furnishings required for the existing wards of the building . " Thus does a man who has achieved success in one of our greatest colonies evince and perpetuate the affection he has never ceased to cherish for the land where his mother was born . — "Toronto Globe . " ^
A Square.
A SQUARE .
rPlHIS is one of the most important and significant symbols in Pree--1- masonry , and as such it is proper that its true form should be preserved . Our French Brethren have almost universally given it with one leg longer than the other ( as was frequently the case in this country in the last century ) , thus making it a carpenter's square . It is also often unnecessarily marked with inches , as an instrument for measuring , which it is not . It is simply
the trying square of a stonemason , and has a plain surface , the sides or legs embracing an angle of ninety degrees , and is intended only to test the accuracy of the sides of a stone and to see that its edges subtend the same angle . In Freemasonry it is a symbol of morality . This is its general signification , and is applied in several ways . ( 1 ) It presents itself to the
Neophyte as one of the three great lights ; ( 2 ) to the F . C . as one of his working tools ; ( 3 ) to the M . M . as the official jewel of the Master of the Lodge . Everywhere it inculcates the same lesson of morality , of truthfulness and honesty . So universally accepted is the symbolism that it has gone outside of our Order , and is found in colloquial language communicating the
same idea . As a Masonic symbol it is of very ancient date , and was familiar to the operative Blasons . In the year 1830 the architect ( Brother Payne ) in re-building a very ancient bridge , called Baal ' s Bridge , near Limerick , in Ireland , found under the foundation an old brass square much corroded , containing on its two surfaces the inscription , " I will striue to Hue with loue
and care vpon the leuel by the sqvare , " with the date 1517 . This discovery , therefore , proves , if proof were necessary , that the teaching of our old operative Brethren was identical with the speculative application of the working tools of the modern Craft . —A PAST MASTER , in a recent issue of " The Minstrel . "