West Lancashire.

His Lordship afterwards invested his Provincial Officers for the ensuing year . Jewels were presented to Bros . Max Isaacs , W . Leyland , and J . Williams .

The following received Past Provincial Grand distinctions in honour of the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee : —Bros . J . Houlding and George Banner as Wardens , A . G . King , J . B . Clarke , and J . F . Robertson Registrars , C . W . Bailey , W . T . Oversby , S . H . Perry , and C . A . Nevitt Deacons ,

J . D . Disley , R . H . Robinson , J . H . Tyson , and David Johnson Directors of Ceremonies , and F . Barnett and J . Heald Assistant Directors of Ceremonies . A collection taken in the hall realised £ ~ 2 & 13 s 8 d , for the Southport Home for Gentlewomen . — " Manchester Courier . "

Jubilee Gift At Scarborough.

JUBILEE GIFT AT SCARBOROUGH

AN interesting ceremony took place on Tuesday , 12 th inst ., at the Scarborough Hospital and Dispensary , when the . Freemasons of the town formally tendered the Governors of that Institution an installation of electric light , as a gift to commemorate the Diamond Jubilee of Her Majesty the Queen . At the time when the town was somewhat divided

between the schemes for Hospital endowment and for the formation of a public library as a Jubilee memorial the Masons met together and decided to give a memorial of their own , in addition to subscribing largely to the Mayoral funds . Dr . Godfrey , who was the then Worshipful Master of the

Old Globe Lodge , the oldest in the town , suggested the installation in the Hospital of the electric light in lieu of the gas then used , and the suggestion found favour and was unanimously adopted . A Committee was formed and Bro . J . Clare was elected Hon . Sec . and Treas . An estimate

from Messrs . Walker and Hutton , electricians , Scarborough , of £ " 130 for the work , was accepted , and within a very few days the money was fully subscribed . The installation comprises over a hundred lights , and gives facilities in the various wards for the use of electrical surgical instruments .

The large wards are lighted by six pendants , with lights portable to any part of the rooms , and the smaller wards , nurses' rooms , consulting rooms , & c , are illuminated with one or two pendants , each with portable lights . The operating theatre was brilliantly lighted by electricity some few months ago by Mr . George Alderson-Smith , J . P .

Bro . Captain H . Darley , J . P ., made the formal presentation , standing on the main staircase , there being also present Mr . A . E . Hick ( representing the Board of Governors ) , Mr . F . R . Giddy ( Hon . Sec . Hospital ) , and Bros . Dr . Godfrey , Dr . E . Taylor , Dr . Scarth , J . Clare ( Hon . Sec . and Treas .

of the Fund ) , R . McBean , F . H . Reed , H . Chapman , J . W . Blakey , T . Laughton , J . E . Lupton , F . A . White , R . Foster , A . J . Holloway , J . Tomlinson , Gavin Scott , G . H . Walshaw , E . Watkin , R . W . Leadbeater , P . Vernon ,

Gilbert Wilkinson , C . Dodsworth , H . Hill Ambler , T . Coulson , R . Hackers , G . W . Tindall , J . Ames , Captain J . Seals , Mr . C . G . Broad wood and Dr . Giddy ( house surgeon ) , and Dr . Hasluck ( assistant house surgeon ) .

Brother Captain H . Darley , who met with a fraternal greeting , addressing Mr . Hick , said he had been honoured by his Brother Freemasons in having been requested to ask the acceptance from them of a thorough installation of electric light for the use of the Hospital , as their gift to

commemorate the sixtieth year of the happy and prosperous reign of her most Gracious Majesty the Queen . Freemasons , always obedient and faithful to the ruling authority , in whatever country they might reside , possessed in Britain a most devoted loyalty to their good Queen , and the Scarborough

Brethren now wished to mark the present auspicious year by bringing into practical proof some of the great principles of their Order , and in Brotherly love to give relief to their more suffering fellow creatures . This object , they believed , would be attained by a complete installation of what was considered

for their purpose the best artificial li ght of the day . The work , which had been most carefully and excellently carried out by Messrs . Walker and Hutton , was now complete , and

they sincerely trusted that by the blessing of the Great Architect of the Universe their gift might prove of valuable assistance to the medical profession , and a boon and a comfort to the inmates of the Hospital .

Mr . Hutton , as the representative of his firm , then switched on the electric light , amid applause . Mr . A . E . Hick thanked the Brethren for their splendid gift . It had been arranged that Mr . W . Barry was to

Jubilee Gift At Scarborough.

respond on behalf of the Governors , but he regretted that that gentleman had been suddenly summoned away owing to the death of his son , Dr . Barry . A better gift than that of the installation could riot have been made , and the memorial was alike , creditable to the donors' loyalty and to their kindly feeling . :.

An inspection of the wards illuminated was then made by the company . — " Yorkshire Herald . "

New Hall At Ilkley.

NEW HALL AT ILKLEY .

THERE was a large gathering of Masons at Ilkley on Tuesday evening , 12 th inst ., on the occasion of the dedication of the new Masonic Hall , which has been erected for the members of the Olicaiia Lodge , No . 1522 , a ceremony which was conducted with all the ancient rites and customs peculiar to the Craft . Constituted in February

1875 , the Olicana Lodge has held its meetings in rooms adjacent to the Crescent Hotel , save for a period when the Brethren met at Wells House . Of late years , owing to the increased membership , the original quarters became inadequate , arid the need of more commodious and fitting

premises led to the erection of a new Hall , which occupies a central position at the corner of Cunliffe Road and South Hawksworth Street . Oh the ground floor is a dining-room 3 6 ft . by 26 ft ., lavatory , cloak , service , and visitors' rooms ,

with spacious entrance and staircase . On the first floor are ante and preparation rooms , and the Lodge-room proper , 3 6 ft . by 26 ft . There is also kitchen , larder , and other accommodation . The whole of the rooms are comfortably —not to say luxuriously—furnished .

In the absence of the Provincial Grand Master Bro . W . L . Jackson , M . P ., the dedication was performed by his Deputy Bro . J . C . Malcolm P . G . D ., assisted by the Officers of Provincial Grand Lodge . Prior to the ceremony the members of Olicana were assembled , and the Lodge opened

in the three degrees by the W . M . Bro . C . Dilly . The Deputy Provincial Grand Master and the Provincial Officers then entered , the Brethren singing the hymn , "Hail , eternal , " at the conclusion of which the Deputy Provincial Grand Master took the chair .

He addressed the Brethren on the nature of the gathering . The Olicana Lodge had been consecrated twenty-one years , and the Brethren had appropriately celebrated their coming of age as Masons by the erection of that beautiful building . He could not but express his own surprise at the character of

the provision that had been made , and all must admit that for a place like Ilkley the Olicana Brethren had exceeded the expectations of the Masons of the Province in regard to the accommodation that had been provided . He only hoped that the accommodation would enable them to exercise more

earnestly and more faithfully those / influences which Masons cpuld exercise wherever they met . - On behalf of their Prov . Grand Master he trusted that the future work in those rooms would be carried on with the view of keeping within

the Constitutions of the Order ; that they would look most narrowly to their proceedings , and so uphold the dignity of the Province in order that their Master might continue to be as proud of it as he was at present .

The Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works having examined the appointments of the Lodge , the Prov . Grand Chaplain delivered an oration , in the course of which he urged his hearers to make it plain to those outside that their glorious past was not a thing . that was forgotten ; that the '

principles of the Order were those by which they lived ; that the beautiful ritual , their expressive ceremonies , their devout hymns , and their g lorious services were not merely a sham , and a great unmeaning reality , but that they still represented

to them the true principles of their Brotherhood , and that they intended by the help of the Great Architect of the Universe , whose name they constantly invoked , to live according to the spirit of their ancient Order .

Bros . C . Blagbro , Kearton , E . Critchley and W . Thornton having sung the anthem , '' Behold , how good and joyful , " the Prov . Grand Chaplain offered the dedicatory prayer , and repeated the invocation , after which the dedication ceremony was performed by the Deputy , who , in

making distinct circuits of the Lodge , scattered corn , poured wine and oil , and sprinkled salt , arid explained the meaning of each in turn , after which he formally dedicated the Lodge rooms , and the Grand Chaplain gave the patriarchal Benediction . Subsequently the Brethren adjourned to banquet at the Middleton Hotel . — " Yorkshire Post . "