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Consecration. Sir Walter Raleigh Lodge, No. 2837.
CONSECRATION . SIR WALTER RALEIGH LODGE , NO . 2837 .
WITH the object of fostering an interest in Freemasonry among those connected with the wholesale tobacco trade in Liverpool a new Lodge was consecrated on
Saturdayafternoon , at the Alexandra Hotel , Dale Street , by the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom P . G . W . Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire . Appropriately enough the title of the Lodge is the Sir Walter Raleigh , and the number 2837 , this bringing the total of the Lodges under the rule of the Vv est Lancashire Provincial Grand Master up to 127 .
Ihe Consecration ceremony was very numerously attended . The Prov . Grand Master presided , and at his request Bro . the Hon . Reginald B . Wilbraham P . M . 2682
acted as I . P . M ., Bro . J . J . Lambert P . G . D . Eng . and Bro , P . T . Shann P . G . J . W . occupied the Senior and Junior Wardens ' chairs respectively , and Bro . G . A . Harradon P . P . G . Treas . discharged the duties of I . G .
The founders of the Lodge present were Bros . John Houlding P . S . G . D . Eng . ( Worshipful Master-designate ) , W . M'Lachlan P . G . D . C ., F . W . Knight , William Cantle P . M . 1264 , A . J . Weddell , Alfred Shawfield , H . J . B . Osterwald , W . R . Roberts , G . S . MacLaren , A . H . Stevenson , A . G . Baxter , T . J . Preece P . M . 155 , and A . Gore .
The ceremony was very impressively conducted , the Prov . Grand Master being ably assisted by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master Bro . R . Wylie , the Prov . Grand Chaplain Bro . the Rev . Edward Wood , Bro . the Rev . Dr . C . T . Potter P . P . G . C ., who delivered -the Oration on the nature
and principles of the Institution , the Prov . Grand Secretary Bro . W . Goodacre P . G . S . B ., the Prov . Grand Director of Ceremonies Brother P . Rawsthorne , and his Deputy Brother D . Gabrielsen . The musical portions of the ceremony were ably rendered under the direction of Bro . Geo . D . Piatt S . W .
2042 . At the conclusion of the Consecration service the Prov . Grand Master proceeded to instal Liro . Alderman John Houlding as the first W . M . of the Lodge . In the course of a few observations subsequently the Worshipful Master
mentioned that the Lodge started under very favourable auspices . The Founders and Officers to be invested had presented the working tools and regalia , and they hoped by the end of the year to be not only out of debt , but in a position to hand something over to the magnificent Charities belonging to the Order .
The Wardens-designate were Bros . F . W . Knight and J . Coxhill , and they were duly invested by Bro . Houlding , who afterwards invested the remainder of his Officers . At the close of the Lodge the Brethren sat down to a banquet , when the usual Loyal and Masonic toasts were
honoured . Bro . Lord Lathom , in responding to the toast of the Consecrating Master , proposed from the chair , said he trusted the Sir Walter Raleigh Lodge would prosper for many years to come , and that the members would look to
their first Master for help and guidance . He also wished every success to the tobacco trade of the city , with which , he understood , many members of that new Lodge were connected .
A capital musical programme was contributed by Bros . Geo . Piatt , D . J . Davies , Henry Fairfield , H . Bayard Harrock , J . Lane , and C . Jones , and Master Guilbert .
IRELAND'S CHIEF AT WORK . ON Thursday of last week his Grace the Duke of Aberccrn , K . G ., as Grand Master of Ireland , visited Limavad y for the purpose of dedicating the Hall erected by the members
Consecration. Sir Walter Raleigh Lodge, No. 2837.
of St . Alban Lodge . The Grand Master was accompanied by a number of members of the Grand Lodge . The new Hall occupies a prominent position at the head of the main street of the town , and in design and equipment is not only a credit to the Brethren of St . Alban Lodge , but
Masonry in general . The building , of which Messrs . W . J . and M . Given , Coleraine , were the architects , is Gothic in style , and the Lodge Room , which occupies the entire upper portion of the principal building , has been most sumptuously
furnished . The building itself cost some £ 1 , 200 , but so liberal was the Brethren ' s support , £ 1 , 700 altogether being raised , that they were enabled to furnish the Hall in a manner rarely seen in a provincial town .
For the purpose of the dedication a special communication of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Derry and Donegal was called , the Lodge meeting in the new Hall at noon under the presidency of his Grace the Duke of Abercorn . After the Hall had been dedicated in ancient form His
Grace was presented by Brother W . M . Given , one of the architects , with a beautiful gold key as a souvenir of the interesting occasion , and as the Grand Master was leaving the Hall he joined the W . M . of St . Alban Lodge , Bro . G . N . Proctor , in planting two trees , one on each side of the entrance passage .
The dedication ceremony was followed by a luncheon in the Alexander Memorial Hall—the Provincial Grand
Master of Derry and Donegal presiding . After the toast of the Queen and the Craft , The Chairman proposed the health of the Grand Master , expressing the pleasure of the Freemasons of the northeast , to whom his Grace was so well known , at his presence
on that occasion . One reason he thought why his Grace had been placed in that high and honourable position was because that from his earliest days he had done everything he could for the benefit of his fellow-man . It was because of that spirit they honoured his Grace , and
they knew he was a true and good Mason . Referring to the influence of his Grace and his popularity , he pointed to the fact that he had been elected unanimously as Chairman of the County Council of his own county . It was just such
men as that Freemasons delighted to honour , and he ( Bro . Scott ) was glad to know that among the junior members of the Province of Derry and Donegal they numbered the Marquis of Hamilton , M . P ., who was Junior Warden of his ( the Chairman ' s ) old Lodge .
The Grand Master , m replying , said that he had been almost overcome by the warmth of the reception he had met with , and the proceedings of that day would ever linger in his recollection . He considered it a great honour to be the Grand Master of the Masons in Ireland . They were a
compact and loyal body . There was no doubt about their compactness , and there was no doubt about their loyalty . He might describe . himself as the commander-in-chief of 12 , 000 men in Ireland—a highly disciplined body of men who were ready to do anything and go anywhere consistent
with the laws and rights of Freemasonry . He congratulated the members of St . Alban Lodge on their new Hall , which he regarded as giving a stimulus to Masonry in that Province . He regretted that there were no Roman Catholics in their body as in the past , but he wished it to be
understood that their Order existed in no spirit of rivalry either in regard to religion or politics . They did not ask whether a man was Roman Catholic or Protestant , and he considered
it would be better for the promotion of harmony and good feeling if the Order were more extended throughout the country than ever it was . Speaking of the progress of the body during the year , he said that the results were most
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Consecration. Sir Walter Raleigh Lodge, No. 2837.
CONSECRATION . SIR WALTER RALEIGH LODGE , NO . 2837 .
WITH the object of fostering an interest in Freemasonry among those connected with the wholesale tobacco trade in Liverpool a new Lodge was consecrated on
Saturdayafternoon , at the Alexandra Hotel , Dale Street , by the Right Hon . the Earl of Lathom P . G . W . Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire . Appropriately enough the title of the Lodge is the Sir Walter Raleigh , and the number 2837 , this bringing the total of the Lodges under the rule of the Vv est Lancashire Provincial Grand Master up to 127 .
Ihe Consecration ceremony was very numerously attended . The Prov . Grand Master presided , and at his request Bro . the Hon . Reginald B . Wilbraham P . M . 2682
acted as I . P . M ., Bro . J . J . Lambert P . G . D . Eng . and Bro , P . T . Shann P . G . J . W . occupied the Senior and Junior Wardens ' chairs respectively , and Bro . G . A . Harradon P . P . G . Treas . discharged the duties of I . G .
The founders of the Lodge present were Bros . John Houlding P . S . G . D . Eng . ( Worshipful Master-designate ) , W . M'Lachlan P . G . D . C ., F . W . Knight , William Cantle P . M . 1264 , A . J . Weddell , Alfred Shawfield , H . J . B . Osterwald , W . R . Roberts , G . S . MacLaren , A . H . Stevenson , A . G . Baxter , T . J . Preece P . M . 155 , and A . Gore .
The ceremony was very impressively conducted , the Prov . Grand Master being ably assisted by the Deputy Provincial Grand Master Bro . R . Wylie , the Prov . Grand Chaplain Bro . the Rev . Edward Wood , Bro . the Rev . Dr . C . T . Potter P . P . G . C ., who delivered -the Oration on the nature
and principles of the Institution , the Prov . Grand Secretary Bro . W . Goodacre P . G . S . B ., the Prov . Grand Director of Ceremonies Brother P . Rawsthorne , and his Deputy Brother D . Gabrielsen . The musical portions of the ceremony were ably rendered under the direction of Bro . Geo . D . Piatt S . W .
2042 . At the conclusion of the Consecration service the Prov . Grand Master proceeded to instal Liro . Alderman John Houlding as the first W . M . of the Lodge . In the course of a few observations subsequently the Worshipful Master
mentioned that the Lodge started under very favourable auspices . The Founders and Officers to be invested had presented the working tools and regalia , and they hoped by the end of the year to be not only out of debt , but in a position to hand something over to the magnificent Charities belonging to the Order .
The Wardens-designate were Bros . F . W . Knight and J . Coxhill , and they were duly invested by Bro . Houlding , who afterwards invested the remainder of his Officers . At the close of the Lodge the Brethren sat down to a banquet , when the usual Loyal and Masonic toasts were
honoured . Bro . Lord Lathom , in responding to the toast of the Consecrating Master , proposed from the chair , said he trusted the Sir Walter Raleigh Lodge would prosper for many years to come , and that the members would look to
their first Master for help and guidance . He also wished every success to the tobacco trade of the city , with which , he understood , many members of that new Lodge were connected .
A capital musical programme was contributed by Bros . Geo . Piatt , D . J . Davies , Henry Fairfield , H . Bayard Harrock , J . Lane , and C . Jones , and Master Guilbert .
IRELAND'S CHIEF AT WORK . ON Thursday of last week his Grace the Duke of Aberccrn , K . G ., as Grand Master of Ireland , visited Limavad y for the purpose of dedicating the Hall erected by the members
Consecration. Sir Walter Raleigh Lodge, No. 2837.
of St . Alban Lodge . The Grand Master was accompanied by a number of members of the Grand Lodge . The new Hall occupies a prominent position at the head of the main street of the town , and in design and equipment is not only a credit to the Brethren of St . Alban Lodge , but
Masonry in general . The building , of which Messrs . W . J . and M . Given , Coleraine , were the architects , is Gothic in style , and the Lodge Room , which occupies the entire upper portion of the principal building , has been most sumptuously
furnished . The building itself cost some £ 1 , 200 , but so liberal was the Brethren ' s support , £ 1 , 700 altogether being raised , that they were enabled to furnish the Hall in a manner rarely seen in a provincial town .
For the purpose of the dedication a special communication of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Derry and Donegal was called , the Lodge meeting in the new Hall at noon under the presidency of his Grace the Duke of Abercorn . After the Hall had been dedicated in ancient form His
Grace was presented by Brother W . M . Given , one of the architects , with a beautiful gold key as a souvenir of the interesting occasion , and as the Grand Master was leaving the Hall he joined the W . M . of St . Alban Lodge , Bro . G . N . Proctor , in planting two trees , one on each side of the entrance passage .
The dedication ceremony was followed by a luncheon in the Alexander Memorial Hall—the Provincial Grand
Master of Derry and Donegal presiding . After the toast of the Queen and the Craft , The Chairman proposed the health of the Grand Master , expressing the pleasure of the Freemasons of the northeast , to whom his Grace was so well known , at his presence
on that occasion . One reason he thought why his Grace had been placed in that high and honourable position was because that from his earliest days he had done everything he could for the benefit of his fellow-man . It was because of that spirit they honoured his Grace , and
they knew he was a true and good Mason . Referring to the influence of his Grace and his popularity , he pointed to the fact that he had been elected unanimously as Chairman of the County Council of his own county . It was just such
men as that Freemasons delighted to honour , and he ( Bro . Scott ) was glad to know that among the junior members of the Province of Derry and Donegal they numbered the Marquis of Hamilton , M . P ., who was Junior Warden of his ( the Chairman ' s ) old Lodge .
The Grand Master , m replying , said that he had been almost overcome by the warmth of the reception he had met with , and the proceedings of that day would ever linger in his recollection . He considered it a great honour to be the Grand Master of the Masons in Ireland . They were a
compact and loyal body . There was no doubt about their compactness , and there was no doubt about their loyalty . He might describe . himself as the commander-in-chief of 12 , 000 men in Ireland—a highly disciplined body of men who were ready to do anything and go anywhere consistent
with the laws and rights of Freemasonry . He congratulated the members of St . Alban Lodge on their new Hall , which he regarded as giving a stimulus to Masonry in that Province . He regretted that there were no Roman Catholics in their body as in the past , but he wished it to be
understood that their Order existed in no spirit of rivalry either in regard to religion or politics . They did not ask whether a man was Roman Catholic or Protestant , and he considered
it would be better for the promotion of harmony and good feeling if the Order were more extended throughout the country than ever it was . Speaking of the progress of the body during the year , he said that the results were most