Meetings Next Week.

MEETINGS NEXT WEEK .

Monday . 4 Rl . Somerset H . & Inverness , F . M . H . 26 Castle of Harmony , Savoy Hotel 28 Old King ' s Arms , Freemasons' Hall 144 St . Luke , Holborn Restaurant 706 Florence Nightingale , Woolwich 1017 Montefiore , Trocadero 1 744 Royal Savoy , Criterion Restaurant 239 6 Bishopsgate , Great Eastern Hotel

43 St . Paul , F . M . H ., Birmingham , 48 Industry , F . M . H ., Gateshead j 12 St . George , F . M . H ., Exeter 491 Royal Sussex , Masonic Temple , Jersey 999 Robert Burns , Albion , Manchester 1008 Royal St . Edmunds , Bury St . Edmunds 1325 Stanley , F . M . H ., Liverpool J 75 Ogmore , F . M . H ., Bridgend 199 1 Agricola , F . M . H ., York 2042 Apollo , F . M . H ., Liverpool

2068 Portsmouth Temperance , Landport 22 ^ 7 Powell , F . M . H ., Bristol 23 6 3 Minnehaha Minstrel , Manchester 2502 Gatwick , Chequers , Horley 2547 Llangattock , F . M . H ., Cardiff 2654 Arter , Moseley Institute , Moseley 2724 St . Lawrence , Church Sch ., Northfield

Tuesday . 92 Moira , Albion 145 Prudent Brethren , Freemasons' Hall 186 Industry , Freemasons' Hall 205 Israel , Holborn Restaurant 259 Prince of Wales , Hotel Metropole . ir , 8 Southern Star , Bridge House Hotel 1348 Eburv , Criterion Restaurant 2606 Arradinn . Hotp . l Crcil

112 St . George , F . M . H ., Exeter 253 Tyrian , F . M . H ., Derby 370 St . George , F . M . H ., Chertsey 406 Northern Counties , Newcastle-on-Tyne 5 64 Stability . Talbot , Stourbridge 788 Crescent , Mitre . Hampton Court 859 Isaac Newton Universities , Cambridge 943 Sincerity , 47 St . Giles Street , Norwich 1016 Elkington , F . M . H ., Birmingham 1052 Callendar , F . M . H ., Manchester 1300 Whitwell , F . M . H ., Millom

1536 United Military , F . M . H .. Plumstead r 6 o 9 Liverpool Dramatic . F . M . H ., L'pooJ 167 = Ancient Briton , F . M . H ., Liverpool 1678 Medway . F . M . H ., Tonbridge 1834 Duke Connaught , F . M . H ., Landport 202 5 St . George , F . M . H ., Plymouth 2328 Albert Victor , F . M . H ., York 2404 Lord Beresford , Sun , Chatham

2405 Ionic , Impl . Bdgs ., S . Helens , Lane . 2518 Charles Edward Kcyscr , Hoddesden 2641 Dart , Raleigh , Dartmouth 2692 Hastings , Castle , Hastings Wednesday . 201 Jordan , Freemasons' Hall

212 Euphrates , Holborn . Restaurant 898 Temperance in East , Assy . R ., Poplar 2626 Leyton , Technical Inst ., Ley ton 32 St . George Harmony , Adelphi , L pool 7 6 Economy , F . M . H ., Winchester 82 Foundation , F . M . H ., Cheltenham 117 Salopian of Charity . Shrewsbury 16 3 Integrity , F . M . H ., ' Manchester 220 uarston rioteiLrarston

narmony , , 250 Minerva , F . M . H ., Hull 257 Phoenix , no High Street , Portsmouth 304 Philanthropic , F . M . H ., Leeds 459 Scientific , Masonic Rooms , Bingley 46 : Fortitude , Commercial , Newton Moor

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540 Stuart , Swan , Bedford 651 Brecknock , Castle , Brecon 724 Derby , F . M . H ., Liverpool 785 Twelve Bros ., F . M . H ., Southampton 818 Philanthropic , F . M . H ., Abergavenny 88 7 Leigh , F . M . H ., Birmingham 99 6 Sondes , F . M . H ., East Dereham 1039 St . John , George , Lichfield

10 S 3 lownley barker , Grand , Manchester IIIQ St . Bede , F . M . H ., Jarrow 121 9 Strangeways , Boars Head , M'chester 128 3 Ryburn , F . M . H ., Sowerby Bridge 16 33 Avon , Mosley , Manchester 1714 Albert Edward , D . York , York Town 1723 St . George , F . M . H ., Bolton 1733 Sunbury , Assembly Rooms , Sunbury

1756 Kirkdale , Skelmersdale Hall , L'pool 1760 Leopold , F . M . H ., Scarborough 1775 Leopold , Comm ., Church , Accrington 1809 Fidelis , Masonic Temple , Guernsey 1 S 68 Unity , F . M . H ., Oldham 1953 Prudence and Industry , George , Chard 1967 Beacon Court , Ghuznee , N . Brompton 10 S 4 Earl of Clarendon , F . M . H ., Watford 1080 Stirling , F . M . H .. Cleator Moor

201 9 Crook , F . M . H ., Crook 2064 Smith Child , Town Hall , Tunstall 2140 Gordon , F . M . H ., Hanley 2158 Boscombe , Boscombe Club , Boscombe 2186 Striguil , F . M . H ., Chepstow 2216 Egerton , Conservative Club , Swinton 2320 ! St . Martin , Church Inn , Castleton 2373 Hardwick , F . M . H ., Chesterfield 23 S 5 Godson , Talbot , Oldbury

2444 Noel , St . James Hall , Kmgston-on-1 . 2445 Bradstow , F . M . H ., Broadstairs 257 1 Holmes , F . M . H ., Newcastle-on-Tyne 2630 Tutbury Castle , Castle , Tutbury 2684 St . Ivo . Mas . Temple , St . Ives . Hunts . 2701 Radcliffe , Boar ' s Head , Radcliffe 2762 Lindisfarne , F . M . H ., North Shields

Thursday . Gen . Com . Girl ' s School , F . M . H ., at 5 . 66 Grenadiers , Freemasons' Hall 99 Shakespear , Albion S 5 S South Middlesex , Walham Green , S . W . S 61 Finsbury , Great Eastern Hotel 871 Royal Oak , Trafalgar , Greenwich io : ; 6 Victoria , Guildhall Tavern

156 3 City of Westminster , Cafe Roya ] 1601 Ravensbourne , Board of W ., Lewisham 1974 St . Mary Abbott , Bailey's Hotel 2319 Scots , Holborn Restaurant 2621 Military , Hotel Cecil 2625 Guardian , Ship and Turtle 39 St . John the Baptist , F . M . H ., Exeter

51 Angel , Three Cups , Colchester 78 Imperial George , M'iddleton , Lane , in Restoration , F . M . H ., Darlington 129 Union , St . George ' s Hall , Kendal 202 Friendship , F . M . H ., Devonport 214 Hope and Unity , White H ., Brentwood 309 Harmony , Red Lion , Fareham 346 Un . Brethren , Grosvenor , Blackburn

348 St . John , F . M . H ., Bolton 410 Grove , F . M . H ., Sutton , Surrey 475 Bedfordshire of St . John Bap ., Luton 590 La Cesaree , Masonic Temple , Jersey 594 Downshire , F . M . H ., Liverpool 6 ? 6 De Ogle , F . M . H ., Morpeth 7 S 4 Wellington , Public Rooms , Deal 787 Beaureper , Red Lion , Belper S 07 Cabbell , 47 St . Giles Street . Norwich

S 09 United Good Fellowship , Wisbech 935 Harmony , F . M . H ., Salford 9 66 St . Edward , Literary Institute , Leek 1032 Townley Parker , Mas . Rms ., Chorlcy 1097 St . Michael , Swan , Tenbury

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1151 St . Andrew , F . M . H ., Tywardreath 116 3 Emulation , F . M . H ., Birmingham 1166 Clarendon , Queen ' s , Hyde 1313 Fermor , F . M . H ., Southport 1322 Waverley , Queen ' s Arms , Ashton-u-Ly . 1345 Victoria , Cross Keys , Eccles 1 ^ 92 Eg-erton , Stanley Arms , Bury , Lar . c . 1404 St . Vincent , F . M . H ., Bristol 1418 Fraternity , F . M . H ., Stockton-on-Tees I ; OI Wycombe . Amershnm Hill . H . Wvcom .

1519 Albert Ed ., Albion , Clai-ton-le-Moors 1578 Merlin , F . M . H ., Pontypridd 1705 Prince of Wales , India Arms , Gosport 1 S 17 St . Andrew , Cambridge , Shoeburyness 1 SS 4 Chine , F . M . H ., Shanklin 1957 Grove , Cock Inn , Hazel Grove 1971 Aldershot Army & Navy , Aldershot 2101 Bramston Beach , F . M . H .. Godalming 2 i 5 i Brownlow , Town Hall , Ellesmere

2214 Josiah Wedgwood , F . M . H ., Hanley 2215 Anfield , Sandon , Anfield 226 3 St . Leonards , F . M . H ., Sheffield 226 9 Peace , F . M . H ., Wigan -335 Cycling & Athletic , Adelphi , Liverpool 27-ri Felix , Bath , Felixstowe 2375 Hilbre , Market Hall , Hoylake 23 S 7 M'chester Dramatic , Albion , M ' chester 2415 Tristram , F . M . H ., Shildon

241 S Hedworth , F . M . H ., South Shields 2462 Clarence . F . M . H ., West Hartlepool 246 3 Bootle-Wilbraham , West Derby 2474 Hatherton , Stork , Walsall Friday .

Council Boys School , Freemasons' Ball , 4 . 171 Amity , Ship and Turtle 197 Jerusalem , Freemasons' HaM 509 Fitz-Roy , Head Qs . Hon . Artillery Co . 26 93 Pellipar , Holborn Restaurant 426 Shakespeare , F . M . H ., Spilsby 602 North York . F . M . H .. Middlcsborough 712 Lindsey , F . M . H ., Louth 751 Eastnor , Masonic Rooms . Ledbury Xio Craven , Victoria Bdgs ., Skipton 99 S Welchpool , Board Rm ., Wclchpool 107 J . Underlev . Mas . R .. Kirkbv Lonsdale

1 303 Pelham . F . M . H ., Lewes 1391 Commercial , F . M . H ., Leicester 1435 Anneslev , F . M . H ., Nottingham 1712 St . John , F . M . H ., Newcastle-on-Tyne 1 S 22 St . Quintin , Bear Inn , Cowbridge 1920 Eurydicc , Surbiton 2001 Narbcrth , Masonic Rooms , Narberth 2 . 411 Kingslcy , F . M . H ., Northampton 26 31 Com . Trav ., Alexandra , Liverpool 26 79 Hope , Conservative Club , Patricroft

Saturday . 1541 Alexandra Palace , Holborn Viaduct H . 1706 Orpheus , Holborn Restaurant iqoo Montague Guest , Inns of Court Hotel 2647 Alleyn , Crown & Greyhound , Dulwich 2700 Old Masonians , Anderton ' s Hotel 308 Pr . George , Station House , Todmorden 336 Benevolence , Jolly Sailor , Marple 12 S 4 Brent , Globe , Topsham 1293 Burdctt . Mitre , Hampton Court 1402 vvnarncime

, Kose & Lrown , femstone 1531 Chislehurst , Bexlcy Heath 1 S 71 Gostling Murray , Oddfellows , Hounslow 1965 Eastcs . Parish Room . Bromley . Kent 204 X Henry Lavender , King ' s H ., Harrow 2201 Earl of Sussex , R . Pavilion , Brighton 2353 Broxburne , Red Lion , Barnet

2421 L-arnngton , Station Hotel , Amersham 2460 Ascot , Royal , Ascot 2609 Travellers . ' F . M . H ., Chester 2706 Foster Gough , Borough Hall , Stafford 2720 Loyal Commercial , Mas . Tern ., Cardiff

Masonry And The War.

MASONRY AND THE WAR .

In the " Day to Dav" column of the " Liverpool Mercury" of 21 st January appeared the following paragraph : "An interesting relic of the South African campaign has just come into the possession of the present chief of a Mark Master Mason ' s Lodge whose meetings are held in Liverpool . It is a beautifully-designed and very heavy sterling silver snuff-box , whose hall mark shows it to have been manufactured in England wlip . n

William IV . was king . In the four corners of the lid , whose elaborate chasing is m parts worn smooth by long use , are engraved emblems of the sun , the crescent moon encircled by stars , the square and compasses , and the level . Then there is an inscription in the quaint neht-angled characters of the Mark Mason's alphabet , and which

when deciphered reads , Presented to J . Calf as a token of affection by his wife . ' Doubtless the original owner has long been dead ; but eventually the box found its way to South Africa , and into the hands of an individual whose name betokens his British descent . This is proved by a sharply-cut inscription on the bottom : — 'J . A . Elton to

Masonry And The War.

J . J . Raaff . Friendship , 1-1-95 . ' Raaff was a Boer who , it is believed , fell at Paardeberg , where the box was picked up by a British soldier . Eventually the last-named was invalided home wounded , and also a passenger on the steamer was the brother of the Liverpool Mason ,

a gentleman who had been engaged in the transport service at the Cape since the early days of the war , and who secured the interesting souvenir for a mere trifle . " Another chapter in the history of the box has now to be written . The " Liverpool Mercury " circulates extensively in South Africa , and the paragraph was copied by the press , not only of Cape Colony , but of the Orange River Colony and of the Transvaal . Several British

omcers interested themselves m the matter , with the result that the rightful owner of the box has been found . One officer , a subaltern in the West Yorkshire Regiment , stationed on the lines of communication at Johannesburg , in a letter to the Head-constable of Liverpool , gives some interesting details . In the course of his communication , he says that the box belongs to Mr . J . J . Raaff , now a prisoner of war at Capetown , who was sent over the border in July , shortly after the occupation pf Johannesburg , Some time later , in August or Septen >