Well Deserved Recognition.

WELL DESERVED RECOGNITION .

ELSEWHERE we give some particulars of a meeting recently held at Liverpool , to make arrangements in connection with a proposed Masonic memorial to the late Lady Lathom , wife of our

esteemed Pro Grand Master . We are pleased to hear that so large a sum as ^ 500 is available for the memorial , it being proposed that a cheque for that amount be handed to Lord Lathom , to be devoted to some one of the charities in which the late Countess

was interested . A suggestion of equal or even greater interest to us as Freemasons follows the announcement referred to , it being proposed to recognise the completion by

Lord Lathom of twenty-five years service as the Provincial Grand Master of West Lancashire , by the presentation of a piece of silver plate suitably inscribed

which , as the Lord Mayor of Liverpool pointed out , would be a lasting memorial and an heirloom in his lordship's family .

We must of course recognise that the event it is thus intended to honour is of particular local interest , but at the same time we believe there are many Brethren in other parts of the country who would have

liked to take their part in contributing to one or both of the funds , in view of the great popularity enjoyed by the esteemed Brother second in command of the English Craft .

North Wales.

NORTH WALES .

THE Provincial Grand Master Lord Harlech presided at the annual meeting of this Grand Lodge , held at Newtown , on the nth inst ., and appointed and invested the following as his Officers for the ensuing year :

Bro . E . O . Vaughan Lloyd ... Senior Warden T . A . Forster .... Junior Warden Rev . T . Hughes - - - ¦ | n , , . Rev . W . D . Roberts - . - f Chaplains

J . G . Tuxford .... Treasurer W . D . Henderson .... Registrar J . Porter ..... Deputy Registrar Edward Roberts - - - - Secretary C . Gwilt ..... Senior Deacon D . Davies - - . - - ) _ . C . Rowland .... f Junior Deacons

J . L . Tanqueray .... Superintendent of Works J . R . Pritchard - Director of Ceremonies R . A . Gregory .... Assistant Dir . of Cers . William Rowlands - - - - Sword Bearer Ja _ es TomUns - - " - " - | Standard Bearers

R . Jones ..... Organist C . Rowland ..... Assistant Secretary J . O . Morris .... Pursuivant 3 . W . Bishop .... Assistant Pursuivant W . P . Matthews - \

T . Williams .... Owen Rowland - - - ¦ „ . , W . Wright - - - - - f Stewards C . W . Norton .... E . Elwell - - - . - , W . M'Kenzie Williams - - - Tyler .

Bros . J . H . Rees and R . H . Pritchard were appointed Auditors , and the other business of the year was regularly disposed of . In the evening the Brethren sat down to a banquet at the Public Hall , Lord Harlech being in the chair .

Gloucestershire.

GLOUCESTERSHIRE .

THE meeting of this Provincial Grand Lodge to be held at Nailsworth , on the 6 th October , will have an added interest , from the fact that the Consecration of the new Lodge , which is the primary object of the meeting , will be followed by the laying of the foundation stone of a new church , with

Masonic ceremonial , by the Provincial Grand Master the Right Hon . Sir Michael Hicks-Beach , Bart . The consecration will take place at ir - 30 a . m ., and the installation of Master will follow at 1 * 30 . At 2 * 30 Provincial Grand Lodge will be opened , and at 3 the foundation stone of St . George ' s Church will be laid .

The wedding of Miss Florence Davies , the Lord Mayor ' s second daughter , with Dr . C . N . Barton , will take place at Bishopsgate parish church on Wednesday , 12 th proximo .

Bro . Sir A . F . Godson , M . P ., Provincial Grand Master of Worcestershire was introduced into the Royal presence on Saturday , 6 th inst ., when Her Majesty conferred the honour of Knighthood on our esteemed Brother and others .

The Grand Master of Scotland counsels the Lodges under his rule , to endeavour to attract the upper classes of the population to the Lodges . Why , he asks , should our wealthy men go to England to become Freemasons ? Their admission , he adds , does not exclude the poorer candidates .

The will of the late Bro . Alfred Albert Pendlebury , of Kimberley , Westley Road , Boscombe , late Assistant Grand Secretary of England , was proved on the nth inst ., says the

"City Press , " by Mrs . Louise Juliane Charlotte Olga Helene Pendlebury , the widow and executrix , the value of the estate being /" i , 886 5 s 8 d .

On Saturday afternoon , 6 th inst , Mrs . Shurmur , wife of Bro . William Shurmur P . G . S . B . Eng . and P . P . G . Treas . ' of Essex , presented the prizes to the fortunate winners in the Monoux School Sports at Walthamstow , one of the rewards

being a handsome silver cup presented by the Lady . In the evening Bro . Shurmur presided at a meeting for the purpose of presenting a testimonial to Mr . William Russell , of the Walthamstow Post Office , who has been promoted to a more

lucrative appointment in London . The gifts consisted of a gold watch from the sub-postmasters of the district , a marble timepiece from the Walthamstow postmen , and an illuminated testimonial . It is no wonder that Bro . Shurmur's name is a household word in Essex .

The reports of the annual meetings of the Provincial Grand Lodges of Freemasonry show that the Craft has never been in a more flourishing condition , writes a distinguished Grand Officer , in the "Daily Telegraph . " The financial

position of the Lodges is , without an exception , quite sound , and , what is more , they have either all maintained their numerical strength or are steadily increasing it . What , however , has given particular satisfaction to the executive

Officers is the fact that the philanthropic activity of Freemasons has had a more satisfactory expression this year than probablv ever before . This has been particularly the

case , in connection with the two central scholastic Institutions . The Prince oi Wales is known to have expressed his great gratification with this fact .