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Seasonable Greetings.
SEASONABLE GREETINGS .
OEFORE the next issue of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE readies our subscribers , the Christmas term of Festivities will be in full swing . To one and all our kind friends we tender our best wishes
that it may be a period free from anxiety and trouble . May comfort and happiness reign supreme with them and theirs , and may the new year , so soon to be entered , upon , be as successful as any they have yet had experience of . Sto " mote it fa .
Australian Freemasonry.
AUSTRALIAN FREEMASONRY .
THE Craftsmen ot the Australian Colonies are to be commended for the enthusiasm they display in matters relating to Freemasonry , which has been particularly active in their midst during the last few years . Independent Grand Lodges have been formed , and influential support has been secured , with results of the most
satisfactory character . Recent advices from South Australia give full details of the installation of the Governor of that Colony—the Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore—as Most Wor . Grand Master , in succession to Chief Justice Way , who had occupied the chair of South Australia since its formation , on the 17 th April 1884 , and had recently resigned his position—as he often promised he would
do—so soon as South Australia had , as the Queen ' s representative , a gentleman who was a member of the Order , and who would accept supreme power among the local Freemasons . We are heartily pleased that our brethren in this distant part of the Empire should have succeeded in enlisting the good offices of so distinguished a personage as the governor of their colony , not only because of the status it gives to Freemasonry , but also because Lord Kintore is known on
this side of the world as a staunch and able Craftsman . There is no fear that South Australian Freemasonry will suffer at his hands , and we know enough of our colonial brethren to be sure that their new Grand Master will lose
nothing by the part he has taken in connection with Australian Freemasonry—it is really a case of mutual advantage , with perhaps greater benefits likely to accrue to the South Australian Grand Lodge , than it can confer
on tho illustrious nobleman now at its head . But he is not the brother to make a hard bargain under such conditions and wo can imagine the pleasure with which he has entered
upon his now duties in connection with Freemasonry , and the gratification be wiM feel in discharging them to the best of his ability .
Soon after his arrival in the colony , Lord Kintore was made tho subject of a Masonic welcome , and an address " conveying cordial , loyal , and fraternal greetings" was
presented to him . Shortly afterwards he signified his desire to connect himself with one of the local Lodges , his choice falling on St . Andrew , No . 19 ( formerly No . 555 under the Scotch Constitution ) , among whose Past Msst
he is now enrolled . His election as Grand Master followed immediately after , and with it came an alteration iu the Constitution of the Grand Lodge , the office of Pro Grand Master being , created . This office has been conferred on tho retiring Grand Master , who will , therefore , continue to be practically the working head of the Craft in the Constitution , the members of which will thus retain the valuable services of their first Grand Master .
The Grand Lodge of which Lord Kintore has assumed the head has 37 private Lodges under its dominion , with a roll of 2093 subscribing members , and embraces the entire Craft of South Australia , with the exception of the Leinster Lodge , which still holds allegiance to the Graud Lodge of Ireland . It is expected that next year tho Governor of the Colony will assume the position of First
Grand Principal of the Supreme Grand Chapter of South Australia , which is now held by his predecessor in the Grand Mastership of the Craft—Chief Justice Way ; while it is not too much to expect that some of the outside degrees may secure his lordship ' s patronage , he having already won high positions in the Ancient and Accepted Rite , besides being a Past Grand Master of English Mark Masonry .
Since the inauguration of the Grand Lodge in South Australia , Masonic differences in New South Wales and Victoria have been peaceably adjusted . Each colony had for many years a local Grand Lodge , but in each case it represented only a minority of the Craft , and was not recognised by the Graud Lodges in the United Kingdom , or the District and Provincial Grand Lodges of the same Constitutions in the colonies . The success of tho South Australian movement , however , indicated the mode in
which union could be brought about , and the example so set was followed first in New South Wales and afterwards in Victoria . In the former colony a United Grand Lodge was inaugurated on the 16 th of August 1888 , when his Excellency Lord Carrington was installed as Grand Master , the ceremony being performed by his Honour Chief Justico Way . Early in the present year the United Grand Lodge
of Victoria was constituted , and the Hon . Sir William Clarke , Bart ., was chosen and installed by Lord Carrington as the first Grand Master . Both of these Grand Lodges , which are junior to that of South Australia , were represented at the installation of Lord Kintore . Lord Carrington and Sir William Clarke played an important part in the proceedings , and they were accompanied by a number
of members of their respective Lodges . The gathering was held at the Town Hall , Adelaide , on the 30 th October , the building being admirably suited for the ceremony , and specially decorated for the occasion . It was estimated that considerably over a thousand members of the Order were present , the meeting really being the most numerous and brilliant ever seen in connection
with South Australian Freemasonry . The Grand Master ( Hon . S . J . Way ) and his Officers were regularly saluted on their entrance , and Grand Lodge was opened in ample form , the Grand Chaplain ( Bro . the Rev . Canon Poole ) giving the prayer . Next in the order of the proceedings was the reception of the members of other Grand Lodges . The first to be
admitted were P . P . G . T . of the Irish Constitution ( Bro . his Honour Judge Boucaut ) , P . P . D . G . M . of the I . G . ( Brother Fiveash ) , and P . D . G . M . of the English Constitution ( Bro . A . Hardy ) . These brethren took their places on the dais to the extreme left of the Grand Master . Next the
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Seasonable Greetings.
SEASONABLE GREETINGS .
OEFORE the next issue of the FREEMASON ' S CHRONICLE readies our subscribers , the Christmas term of Festivities will be in full swing . To one and all our kind friends we tender our best wishes
that it may be a period free from anxiety and trouble . May comfort and happiness reign supreme with them and theirs , and may the new year , so soon to be entered , upon , be as successful as any they have yet had experience of . Sto " mote it fa .
Australian Freemasonry.
AUSTRALIAN FREEMASONRY .
THE Craftsmen ot the Australian Colonies are to be commended for the enthusiasm they display in matters relating to Freemasonry , which has been particularly active in their midst during the last few years . Independent Grand Lodges have been formed , and influential support has been secured , with results of the most
satisfactory character . Recent advices from South Australia give full details of the installation of the Governor of that Colony—the Right Honourable the Earl of Kintore—as Most Wor . Grand Master , in succession to Chief Justice Way , who had occupied the chair of South Australia since its formation , on the 17 th April 1884 , and had recently resigned his position—as he often promised he would
do—so soon as South Australia had , as the Queen ' s representative , a gentleman who was a member of the Order , and who would accept supreme power among the local Freemasons . We are heartily pleased that our brethren in this distant part of the Empire should have succeeded in enlisting the good offices of so distinguished a personage as the governor of their colony , not only because of the status it gives to Freemasonry , but also because Lord Kintore is known on
this side of the world as a staunch and able Craftsman . There is no fear that South Australian Freemasonry will suffer at his hands , and we know enough of our colonial brethren to be sure that their new Grand Master will lose
nothing by the part he has taken in connection with Australian Freemasonry—it is really a case of mutual advantage , with perhaps greater benefits likely to accrue to the South Australian Grand Lodge , than it can confer
on tho illustrious nobleman now at its head . But he is not the brother to make a hard bargain under such conditions and wo can imagine the pleasure with which he has entered
upon his now duties in connection with Freemasonry , and the gratification be wiM feel in discharging them to the best of his ability .
Soon after his arrival in the colony , Lord Kintore was made tho subject of a Masonic welcome , and an address " conveying cordial , loyal , and fraternal greetings" was
presented to him . Shortly afterwards he signified his desire to connect himself with one of the local Lodges , his choice falling on St . Andrew , No . 19 ( formerly No . 555 under the Scotch Constitution ) , among whose Past Msst
he is now enrolled . His election as Grand Master followed immediately after , and with it came an alteration iu the Constitution of the Grand Lodge , the office of Pro Grand Master being , created . This office has been conferred on tho retiring Grand Master , who will , therefore , continue to be practically the working head of the Craft in the Constitution , the members of which will thus retain the valuable services of their first Grand Master .
The Grand Lodge of which Lord Kintore has assumed the head has 37 private Lodges under its dominion , with a roll of 2093 subscribing members , and embraces the entire Craft of South Australia , with the exception of the Leinster Lodge , which still holds allegiance to the Graud Lodge of Ireland . It is expected that next year tho Governor of the Colony will assume the position of First
Grand Principal of the Supreme Grand Chapter of South Australia , which is now held by his predecessor in the Grand Mastership of the Craft—Chief Justice Way ; while it is not too much to expect that some of the outside degrees may secure his lordship ' s patronage , he having already won high positions in the Ancient and Accepted Rite , besides being a Past Grand Master of English Mark Masonry .
Since the inauguration of the Grand Lodge in South Australia , Masonic differences in New South Wales and Victoria have been peaceably adjusted . Each colony had for many years a local Grand Lodge , but in each case it represented only a minority of the Craft , and was not recognised by the Graud Lodges in the United Kingdom , or the District and Provincial Grand Lodges of the same Constitutions in the colonies . The success of tho South Australian movement , however , indicated the mode in
which union could be brought about , and the example so set was followed first in New South Wales and afterwards in Victoria . In the former colony a United Grand Lodge was inaugurated on the 16 th of August 1888 , when his Excellency Lord Carrington was installed as Grand Master , the ceremony being performed by his Honour Chief Justico Way . Early in the present year the United Grand Lodge
of Victoria was constituted , and the Hon . Sir William Clarke , Bart ., was chosen and installed by Lord Carrington as the first Grand Master . Both of these Grand Lodges , which are junior to that of South Australia , were represented at the installation of Lord Kintore . Lord Carrington and Sir William Clarke played an important part in the proceedings , and they were accompanied by a number
of members of their respective Lodges . The gathering was held at the Town Hall , Adelaide , on the 30 th October , the building being admirably suited for the ceremony , and specially decorated for the occasion . It was estimated that considerably over a thousand members of the Order were present , the meeting really being the most numerous and brilliant ever seen in connection
with South Australian Freemasonry . The Grand Master ( Hon . S . J . Way ) and his Officers were regularly saluted on their entrance , and Grand Lodge was opened in ample form , the Grand Chaplain ( Bro . the Rev . Canon Poole ) giving the prayer . Next in the order of the proceedings was the reception of the members of other Grand Lodges . The first to be
admitted were P . P . G . T . of the Irish Constitution ( Bro . his Honour Judge Boucaut ) , P . P . D . G . M . of the I . G . ( Brother Fiveash ) , and P . D . G . M . of the English Constitution ( Bro . A . Hardy ) . These brethren took their places on the dais to the extreme left of the Grand Master . Next the