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all who are able to do so , to give in their name as a Steward , ancl do their very best to take up a fair average amount on their list .

Cornwall's Charity Representative.

CORNWALL'S CHARITY REPRESENTATIVE .

IT has been suggested in various quarters that some substantial recognition should be accorded Bro . Charles Truscott for his efficient services as charity representative for the Province of Cornwall . Only those intimately acquainted with the working of this

organisation can fully realise the zeal , time , and expense devoted by Bro . Truscott to this important work , which was conducted by him in such a manner as to commend itself most strongly to the charity representatives throughout England , who all refer to his work in the

highest terms , and from whom emanate an opinion that the members of this Province would fail in their duty if they allowed Bro . Truscott ' s services to pass unrecognised . The Prov . Grand Master , writes a brother in the " Cornish Times , " together with his officers and Bros . Anderton

and B . F . Edyvean ( the present provincial charity representative ) , are in hearty accord with the idea , and will strongly support it . With this view a small committee has been formed from Bro . Truscott ' s mother Lodge , to

communicate with all the Lodges in the Province . Bro . Truscott has been the charity representative of the Province of Cornwall for fourteen years , and Bro .

Chirm , of Birmingham , in a pamphlet on the successful management of charity votes , places Cornwall first in all England for 1889 , 1890 , and 1891 .

Dedication At Stokesley.

DEDICATION AT STOKESLEY .

THE Freemasons of Stokesley , who have hitherto held their meetings at the Golden Lion Hotel , assembled on the 16 th for the purpose of dedicating a new hall . The Cleveland Lodge , No . 543 , was opened by Bro . Dixon W . M . After preliminaries Bro . Lt .-Col .

the Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett P . G . W . Deputy Provincial Grand Master took the chair , and was received with the usual Masonic honours . In a short address he urged upon Masons the very great necessity of exercising care in admitting no candidates but those whose virtue and

character were unimpeachable . The Prov . G . Chaplain offered up prayer , after which the usual ceremony of dedication was performed , at the conclusion of which the Eev . J . W . Dales P . P . Grand Chaplain gave the Benediction , and the Masonic anthem , " Hail ! Masonry

divine , " was sung . The installation of the Worshipful Master ( Bro . West ) then took place . The building is a very neat one , two storeys high , Mr . Weatherill , of the firm of Messrs . Weatherill and Whipham , of Stockton , being the architect . The contractor is Mr . G . Eadge , of

Normanby . Messrs . Lithgow and Storry , of Middlesbrough , and Messrs . Bentham and Sheppard supplied the handsome furniture , and Messrs . Blakeborough and EhodfiR . of Stocktonthe whole of the fittings stoves - — ... __ —

, , _ , „ „ , „„„ , „„ , & c . The brethren afterwards adjourned to the Golden Lion Hotel , where a sumptous repast was provided by Host Wilson , the usual toasts being honoured .

New Hall At Bideford.

NEW HALL AT BIDEFORD .

A BUILDING in Bridgeland Street , Bideford , recently acquired by Lodge of Benevolence , No . 489 , was dedicated on the 18 th , in the presence cf local and district brethren . Formerly the Lodge was held in the

Music Hall , but some time ago piemises hitherto used as the School of Art became vacant , and it was decided to secure the building as a Masonic Hall for Bideford . Turee rooms on the first floor have been converted into

a Lodge-room , and a fourth furnished as cloak-room . A handsome old oak staircase leads to the ante-room . At the back provision has been made for the caretaker , and

underneath are apartments available as offices . The dedication ceremony was performed by Viscount Ebrington Provincial Grand Master , nearly one hundred brethren being present . After the dedication Bro . Eev .

New Hall At Bideford.

H . G . Morse P . G . Chap . England P . P . S . G . W . Devon was installed by Bro . G . C . Davie Prov . G . S . A . G . D . C . Eng ., and afterwards invested his Officers . Subsequently a banquet was held at the New Inn Hotel .

We very much regret , and are sure members of the Craft who know Bro . Colonel Harding P . A . G . D . C . will join us in so doing , and at the same time sympathise with him , on hearing of the loss he has sustained by the

death of his only son , who was killed in Matebeland , he being one of Major Wilson ' s party . He was reported to have been most popular with his comrades and friends , and an enthusiastic colonial . Mr . Sidney Harding was

educated at Felstead School , and at St . John ' s College , Cambridge , which he left to seek , in South Africa , a greater field for his active spirit . He was a Lieutenant in 1881 in the 2 nd Cambridgeshire ( University ) Eifle

Volunteers , and subsequently a Lieutentant in Dyme ' s Mounted Eifles . On appointment at Cape Town he joined the Natal Mounted Police at the termination of the Basuto question . He was for four years , from 1889 to 1893 , in the Bechuanaland Border Police .

o o o We understand , says the " Essex County Chronicle , " that a petition has been forwarded to Lord Warwick , as Provincial Grand Master of Essex Freemasons , for the

formation of a new Lodge to be held at the Castle Hotel , Woodford , and that he has not only acceded to the request , but himself suggested that the proposed Lodge shall be called the Warwick . There are fifteen founders ,

including Bros . Dr . Salter , of Tolleshunt D'Arcy , Sir Wm . Abdy , Bart ., and other well-known Masons in the interior of the county , and two or three from the district .

Bro . Col . Lockwood is , we believe , likely to be the first Senior Warden . The consecration will probably take place in the early spring .

o o o The committee for securing the election of Bro . Chas . W . Hudson P . G . W . Sussex , as Grand Treasurer of

England , includes Sir W . T . Marriott as Chairman , and Bro . C . Graham P . P . G . E . Kent as Secretary . About 500 brethren form the Committee .

o o o A meeting of the Committee just appointed to consider the erection of new Masonic buildings at Oxford will take place shortly , under the presidency of the

Provincial Grand Master . Considering what a stronghold of Masonry Oxford is , says the " Oxford Chronicle , " there should be very little difficulty in raising the necessary funds . A large room in the centre of the City

suitable for balls , concerts , & c , would be a great boon to the citizens , and whatever is decided on , this at least should not be lost sight of by the Committee in their deliberations .

O 0 o The Eev . Thomas Lloyd , rector of Easthorpe , Colchester , a prominent Essex brother , has accepted the living of Theydon Garnon , near Epping , which is of the

annual value of seven hundred pounds . The rectory house , which is so large as to be ah encumbrance to the living , has , by permission of the Archbishop of

Canterbury , been sold , and the purchase money , three thousand four hundred pounds , has been placed by the treasurer of Queen Anne ' s Bounty to the credit of the benefice .

EVERY HOUSE may shortly be supplied with electric light by a simple piece of mechanism placed over the kitchen chimney , if a new plan of Edison ' s for generating electricity directly from heat is successful . Thus the poorest person could have the benefit of a

useful invention which is now legaided as a luxury only for the comfort of the rich . Mr . Ihoruas Hollowuy , however , has given a greater blessing to humanity than has yet been afforded by the most wonderful discoveries of science . His Pills and Ointment

have succeeded in cases where the greatest authorities on medical treatment have failed . Whatever the condition of a patient may be , these medicines will effect a cure if such a thing is humanly possible .