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CZJI H ^^^^ M ^^ fa SATURDAY , 27 TH MAY 1893 .

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ROYAL ARCH .

PROV . GRAND CHAPTER OP WEST YORKSHIRE .

AT the annual convocation of the Provincial Grand Chapter of West Yorkshire , holdon in the Town Hall , Pontefract , on Monday ; 15 th inst ., at 4 > 15 p . m ., by the invitation of St . Oswald Chapter , No . 910 , there were present the following Provincial Grand Officers : — Comps . Thomas Wm . Tew Superintendent , William Harrop as H ,,

Wm . Henry Jessop J . ; Charles L . Mason and George Brooko Past H . ' s ; Thomas R . Vaux Past J ., Henry Smith S . E ., John Wm . Balme S . N ., Mark Newsome , J . P ., Past S . N ., Henry T . E . Holmes Treasurer , Thomas Harrison Past Treasurer , Wm . Henry Steward as Registrar , Thomas Wm . Roome as Principal Soj ., Cornelias Weawill 1 st Assist .

Soj ., William Watson Past as 2 nd Assist . Soj . ; H . S . Holdsworth , Samuel Slack , William Skinner , and James Lawton Sojourners j William Bingham Sword Bearer , Reuben Williamson Past Sword Bearer , Wm . Henry Milnes Standard Bearer , F . XV . Tarner Past Standard Bearer , Edwin Billineton Director of Ceremonies , J . W .

Monckman as Assistant Dir . of Cers . ; John Barker , Edmund Lord , and Thomas Gaukroger Pas ?; Dirs . of Cers ., Simeon Whiteley Organist , George F . Carr Past Organist , Herbert G . E . Green Assist .

S . E ., Robert Fisher as Janitor ; Wm . Fisher Tasker , Thomas Uttley , J . P . Hewitt , and John Shoesmitb Stewards ; also Principals , Past First Principals , and Companions from Chapters 61 , 139 , 154 , 20 S , 212 , 258 , 264 , 265 , 275 , 289 , 290 , 296 , 302 , 304 , 306 , 307 , 337 , 380 , 387 , 408 , 448 , 495 , 521 , GOO , 837 , 901 , 910 , 974 , 1001 , 1019 , 1042 , 1214 , 1283 , 1462 , 2069 ,. Apologies for absence were received from

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the following Provincial Grand Officers : —Comps . T . W . Embletou P . Z . 1513 H ., Wm . Haigh P . Z . 1283 Assist . Soj ., James Walmesley P . Z . 827 Assistant Dir . of Cers ., Thomas Chester Janitor , and 123 Companions . Visitors—Comps . Colonel the Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett P . Z . Prov . G . H . ( Past G . S . N . England ; , and M . C . Peck Prov . G . S . E .

( Past Grand Standard Bearer of England ) N . and E . Yorkshire . Comp . Thos . Wm . Tew , J . P ., P . Z . 495 Prov . Grand Superintendent and Officers entered at 4 ' 15 , and Provincial Grand Chapter was opened in due form , after which the Provincial Grand Superintendent and the Provincial Grand H . and J . were saluted .

The distinguished visitors , Comps . Colonel the Hon . W . T . Orde-Powlett and M . C . Peck , were also saluted . The minutes of the Provincial Grand Convocation , holden at Huddlesfield , on Friday , 11 th November 1892 , were presented , taken as read , and confirmed .

At the request of the Provincial Grand Superintendent the Provincial Grand H . designate , then delivered the following address : —

COMPANIONS—You will , I am sure , rejoice with me to Bee our Grand Superintendent present amongst ua to-day . His last appearance in Provinoial Grand Chapter was at Keighley on Gth May 1891 , so that for two complete years we have been deprived of his presence at our half-yearly convocations .

Whilst welcoming with gratitude this improved condition of our Grand Superintendent ' s health , I must remind you that the recovery is only partial ; tbat anxiety and excitement are to be avoided , and the doctors absolutely forbid him taking any active part at meetings either public or private .

We must , therefore , be content with seeing him only . This ia a oondition of things whioh at one time seemed very doubtful , and for which we are very grateful . He thanks you silently from his heart for your cordial salutation and for the sympathetic inquiries whioh you have made from time to

time in relation to him . He wishes me to say , that whilst his afflictions havo prevented him taking part in our proceedings and have compelled his absence from our meetings , yet , that he has been kept well informed of all that has gone OD , and that his interest in the Chapters iu West Yorkshire

remains unabated . Hia determination to retire from the chieftainship of the Craft in this Province has only been arrived at with the greatest regret , bat he hopes still to retain , for some time longer , the office of Grand Superintendent .

Companions , it is , I am sure , your fervent wish and prayer , even as it is my own , that Companion Thomas William Tew may be spared to preside over as for many years yet to come , and that the undoubted improvement in his condition may continue as the months roll on .

With respect to myself I said in Provinoial Grand Lodge that it was my wish to retire from the Office of Deputy and it is only after strong pressure that I havo consented to remain for a limited time longer . In the Royal Avch , as yon all kcow , I have served as Provincial

Grand Soribe E . since 1870 , and during those 23 years I have endeavoured faithfully to discharge tbe responsibilities of tbatoffice ; Companion Tew has kindly allowed me to retire from that post and to-day has conferred upon me the honourable distinction of Provincial Grand H .

In my new capacity , as in the first , I will do my utmost to promote the best interests of Royal Arch Masonry in West Yorkshire . The collar of Scribe E . has been given to E . Companion Herbert Green , and I think you will agree that he is well qualified for that office . Companion Herbert Green was exalted in 1878 , and filled the

1 st Principal ' s chair in Sincerity Chapter , No . 1019 , in 1886 , and in Unanimity Chapter , No . 154 , in 1887 . He has also been Assistant Provincial Grand Scribe E . since 1886 , when that offioe was created . The rest of the Officers have been seleoted with a view to recognise merit in the individual , and in order to spread the honours as widoly

as possible amongst the Chapters . I sincerely hopo that those upon whom collars have been bestowed will feel it their duty to use their best efforts to promote the prosperity of this interesting branoh of our Craft . This they can do by visiting other Chapters ; and thus in some

measure they may compensate for the absence of our Grand Superintendent , who , when in a condition to do so , was moat zealous and constant in going from Chapter to Chapter to be presont at the meetings .

It is satisfactory to find that our numbers aro steadily , though slowly , inoroasing . The year just closed , finds us with 42 Chapters and 1 , 257 members on our roll—au increase of 28 Companions . The returns to 31 st December 1892 may bo briefly stated thus — New . Resigned . Died . Excluded . Arrears . 89 42 26 10 62

The last i . em , " arrears " is an incroase of 17 on 1891 , and 34 in 1890—a decidedly unsatisfactory stato of things , and Treasurers should immediately and energetically exert themselves to collect these arrears . I should like to inspire tho Principals and Companions of every Chapter with " Esprit do corps , " so that thoy may not only perfect

themselves m onr very intotediiug rituul but make their respective Chapters patterns of order and regularity , and that they may conform willingly aud promptly with the regulations to which we all owe allegiance j for instance the annual return of Principals should be made immediately after tho installation , aud the annual return of members dnring tho month of January . Tho actual fact id that not half (? iz ., l'J inembera' returns ) were received in January , 12 iu