Lodge Meetings Next Week.

LODGE MEETINGS NEXT WEEK .

Monday . 1615 Bayard , 33 , Golden Square 1745 Farringdon . ( Without ) , Via . H'tl 557 Loyal Victoria , Callington 827 St . John , Dewsbury 1177 Tenby , Tenby

1218 Prince Alfred , Mossley 1258 Kennard , Pontypool 1748 Castlemartm , Pembroke 1753 Obedience , Okehamptoii 2229 Lathom , Southport 2279 Thornham , Thornham 2309 Christopher , Eton 2373 Hardwick , Chesterfield

Tuesday . House Committee , R . M . B . I ., at Croydon , at 3 . 310 Union , Carlisle 335 Rectitude , Uorsham 357 Apollo University , Oxford 378 Loyal Welsh , Pembroke Dock 386 Unity , Wareham 506 Mundy Gro' ~ e , Shipley Gate

597 St . Cybi , Holyhead 859 Isaac Newton , Cambridge 1007 Howe & Charnwood , Loughboro 1358 Torbay , Paignton 1479 Halsey , St . Albans 1636 St . Cecilia , Brighton lo 50 Rose of Raby , Staindrop 1942 Minerva , Fenton

Wednesday . 898 Temperance in East , Poplar 76 Economy , Winchester 163 Integrity , Manchester 187 Rl . Sussex Hospitality , Bristol 290 Huddersfield , Huddersfield 30 i Philanthropic , Leeds 430 Scientific , Bingley

461 Fortitude , Newton 651 Brecknock , Brecon 750 Friendship , Cleckheaton 1083 Townley Parker , Manchester 1119 St . Bede , Jarrow 1219 Strangeways , Manchester 1283 Ryburo , Sowerby Bridge 1403 West Lancashire , Orniskirk

1529 Duke of Cornwall , St . Columb 1714 Albert Edward , Yorktown 1734 Trinity , Rayleigh 1775 Leopold , Church 1868 Unity , Oldham 198 D Stirling , Cleator "Moor 2064 Smith Child , Tunstall 2186 Striguil , Chepstow 2259 St . Nicholas , Thorne 2571 Holmes , Newcastle-on-Tyne

Thursday . 10 W ' minster & Keystone . F . M . H . 192 Lion & Lamb , Cannon St . Hotel 742 Crystal i ' alace , Sydenham 1178 Perfect Ashlar , Southwark 1361 United Service , Cafe Royal 1790 Old England , Thornton Heath 1950 Southgate , Beale ' s , Holloway 2202 Regent Park , Frascati 2271 St . Pancras , Midland Grand Ho 2411 Clarence & Avondale , L'yt ' nst ' n

24 Newcastle O . T ., Newcastle 31 United Industrious , Canterbury 38 Union , Chichester 110 Loyal Tbrian , Merthyr-Tydvil 114 British Union , Ipswich 123 Lenno : , Richmond , Yorks

Lodge Meetings Next Week.

195 HengisO , Pournemouth 219 Prudence , Todmorden 249 Mariner , Liverpool 254 Trinity , Coventry 266 Naphtali , Heywood 269 Fidelity , Blackburn 289 Fidelity , Leeds

294 Constitutional , Beverley 295 Combermere Union , Macclesfield 305 Apollo , Becoles 309 Harmony , Fareham 317 Affability , Manchester 419 St . Peter , Wolverhampton 462 Bank Terrace , Acorington

509 Tees , Stockton 531 St . Helen , Hartlepool 539 St . Matthew , Walsall 637 Portland , Stoke-upon-Trent 703 Clifton , Bl & ckpool 792 Pelham Pillar , Grimsby 856 Restormel , Lostwithiel 913 Pattison , Plumstead

1231 Savile , Elland 1284 Brent , Topsham 1324 Okeover , Ripley 1379 Marquess of Ripon , Darlington 1384 Equity , Widnes 1500 Walpole , Norwich 1504 Red Rose of Lanc'ster . Padibun

1513 Friendly , Bamsley 1557 Albert Edward , Hexham 1565 Earl of Chester , Lymm 1829 Burrell . Brighton 1899 Wellesley , Sandhurst 2169 Osborne , East Cowes 2255 Philbrick , Chingford 2317 Bisley , Woking

2321 Acacia , Bradford 2342 Easterford , Kelvedon 2350 Corinthian , Hindley 2496 Wirral , Birkenhead

Friday . 1275 Star , Greenwich 2511 St . John at Hackney , Hackney 44 Friendship , Manchester 242 St . George , Doncaster 291 Royal Philanthropic . Highbridge 306 Alfred , Leeds

521 Truth , Huddersfield 837 De Grey and Ripon , Ripon 936 Adair , Aldeburgh . 998 Welchpool , Welchpool 1009 Shakspere , Manchester 1230 Barnard , Barnard Castle 1375 Architect , Ohorlton-cum-Hardy 1458 Truth , Manchester

1561 Morecambe . Morecambe 1648 Prince of Wales , Bradford 1664 Gosforth , Gosforth 1754 Windsor , Penarth 1838 Tudor Rifle V ' nt ' rs ., WVh ' pton 1993 Wolseley , Manchester 2433 Minerva , Birkenhead 2491 White Rose of York , Sheffield

Saturday . 1622 Rose , Camberwell 1223 Amherst , Riverhead 1362 Royal Albnrt Edward . Redhill 1460 Thames Valley , Hampton Ct . IfifiO Prndp . nne . Plvinoutli

1567 Elliot , Feltham 1929 Mozart , Croydon 2148 Walsingham , Wilmington 2205 P » . gasus , Gravesend 2442 St . Clement , Leisrh 2473 Molesey , East Molesey 2541 St . Andrew , Avonmcuth

Masonry And The War.

MASONRY AND THE WAR .

AS a curiosity it may be interesting to note that Catholic papers charge the Masons of the United States and Spain with the calamities that have befallen the latter country . One

journal says one object in Masonry is to destroy eminently Catholic nations , snch as Spain , and another asserts that the entire political world is under its domination . It says : "In France , in Italy , and iately in Spain , all political measures are in the hands of Freemasons , and subject to their exclusive control .

Germany and the Scandinavian States are ruled by it ; Asia , Africa , and China are in its meshes , and ' free' England , ' enlightened' England , with her equally enlightened and

progressive past and present colonies , is the grand mistress of Masonry throughout the world , for it has made her the mistress of the seas and the possessor of a large share of the wealth of the world . Our American neighbours , Mexico , Brazil , Argentina ,

Masonry And The War.

Chili , Ecuador , and Venezuela are in the contol of the Lodges , and governed by the enemies of religion and social order . " Another , a Mexican journal , has this to say : —" One

explanation , and only one , is admissible , and that is that the surrender was the result of a Masonic agreement . The Sagasta Cabinet , from the Premier to the lowest officials , are all Masons . They are all , all Masons , and the Government is completely undermined by this accursed society , and the interests of the

country , as is universally the case where Freemasonry predominates , are secondary only to those of this satanic organisation . " It would be a good deal more profitable if the patriotic Spaniards who are endeavpuring to find a cause for the- national

disaster would look for it in the shortcomings of the dominant party that has neglected in the times of peace to provide for the education of the people , and for the means of lifting it up to a moral level above that on which it finds enjoyment in brutal bullfights and similar entertainments . It would be more profitable ,

because when the real source of the misfortune of Spain is found , her redemption is made possible . The Catholic Church is a power in the country , and should excercise its influence for good in the direction suggested by the course the general progress of the civilisation of the world has taken since the day that liberty dawned upon mankind . —American Paper .

The want of a Freemasons' Hall suitable to the dignity of the Empire City is perenially referred to by a few members in the Wellington Lodges . The champion orator on this subject took the floor at a rtcent meeting and in a burst of unrighteous indignation characterised the conduct of the Hall Company as

disgraceful , in not getting a better building . Tbe W . M . most properly brought the speaker to book , and told him and the Lodge that in place of abusing the HaU Company , the Masons of Wellington should recognise the debt they owed to the small band of shareholders for having fought so hard and invested their

money without return to keep a Hall over the heads of the Craft in Wellington . We understand that our Brother of the fierce invective is not a shareholder in the Freemasons' Hall . Company ,

and has not offered to take up a thousand shares in a new company to provide what he declaims so loudly about . However , talk is cheap , tho' sometimes most interesting—to the talker . — " New Zealand Craftsman . "

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