Great Western Railway.

GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY .

EASTKR HOLIDAYS ,

ON 30 th March and following days , Cheap Third Class Return Tickets , available for use from 2 nd to 6 th April inclusive , and for return to Sth April inclusive , will be issued at Paddington , Victoria ( L . C . & D . Ry . ) , Battersea , Chelsea . West Brompton , Kensington ( Addison Road ) , Uxbridge Road , Hammersmith , Shepherd's Bush , and Westbourne

Park , to Bath , Bristol , Exeter , Plymouth , Falmouth , Penzance , Yeovil , Dorchester , Weymouth , and other stations in the South and West of England . Tickets will also be issued for use on 2 nd , 4 th and 6 th April to Guernsey and Jersey , 25 / - return , available for 14 days . Excursion Trains will leave Paddington as under :

Thursday , 2 nd April , 7-55 a . m . —For Weston-Super-Mare , Taunton , Minehead , Barnstaple , Ilfracombe , Exeter , Torquay , Plymouth , & c , to return 9 th , 10 th or 11 th April . 11-10 a . m ., for Oxford , Banbury , Leamington , Birmingham , Wolverhampton , Shrewsbury , Hereford , Manchester , Chester , Birkenhead , Liverpool , Cheltenham , Evesham , Worcester , Malvern , & c , to return 7 th April , and from certain stations at option on 6 th April .

12-5 noon . —For Newbury , Devizes , Clevedon , Weston-Super-Mare , Wells , Yeovil , Bridport , Dorchester , Weymouth , & c . ; to return 9 th , 10 th or 11 th April . Passengers to Clevedon , and Weston-Super-Mare can also return on

6 th or 7 th of April . 12-10 noon and 11-10 p . m . —For Bath and . Bristol , to return 6 th or 7 th of April . 11-55 p . m . —For Newport , Cardiff , Swansea , Llanelly , Carmarthen and New Milford , to return 6 th April .

12-35 p . m . —For Chippenham , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c , to return 6 th April , and from certain stations at option on 7 th April . Good Friday , 9-20 a . m . —For Reading , Oxford , & c . ; to return same day . Oxford passengers can also return 6 th April . Saturday , 4 th April , 12-35 p . m . —For Bath , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , & c , to return 6 th or 7 th April .

Easter Monday , 6-15 a . m . —For Bath , Bristol , Weston-super-Mare , & c , to return same day , or 7 th April . 6-55 a . m . for Cirencester , Gloucester , Cheltenham , & c . ; to return same day , or Sth , 9 th or 10 th April . 7-40 a . m . —For Reading , Hungerford , Didcot , & c . ; to return same day .

Tuesday , 7 th April , 12-10 noon . —For Oxford , Leamington and Stratfordon-Avon , to return same day . Cheap Third Class Return Tickets will be issued by certain Trains on Good Friday , Saturday , Easter Sunday and Monday , to Staines 2 / -, Windsor 2 / 6 , Maidenhead 3 / -, Henley 3 / 6 , Goring 6 / -, & c .

Pamphlets , Excursion , Ordinary and Cheap Tickets , can be obtained at the Company ' s Stations , and tbe usual Receiving Offices . HY . LAMBERT , General Manager .

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Royal Masonic Institution For Girls.

ROYAL MASONIC INSTITUTION FOR GIRLS .

A PBELIMINAEY meeting of the Board of Stewards of the 108 th Anniversary Festival will be held in the Board Eoom , Freemasons' Hall , on Tuesday next , 31 st , at five o ' clock , to elect the Officers of the Board , and to make such arrangements for the Dinner , & c , as may be considered most desirable .

It may be pointed out that donations and subscriptions on Stewards lists paid in to the office of the Institution prior to the election on the 9 th April , 'will carry votes for the same .

Devon Educational Fund.

DEVON EDUCATIONAL FUND .

A MEETING of the General Purposes Committee of the Devon Masonic Educational Fund was held on Monday afternoon at the Freemasons' Hall , Plymouth , Bro . J . Griffin presiding . It was reported by Bro . J . B . Gover Secretary that two applications for election on the fund had been received , one on

behalf of a child of a deceased Brother of Lodge Friendship , Devonport , and the other on behalf of a child of a deceased Brother of St . Maurice Lodge , Plympton—both very deserving cases . In addition to these there is a candidate brought forward ¦ who has hitherto failed to secure election , and has thus a large

number of votes standing to his credit . It was decided to elect two candidates at the annual meeting to be held in Exeter on the 7 th prox ., thus bringing the total number of recipients up to twenty . A sum of £ 15 a year is voted for the education and clothing of each child up to the age of fourteen years , and an

additional £ 5 is granted for the advancement of the child in life after leaving school . Nearly the whole of the money required for this purpose—more than £ 300 a year—is raised by voluntary

contributions of the Devonshire Brethren , and in view of fche approaching election it is hoped that those who have not already paid their subscriptions this year will remit them at once to their respective Charity Stewards . — " Western Morning News . "

Western District Masonic Association.

WESTERN DISTRICT MASONIC ASSOCIATION .

THE second annual meeting of this Association was held at the Freemasons' Club , Princess Square , Plymouth , on Friday , 20 th inst ., Bro . 0 . G . Withell presiding . The object of the Association is to consider and promote such matters as

may be deemed important to the interests and welfare of Freemasonry in the Three Towns and district , with due regard for the claims and requirements of the other parts of fche Province .

The Secretary reported upon the work of the past year , detailing particulars of the meetings held , the correspondence carried on by the Association , and the results attained thereby . He also showed that upwards of £ 60 had accrued to the local

Masonic Charities as a result of the action of the Association The Secretary further remarked that they had passed through a comparatively uneventful year , but in the coming year there was every prospect of considerable and important work requiring fco he done .

The Treasurer's report showed that the year started wifch an adverse balance , bufc as every Lodge in fche district had now joined the Association , the income had been sufficient to clear all liabilities and produce a small balance . The reports were adopted , and the Treasurer and Secretary were thanked for their services .

The election of Officers for the ensuing year followed . Four of the Committee retired , and the new Committee are : Bros . G . S . Strode Lowe , J . P ., P . P . G . J . W . President , J . W . Cornish P . P . G . T . and B . H . Gardner Vice-Presidents , H . E . Sitters and W . J . Stanbury P . P . G . D . C , wifch W . Allsford P . P . G . T . as Treasurer , and J . Gifford P . P . G . D . C . as Secretary .

It was resolved to call a meeting shortly for the purpose of selecting candidates for the Provincial Grand Treasurerships of the Craft and Arch .

The Queen ' s Westminster Lodge of Instruction , No . 2021 , which consists of the amalgamated Lodges of the William Preston , No . 766 ; Great Northern , No . 1287 ; Sfc . Marylebone , No . 1305 ; and Queen ' s Westminster , No . 2021 , being desirous of obtaining the services of Brother E . J . Beed , of the Queen ' s

Westminster Lodge , as Secretary , decided , at a meeting held at the Criterion Bestaurant , Piccadilly , on Friday , 20 fch insfc ., to change the night of meeting from Friday to Monday , the first meeting to be held on Monday , 13 th April . At the same meeting Bro . Major B . J . Eeed was unanimously elected Secretary .

A correspondent has written to the " Eastern Daily Press , " pointing out that the statement made at the consecration of the Baring Lodge , to the effect that no Lodge had been consecrated in Norfolk since 1878 , is incorrect , the Earl of Leicester Lodge having been established at Wells , in 1888 .

"A Sprig Of Acacia."

"A SPRIG OF ACACIA . "

ON Sunday morning , at Anfield Cemetery , were interred the remains of Bro . Isaac Dixon , an Officer of the Mariners ' Lodge , No . 249 , Downshire Chapter , No . 594 , and West Lancashire Mark Lodge , No . 65 . The esteem in which he was held was evinced by the large gathering of Brethren and friends assembled at the funeral .