Tasmania.

TASMANIA .

LODGE OF HOPE , No . 4 ( T . C . )

AN emergency meeting was held ( under dispensation ) , at the Masonio Hall , in July , for installation , when there was a very largo gathering of mombers and visitors , some 134 brethren being present , representing Hobart , Launcoston , Beaconsfiald , Deloraine , Scottsdale , Ringarooma , Mount Cameron , Zeehan , and Table Cape in Tasmania , as well as New Zealand , Queensland , and Victoria and N . S . Wales . The Worshipful S . W . of the District Grand Lodge ol

Queensland , E . C , Bro . Alex . Corrie , who entered Masonry in tho Lodge of Hope , was amongst tho visitors . The Lodge opened at 7-15 p . m ., and at 7 * 45 p . m . the Rov . R . D . Poulett-Harris , M . W . Graud Master of Tasmania , was announced , and entered attended by the following Offioers of Grand Lodge : —R . W . Bros . Room G . S . W ., Jno . Clark acting G . J . W ., V . W . Bro . Steel Grand Seoretary ,

R . W . Bros . Stroud Assistant G . Seoretary , Chambers G . S . D ., Maodougall G . J . D ., Rogers G . Dir . of Cora ., Sutton Assistant G . Dir . of Cers ., Bros . Home aoting G . Standard Bearer , M'Kinlay acting G . Dir . of Works , Lisbey acting Grand Pursuivant . The M . W . Grand Master acted as Installing Officer , the following Officers being installed and invested for the ensuing year : —Bros . White W . M .,

M'Connell I . P . M ., Newey S . W ., Martin J . W ., Scott P . M . Secretary , Home P . M . Treasurer ( re-elected ) , Nathan S . D ., Young J . Br ; Macdougall Dir . of Cers ., Richardson and Hesketh Stewards , Totterdell I . G ., Williams O . G . The Grand Master waa assisted in the ceromonies by the Grand Director of Ceremonies , Bros . Corrie ( Queensland ) , Chambers ( P . M . Powlett Lodge , Wynyard ) , and

Haslett ( W . M . Zeehan Lodge , Zeehan ) . During the evening the retiring I . P . M ., Bro . Hallowes , waa presented with a very handsome P . M . 's jewel , bearing the following inscription : — " From members of Hope to P . M . Bro . H . C . Hallowes , with fraternal regards , W . M . 1890 , I . P . M . 1891 . " The presentation was made on behalf of the membera of Hope by P . M . Bro . Home , who stated that Bro . Hallowes

had that evening oonolnded several years service upon the list of active Officers of the Lodge , and thia presentation was the ontoome of a spontaneous and general desire on the part of tho membera to mark not merely their appreciation of his services , bnt their sense of the value to tho Lodge of hia firmness as a ruler and his prudence as an adviser . The donors desired that the inscription should be

valued more highly than the jewel , for when , as in this oase , " fraternal regards " came from the hearts of the brethren they comprised something that money could not purchase . P . M . Brother Hallowes suitably responded , stating that whether fully merited or not , snch a presentation made in such a spirit could not fail to be deeply appreciated , and n , 9 tho inscription would have been most

prized he was very gratified to find such was the desire of tho brethren , whom he sincerely thanked for thia expression of their confidence nnd esiteotn . Thn jewel was very tasteful , both in design und workmunaliip , and reflects credit upon Bra . J . C . Triste , a member of the Lod ^ e , by whom it was made . Connecting the upper shield , which bears the inscription , with thn P . M . ' s jewel is a medallion eoutauiiiiE ? a Dortrait of the M . W . Grand Mastor . The

Grand Master presented certificates to P . M . Bro . VV . Horno as representative of the Grand Lodge of Victoria , and to P . M . Bro . R . J . Sadler as representative ot tho Grand Lodge of New York , near the Grand Lodgo of Tasmania . During the ovoning a strong Masonio choir , under the conduotorship of Bro . F . Ferguson , rendered a variety of appropriate selections with good effect , and a special vote

of thanks was tendered them . At tho conclusion of the business tho newly installed W . M . invited all present to the banquet room , and hero 114 were present , and sitting room was found for all but a few . The following toasts were given : —Tho Queen and tho Craft , by the W . M . ; Grand Lodge of Tasmania , by Bro . J . M . Haslett ; The Installing Officer , by the W . M ., responded to by the M . W . Grand

Master ; Visitiug Grand Lodge Officers , by P . M . Bro . 11 . S . Scott , responded to by V . W . Bro . G . J . Steele and Bro . E . J . Rogers ; Newly Installed W . M . and Officers of Hope , by R . W . Bro . J . H . Room , responded to by Bro . H . White ; The I . P . M ., by P . M . Bro . H . C . Hallowes , responded to by Bro . Home on account of Bro . M'Connell being unable to remain to tho banquet , through ill

health ; The Visitors by the W . M ., responded to by P . M . Bro . W . Chambers ; The Choir by P . M . Bro . Home , responded to by Bro . F . Ferguson ; The Junior Wardeu ' a toast , by Bro . W . Martin . The speeches wore interspersed with aongs by Bros . E . H . Sutton , E . J . Rogers , F . Fergnson , J . T . M'Donald , W . A . Mncdougall , and J . C . Tristo ; and instrumental selections by Bros . Alex . Young , J . G . S .

Fawns , A . G . Youngman , E . Burbury ; a very pleasant evening being spent . In responding to the toast of The Installing Officer , the Rev . R . D . Poulett-Harria expressed the pleasure ho felt iu again visiting Hope Lodge , and meeting such a representative gathering of the Masons in the North . He had been compelled sinco a severe illness about ten years ago to admit that he was growing old , that travelling

was becoming more fatiguing , and it was gratifying to him that he had been able to avail himself of the opportunity offered him to visit Launcoston , and meet the Northern brethren to whom he in a great measuro owed his investiture just twelve months and four days ago with tho highest Masonic honour which Tasmania could confer upon lim . It waa here that the movement for an independent Grand Lodgo

originated , and it was through the strong unanimity of the northern Masons that the project waa carried out . He must confess that his strong attachment to the English Constitution made him reluctant to forego connection with it until he was well convinced that the step had become a necessity , and that there was unanimity in tho sreat bodv of

iasmaman Masons . He was , however , pleased that from tho inception of the Masonic Union its motto , as P . M . Brother Home so frequentl y impressed upon the Hobart brethren , wa 3 " Unity and Unanimity . " One Lodge only waa still standing out when he accepted She uomination to tho Grand Mastership , and his old aud valued

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Masonio friend P . M . Bro . F . H . Wiao , who had beon strongly opposed to the movement was induced , at hia earnest request , to use the great influence ho possessed in that Lodge to briug it iuto accord with the rest of tho Masonio body so that there waa absolute unanimity before that great day in tho auuals of Tuamautaii Masonry when all that waa highest and noblest in the Australian members of

the Craft came through storm and tempest to inaugurate the Grand Lodge of Tasmania . The Grand Master then proceeded as follows : — Well , brethren , I think the Craft will already havo felt some benefit from the movement which brought about this change , and that it will fael still greater benefit when the organisation is more complete . At present we are atill in an early stage of our organisation . Wo havo

not yet got our Book of Constitutions , have not yot establiahed uniform rules of procedure , and there are still many points of consderable importance which must be arranged by action of the Graud Lodge , aid by the Board of Genaral Purposes , before wo cuu be entitled to regard our work with complete satisfaction . It ia easier to set a movement going than to carry it to a satisfactory oud , and we must remember that our end was not attained on the 2 b * th of

June last year . The brilliant proceedings of that day wero but the beginning—the preliminary step of our existonce as a Grand Lodge . We have still to show that Masonry is benefitted by what wo havo done . The noblest movement may bo nullified and spoiled by mistaken action , or by selfish emulation , or by jealousies , or by mere apathy ; aud it is of this last that I am most fearful . The several

Lodgea have been so much in the habit of aoting eaoh for itself , and with little regard to the fact that eaoh ia a member of a larger organisation , that I am fearful it may bo a good while before they each , learn to take pride and pleasure in their connection with tho Grand Lodge . They have thrown off an old allegiance . I want to feel convinced that they have accepted the new one cordially , and

that they are prepared to act with the same frank loyalty towards the Grand Lodge of Taamania , which thoy manifested towards the several Grand Lodges of the mother country before ciroumstunoea rendered separation a necessity . My time cannot be long now , and may bo very short , but I should be glad to think that I may see the

Grand Lodge of Tasmania not only rooted and grounded , but growing and flourishing , and putting forth flowers and fruits among the Craft , and , promulgating those grand and lofty principles whioh make Masonry , when properly understood and properly practised , one of the regenerating influences of the world .

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