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Charity Festival At Southampton.

CHARITY FESTIVAL AT SOUTHAMPTON .

THE annual Festival of the Hampshire and Isle of Wight Masonic Educational and Benevolent Association was held at the Masonic Hall , Southampton , on Friday evening , 21 st inst ., under the presidency of the Grand Master of the Province Bro .

W . "W . B . Beach , M . P ., who was supported by his Deputy Bro . E . Goble , Bro . E . Eve , and many other well known Masons . The vice-chairs were occupied by Bros . H . Giles , E . N ., Prov . G . Secretary , and George Cross .

An . excellent repast was served by Bro . Biggs , and this having been disposed of , tbe Provincial Grand Master proposed the Queen , and the Grand Master H . R . H . the Prince of "Wales . Bro . Eve then gave the Provincial Grand Master , and spoke pf the great services that distinguished Brother rendered to

Charity Festival At Southampton.

Masonry in all its branches , and especially as head of the great and important Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight . The Prov . Grand Master , in responding , expressed Ms thanks for the toast , and said it was always a great pleasure to him to fulfil any Masonic duties devolving upon him , and in presiding over this Province many of those duties were of a most

pleasurable kind . To preside at the Festival of that Educational and Benevolent Association was one of these . It was a great pleasure to him to see so many loyal Masons in his Province doing their utmost to sustain him in the high position which he had the honour to occupy . When that Association was started some had a doubt whether it was calculated to do good or to do

evil—evil , he meant , in a . way tbat it would not be an unmixed good if it should interfere with the now of funds to the great central Masonic Charities . It was thought that ipossibly there might be a tendency to support -the local Institution to the detriment of the greater Charities . That was not . the object with which the Institution was started , and that had not been the

result it had achieved ; on the contrary , it had fostered rather than detracted from the support of tbe large Charities . This great Province of Hampshire and the Isle of Wight stood out well in the support it gave to the great Masonic Charities , and that Institution also met with an amount of support that was extremely creditable to the Brethren . It was of great assistance

to children who either could not get into the Schools , or had to wait a long time before they could do so , and the fact that no one had ever been turned away who had applied was the highest testimony to the value of the support it had received . At the present time seventeen children were receiving annual grants towards the cost of their education . Altogether it was an

Institution that he could not too highly ccmmend to their notice and support . He had presided over one of the Festivals of this Institution before , and then , as now , he was pleased to see it so well supported by the Brethren of the Province . One Brother in particular , Bro . Lancaster , had done an immense deal for the Institution , and he would couple his name with the toast .

. Bro . G . F . Lancaster said he would at once read the contributions of the several Stewards to the Festival . These were as follow : —

Lodge . Steward . £ s . d . 35 Bro . 0 . Brown ... ... ... 11 10 0 130 3 . Cole ... ... ... 16 15 0 132 S . Minty ... ... ... 7 0 0 175 E . B . Eatclifie ... ... 8 0 0 257 J . G . Niven ... ... 5 5 0

309 T . H . Williams ... ... 42 10 6 342 E . W . E . Evans ... ... 22 1 0 359 J . Patstone ... ... 5 15 6 394 A . Doggrell 6 16 6 694 S . Andrews ... ... 10 10 0 723 3 . Jenkins-Kennett ... 5 0 0

804 G . Cox ... ... ... 15 17 0 1069 C . 3 . Lawrence ... ... 12 12 0 1331 W . Downes ... ... 8 8 0 1428 C . A Stuart ... ... 21 0 0 1461 A . 3 . Brown ... ... 15 0 0 1780 E : W . Drysdall ... ... 9 3 6

1971 Eev . E . B . N . Norman Lee ... 2 12 6 2074 W . C . Webb ... ... 37 5 0 2153 E . H . Buck ... ... HOC 2169 G . W . Ball ... ... 5 15 6 2203 H . Pidcock-Henzell ... 7 17 6 1776 Landport Lodge ... ... 10 10 0

1776 Landport Chapter ... ... 13 2 6 1903 Prince Edward o £ Saxe-Weimar | Lodge 16 15 0 1112 Bro . Pearce ... ... ... 3 3 0 The Province Gieve ... ... ... 26 5 0 Unattached Broughton-Smith ... ... 11 11 0 Unattached G . E . Lancaster ... ... 38 10 0

This , said the speaker , made ^ a grand total ofj £ 405 17 s , and some of the lists were not yet closed . He spoke highly of the advantages of the Institution , -which , he was proud to remember , was started on his initiative and proposition . Every child eligible who had applied for its benefits had been relieved ,, and thus the expense of contested elections had been saved . The Institution

had £ 2 , 300 invested capital , but the income from that was not sufficient to meet its wants . If every Lodge in the Province would subscribe on an average £ 5 a year , there would uot be the slightest necessity for these spasmodic appeals . The support given on this occasion had exceeded his most sanguine

expectations , and he heartily thanked the Brethren for commg forward so liberally . Other toasts followed , the speeches being interspersed with music and song , contributed by Bios . J . H . Cowan , G . Beves , and E . H . Buck , and some clever recitations by Bro . Washington Allen .

The Craft At The Mansion House.

THE CRAFT AT THE MANSION HOUSE .

FOLLOWIN G the example of some of his predecessors , who have been Officers of Grand Lodge , Bro . the Eight Hon . Horatio D . Davies , the Lord Mayor of London , on Wednesday