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LANCASHIRE ( EAST DIVISION ) . Lodge £ s d 152 W Jaffrey 10 15 0 uuniitte

317 W J LU I * " 317 J W Edwards 10 10 0 317 Jas Wilson 10 10 0 348 John Kenyon 10 10 0 350 Geo Galloway 52 10 0 1723 E D Harwood 10 10 0 1723 Dr G H Whitaker 10 10 0

K . T . Precep . 97 Geo Galloway ( see Lodge 350 ) LANCASHIRE ( WEST DIVISION ) . Robert Footo 10 10 0 1325 J H Bradshaw 10 10 0 1345 R H Robinson 10 10 0 1384 W J Thomson 10 10 0

1505 Eli Brooks 10 10 0 1814 William Smith , M . D . 10 10 0 1814 W Y Martin , M . D . 10 10 0 2114 Walter C Ervvin 10 10 0 2229 J W Burgess 10 10 0

LINCOLNSHIRE . 792 Wilson Goodwin " ) 792 Joseph Reddish [ 21 0 0 792 Charles Maddison ) ISLE OF MAN .

2049 Phillip A Killey MIDDLESEX . 1237 Henry B May 63 0 0 1309 CR Tinker 21 0 0 1310 Joseph Greenway 44 2 0

132 b James Laurence 2 b 5 0 1503 Edward W Jenkins 34 13 0 1637 Charles Parsons 40 0 0 2087 Thomas Barlow 27 6 0 Chapter 1293 Comp William Maple 11 11 0 1549 C H Webb 21 0 0

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NORTHS AND HUNTS . Lodge £ s d 442 Br John B Vergetto 117 12 0

OXFORDSHIRE . 357 P Colville Smith 11 0 0 1515 George Harris 19 2 6 1703 Joseph Bartlett 10 10 0 1895 Rev A R Pritchard

SHROPSHIRE . 611 Rowland G Veuables 10 10 0 SOMERSETSHIRE . The Province Geo H Perrett 210 0 0

STAFFORDSHIRE . The Province F Ryder 262 10 0 RTTfflPnTJC .

Lodge 1224 Br W Inglis Mason 136 10 0 SURREY . QQQ TomnoTt / lnall 9 £ fl f >

1638 Frederick Loekett 28 5 0 2120 W Honry Gardener 10 10 0 SUSSEX . 40 John Pearce 30 14 0

732 W Botting WORCESTERSHIRE . A F Godson , M . P . 36 15 0 529 Aid . WB Williamson , J . P . 10 10 0 2034 Thomas R Arter 10 10 0

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YORKSHIRE ( NORTH AND EAST RIDINGS ) . Col . R G Smith 37 16 0

YORKSHIRE ( WEST RIDING ) . Lodge £ s d 154 W rlBTomlinson . J . P : 265 William Harrison 290 William Harrop

306 John Dyson 362 William Moore 750 Rawson Kelley 904 Peter B Bancroft , 904 Frederick Cleeves ' 260 0 0 974 Herbert A Foster 1019 John Wordsworth

1019 Herbert G E Green 1019 Henry Lee 1211 Arthur W Youings 1513 T W Embleton / 1513 C W Finckeu

NORTH WALES . 755 IH Harrison 16 16 0 1336 C K Benson 36 15 0 1849 J L Griffith 17 17 0

SOUTH WALHiS ( W . DlVlSlOfNJ . A Stone 230 15 0 FOREIGN STATIONS . W Girling ( Bengal ) 10 10 0

W Hughes ( Malta ) 42 0 0 Adams ( Hong Kong and South China ) 31 10 0 MARK DEGREE . 315 John Larkin 21 0 0

South Australia.

SOUTH AUSTRALIA .

HARMONY LODGE , No . 3 .

THE first installation in the "Blue" Lodges , for the Masonic year which has just begun was conducted under highly favourable auspices in the Freemasous' Hall , Flinders-street , Adelaide , on the 9 th May . Then the retiring Master ( Bro . J . E . Thomas ) installed his successor ( Bro . A . Lendon , M . D . ) in the presence of a distinguished

and numerous company of Freemasons , including the Grand Master , Bro . S . J . Way ( Chief Jnstice ) , Deputy Grand Master Bro . H . E . Downer , M . P ., P . D . G . M . Bro . H . M . Addison , several other Grand Lodge Officers , the Masters and Wardens of most of the city and suburbau Lodges under the South Australian Constitution , and

representatives of the Irish Constitution , of which one Lodge still works in the colony . The whole ceremonial was superintended with great efficiency by Bro . Thomas , who had the assistance of Grand Lodge Officers and other brethren . Tho newly installed Master's list of officers , who were duly invested , is as follows : —Bros . A . A . Lendon ,

M . D ., W . M ., J . Edwin Thomas I . P . M ., T . H . Hatton Richards S . W ., A . W . Marshall J . W ., Rev . J . W . Owen Chaplain , A . Champion , B . A ., Secretary , A . Lindsay Treasurer . F . Williams Director ofCeremonies , A . Bruce S . D ., J . G . Reeves J . D ., W . D . Furze I . G ., James Shakespeare Organist , and N . Kildeal Tyler . The Stewards are not yet

appointed . After the installation the Grand Master ( Chief Justice Way ) , as the spokesman for the Lodge , of which he is a membor , presented to the retiring Master ( Bro . Thomas ) , a Past Master's Jewel , which is a handsome specimen of the goldsmith ' s art , as a

substantial acknowledgment of the specially valuable services rendered by the recipient to the Lodge and to Masonry generally . Afterwards a banquet was held in the refreshment room , and the customary toasts were submitted .

A LODGE OP SORROW .

To the Editor of the FREEMASON s CHRONICLE . DEAR SIR AND BROTHER , —In reply to numerous inquiries I beg to Btate that a Lodge of Sorrow for tho Illustrious Brother , tho

late Emperor Frederick , will be held by the Pilgrim Lodge in the beginning of October next , the particulars of which will bo advertised in your columns in due course . Yours fraternally ,

C . Kui'FEKSCIILUJ / f P . M . 231 23 Woodberry Grove , Finsbnry Park , N . 26 th June 1888 .

Announcement in made of a service under the auspices of the Victoria Lodge aud Chapter , No . 254 ( I . C . ) , in Holy wood Parish Church . The Rev . J . W . Murray , Dean ° f Connor , was appointed to preach , and a collection wa . b takou in aid of the Alatsoniu Charities .

South Australia.

DUN DAS CHAPTER , No . 1255 . THE annual meeting was held at the Huyshe Masonic Temple , Plymouth , on the 20 th instant , when Comp . John Wallis was installed as Z ., aud Comp . George Lee as H . In the unavoidable absence of the 3 rd Principal-Elect Comp . G . Dimier , his installation was postponed . The installing officers were Comps . J . R . Lord , James

Gidley , assisted by Comp . T . W . Lemon , and the following Board of Installed Principals : —Comps . S . Jew , Goodall , E . Aitken Davies , John Hammond , S . J . Hearle . The Officers were invested as follow : —Comps . W . H . Crimp I . P . Z ., John Hammond S . E ., F .

J . Piper S . N ., S . J . Daniels P . Soj ., G . W . S . Townsend 1 st . A . Soj ., R . M . Parker 2 nd A . Soj ., Samuel J . Hearlo Treasurer , W . H . Phillips Janitor . The Companions adjourned to the Masouic Club , Princess-square , where an excellent supper was provided by Comp . Simmonds , the manager , and an enjoyable evening was spent .

DEFRAUDING THE FREEMASONS ,

Al the Sevcuoaks Police-court on the 22 nd , William Ellison , of respectable appearance , was charged with obtaining by false pretences from Joseph Henry Jewell , Hou . Secretary to the Amherst Lodge of Freemasous , the sum of 5 s , belonging to the Lodge , on the 14 th instant . Prosecutor stated that on the 14 th

instant , tho prisoner came to him an 1 told him that he was a Freemason , aud was travelling from Dover to Aldershot , where he had obtained work . Prisoner added that his wife and three boys wero stopping at a publichouse at Rt verhead , and that on the previous morning his wife had been confioed of twins , and consequently he

was in sore need of assistance . Prisoner gave the password and mentioned the names of Lodges in Lancashire and Newcastle . Prosecutor believed him at the time to be a Freemason , and gave him 5 s . Prisoner ' . , statement respecting ' his wife being confined was proved to bo false . Superintendent Waghoru informed the magistrates

that the prisouer had obtained sums of money from the rector of Sevenoaks ( Rev . T . S . Curteis ) and other Freemasons in tho town , who , however , would not prosecute . Prisoner was apprehended at Maidstone , on Wednesday . He now admitted his guilt und was committed for trial . —Daily Chronicle .

The Provincial Grand . Master of Nottinghamshire ( the Duke of St . Albans ) has ordered Masonic ; mourning to be worn in the Province for three mouths , as a , mark of . respect for the late brother William Phelps , Past Grand . Registrar , of Carisbrook Houso , whose funeral took place on the 26 th , at the General Cemetery , and was largely attended .

The three Craft degrees , Entered Apprentice , Fellow Craft and Master Mason , are often "' symbolic" degrees , because in them the tools of operative Masonry are largely made uso of to inculcate moral truths . The higher degrees for the most part cither celebrate historical ovouta or teach virtue in an abstract manner .