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LODGE OF RECREATION . THE members of the Lodge of Freedom , No . 77 , having formed themselves into a Lodgo of Recreation , started off on Wednesday , the 13 th instant , for a very pleasant outing . Leaving

Gravesend at 8-45 m two special saloon carriages provided by tlie South Eastern Railway , the Brethren arrived at Hampton Court in due course , where they embarked on board the steam launch " Formosa , " in charge of Bro . Burgoyne of Molesey , and proceeded i . r , t . lm viver as far as Staines , whence they returned to Castle

Hotel , Hampton Court , where Bro . Mayo received them in his usual ' courteous and hospitable manner . The highly esteemed W . M . Bro . George Rackstraw presided at the dinner , which was provided at his expense , being supported by his Officers and a large number of tho Brethren , among whom were the following : —E . C .

Payne Mayor of Gravesend , Thos . Nettleingham S . W . and W . M .-elect , J . A . Whitfield J . W ., Fowle S . D ., J . C . Biggs P . M . and Secretary , G . Masters , J . Solomon , Caddell and Joseph Davis Steward , by whom tho arrangements wore carried out . Tho party returned homo at a late hour after having spent a most enjoyable day .

o o o HOLIDAYS IN THE WEST OF ENGLAND . n ^ HE Greafc Western Railway Company announce that during JL July , August aud September , Cheap Excursions for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days will leave Paddington Station at 10-10 p . m . every Friday night for Exeter , Plymouth , Penzance , & c , and every Saturday morning for the same periods for Weston-super-Mare , ¦ - _ ¦ ! t m _ - _ . ____ -..- * - _ . _ 1 llw » m ~^<» A »* ll ^ UAH rte \ v _ n _ r \ Jt »__ r » A 11 viioaubc

* " _ * Ilfracombe , Exeter , Torquay , r ^ muum , J . , « , < ,. ^ u . Excursion train will leave at 8-10 a . m . on Saturdays for Shrewsbury Llanidloes , Aberystwyth , Barmouth , Harlech , Rhyl , Colwyn Bay ' Llandudno , Bettws-y-Coed , Bangor , Carnarvon and other stations in North Wales for 3 , 10 , or 17 days . An Excursion will leave at 12-35 p . m . on Saturdays for Yeovil ,

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Dorchester , Weymouth , & c , for 3 , 10 or 17 days and , at 1-55 p . m . for Exeter , Torquay , Plymouth , & c , for 3 , 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days . Excursions will also be run afc convenient times each Saturday to Newbury , Devizes , Gloucester , Cheltenham , Bath , Bristol , Wells , Clevedon , Taunton . Tiverton and other stations .

Passengers will be booked on Saturdays to Guernsey and Jersey via Weymouth and th short sea passage to the Islands , by the mail train leaving Paddington at 9-15 p . m . Third Class return tickets available for 8 , 10 , 15 or 17 days will he issued at a fare of 24 s 6 d . Direct Steamers will run from Weymouth to Guernsey and from Weymouth to Jersey and back .

o o o SWITZERLAND IN MINIATURE . THE London and North Western Railway Company , always to tho fore in the matter of improvements and facilities to the travelling public , announce that , commencing on Saturday next , and evory Saturday during July , August , and September .

special trains at cheap fares will leave Euston Station at 8-15 a . m . for Llandudno , Bangor , Rhyl , Llanberis ( for Snowdon ) , Aberystwyth , Barmouth , and other attractive tourist resorts in North Wales . These Excursions will enable passengers to spend a fortnight in " Picturesque Wales , " and will be a boon to thousands of young

men and maidens engaged in tho Metropolis , as indeed to heads of families , to whom the cost of a summer holiday is a very serious item in their expenditure . The Cheap Tickets will bo available for return on the following Monday , Monday week , or Monday fortnight , by special through

trains . In like manner , Cheap Excursions to London will be run every Monday , commencing 9 th July , from the principal towns in the Principality , available for return on tho following Saturday or Saturday week . Full particulars can be obtained by consulting our advertisement columns .

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NEXT WEEK .

Monday . 16 Royal Alpha , Hotel Metropole 1319 Asaph , Freemasons-hall 1924 Wickham , Brockley 1996 Priory , Acton

113 Unanimity , Preston 119 Sun , Square , Compasses , Whitehaven 15 G Harmony , Plymouth 328 Sfc . John , Torquay 331 Phcenix of Honour & Piudence , Truro 431 St . George , North Shields C 22 St . Cuthberga , Wimborne 850 St . Oswald , Ashbourne 928 Friendship , Petersfield 977 Fowey , Fowey

1045 Stamford , Altrincham 1071 Zetland , Saltash 1077 Wilton , Blacklcy 1211 Goderich , Leeds 1239 Wcntworth , Sheffield 1254 Semper Fidelis , Exeter 1264 Neptune , Liverpool 1302 Do Warren , Halifax

1452 St . Margaret , Lowestoft 1573 Caradoc , Swansea 1954 Molesworth , Wadebridge 2163 Jersey , Southall 2166 Cotehelc , Calstock

Tuesday . Colonial Board , at 4 171 Amity , Ship and Turtle 70 St . John , Plymouth 103 Beaufort , Bristol 124 Marquis of Granby , Durham 158 Adam's , Sheerness 209 Etonian , Windsor 252 Harmonic . Dudlev

265 Royal Yorkshire , Keighley 294 Constitutional , Beverley 315 Royal York , Brighton 364 Cambrian , Neath 393 St . David , Berwick 421 Loyal of Industry , Southmolton 510 St . Martin , Liskeard 558 Tcniple , Folkestone

060 Cainalodunum , Malton 673 St . John , Liverpool 734 Londesborough , Bridlington 804 Carnarvon , Havant 847 Fortescue , Honiton 948 St . Barnabas , Linslade 960 Bute , Cardiff

974 Pentalpha , Bradford 1002 Skiddaw , Cockcrmouth 1244 Marwood , Redcar 1310 Harrow , Harrow 1619 Sackville , East Grinstead

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1780 Albert Edward , Southampton 1785 St . Petroc , Padstow 1981 Arnold , East Molesey 2129 Dorothy Vernon , Bakewell 2290 Fairfield , Fairfield 2475 Border , Blackwatcr

"Wednesday . 74 Athol , Birmingham 94 Phcenix , Sunderland 137 Amity , Poole 159 Brunswick , East Stonehouse 168 Mariners , Guernsey 282 Bedford , Tavistock

298 Harmony , Rochdale 326 Moira of Honour , Biistol 327 St . John , Wigton 406 Northern Counties , Newcasfcle-on-T 417 Faith and Unanimity , Dorchester 429 Royal Navy , Ramsgale

U 43 . Koyal , Jb'iley 838 Franklin , Boston 970 St . Anne , East Looe 1003 Prince of Wales , Jersey 1013 Royal Victoria , Liverpool 1085 Hartington , Derby 1167 Alnwick , Alnwick

1274 Earl of Durham , Chefcter-lo-Strcot 1431 St . Alphege , Solihull 1461 Clausentum , Woolston 1549 Abercorn , Great Stanmore 1660 Arlecdon , Frizington 1736 St . John , Halifax 1862 Stranton , West Hartlepool 2024 Raymond Thrupp , Hampton Court 2330 St . Lawrence . Pudsev

2382 Lojal Hay , Hay 2464 Longsight , Longsight 2490 Ampthill , Ampthill

Thur £ day . 10 Westminster & Keystone , Freemasonshall 1155 Excelsior , Crystal Palace 1288 Finsbury Park , Cock Tav ., Highbury 1383 Friends in Council , 33 Golden Sauaie

1445 Prince Leopold , Three Nuns , Aldgate 1724 Kaisar-i-Hind , Cafe Royal 1790 Old England , Thornton Heath 1950 Southgate , New Soughgate 1963 Duke of Albany , Surrey Masonic Hall 24 ewcastie

n , JNewcastle-on-Tync 57 Hnmber , Hull 110 Loyal Cambrian , Merthyr Tydvil 123 Lennox , Richmond , Yorks 195 Hengist , Bournemouth 219 Prudence , Todmorden

230 Fidelity , Devonport 249 Mariners , Liverpool 266 Naphtali , Heywood 269 Fidelity , Blackburn

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289 Fidelity , Leeds 300 Minerva , Ashton-under-Lyne 305 Apollo , Becclcs 317 Affability , Manchester 462 Bank Terrace , Accrington 509 Tees , Durham 531 St . Helen , Hartlepool •633 Yarborough , Manchester 637 Portland , Stoke-unon-Trent

703 Clifton , Blackpool 792 Pelham Pillar , Grimsby . 85 Q Rcstormel , Lostwithiel 913 Pattison , Plumstead 1231 Savilc , Elland 1284 Brent , Topsham 1324 Okeover , Ripley 1384 Eauitv . Widncs

1500 Walpole , Norwich 1513 Friendly , Barnsley 1565 Earl of Chester , Lymm 1829 Burrell , Brighton 1899 Wellesley , Sandhurst 2255 Philbrick , Chingford 2261 Armitage , Milnsbridge

2317 Bisley , Woking 2321 Acacia , Bradford Friday . Grand Lodge , Freemasons Hall , 12 for 1

242 St . George , Doncaster 291 Rural Philanthropic , Highbridge 306 Alfred , Leeds 375 Lambton , Chester-le-Street 521 Truth , Huddersfield 837 De Grey and Ripon , Ripon QR (\ Afln . iv Alfl _* VinrerV _ V £

~~ v »» . _ . , . _ . ~ . _ L ,. ___ . 1230 Barnard , Barnard Castle 1648 Prince of Wales , Bradford 1664 Gosforth , Gosforth 1754 Windsor , Penarth 2433 Minerva , Birkenhead

Saturday . 1928 Gallery , Anderton ' s 2182 Stemdalo Bennett , Surrey Masonic Hall 1223 Amherst , Rivcrhead 1460 Thames Vallev . Halliford

1550 Prudence , Plymouth 1567 Elliot , Feltham 1929 Mozart , Croydon 2054 Wilson Isles , Rickmansworth 2077 Epping , Chingford 2148 Walsingham , Wilmington

' £ iOo Jfegasus , Uravesend 2323 Bushey Hall , Bush ' cy 2331 Ravenscroft , Barnet 2442 St . Clement , Leigh 2473 Molesey , East Molesey