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by the Grand Secretary . A brother , or a lodge of brothers , may err from ignorance of the established laws of the Craft , but surely it is not right that they should be permitted to remain in such ignorance after they had reported their procceedings in the particular case in question , for the information and decision of the Grand Lodge , and repeatedly , for years , solicited its confirmation . In conclusionI would ask what is the utility of requiring that
, certain acts shall obtain the sanction of the Grand Master , if , as my three years' experience as a Mason shows me , that such references are never made to that august authority , though submitted to the Grand Secretary , in clue form , for that purpose—else a most lamentable system in the disposal of these questions exists , which must , if not altered , ere long prove extremely prejudicial to the character and interests of our ancient ancl honourable fraternity .
We are waiting iu anxious expectation for the result of the transfusion experiment , and shall be delighted to find that some of the spirit andzeal of the editor and supporters of your Review has replaced the tardy current which now pervades the Grand Loilge officials . Yours , fraternally , A SINGAPORE ZETLANDER .
Zetland Lodge , No . 748 , December 27 . —The brethren of this loclge assembled in their masonic rooms in Bridge-street , at three p . m ., when four candidates were admitted , ancl the ceremony of installing the Worshipful Bro . W . H . Read into the chair of the lodge for the ensuing year was duly performed by the Past Master Bro . J . C . Smith ; after which the following brethren were dul y invested with their insignia of . office : —Bro . R . Bain , S . W . ; Bro . W . Rodyk , J . W . ; Bro . J . C . SmithTreasurer ; Bro . S . F . CummingSecretary ; Bro . W . C . '
, , Leisk , S . D . ; Bro . C . J . Curties , J . D . ; Bro . H . W . Hewetson , J . G . ; Bro . J . G . Barnes Tyler . At . seven , the brethren , with several visitors from foreign ancl other lodges , sat down to banquet . The cloth liaving been removed , the W . M ., Bro . Read , proposed the usual loyal and public toasts , viz ,, " The Queen , the daughter of a Mason ; " " The M . W . the Grand Masterthe Earl of Zetlandand the
, , Grand Loilge of England ; " " The M . W . Grand Masters of Scotland ancl Ireland , the Dukes of Athol and Leinster ; " " The Provincial Grand Lodges and Masons in India , " with appropriate remarks , which were warmly responded to , and drank with masonic honours . The P . M ., Bro . J . C . Smith , requested permission from the chair to give the next toast , the toast of the evening , the health of their newlyinstalled Masterthe Worshipful . Bro . Reactone to whom the lod
, , ge was much indebted for the zeal and interest in its welfare he hacl displayed from the clay of his initiation , ancl more particularly during the time he hacl held the office of Warden . He congratulated the brethren on the happy choice they had made , and him on this auspicious and gratifying commencement of his rule , which he hacl no doubt would be followed by that increased success and prosperity of the loclge , which his position and zeal for the Craft were alike calculated to insure—( drank
with all the honours , and great enthusiasm ) . The Worshipful Master , in reply , thanked his brethren most sincerely for the great honour they had done him , and for the hearty manner in which they had drank his health . He felt much indebted to the Past Master for the flattering mention he had made of him . He was but a young Mason , and could only say that he regretted that
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India.
by the Grand Secretary . A brother , or a lodge of brothers , may err from ignorance of the established laws of the Craft , but surely it is not right that they should be permitted to remain in such ignorance after they had reported their procceedings in the particular case in question , for the information and decision of the Grand Lodge , and repeatedly , for years , solicited its confirmation . In conclusionI would ask what is the utility of requiring that
, certain acts shall obtain the sanction of the Grand Master , if , as my three years' experience as a Mason shows me , that such references are never made to that august authority , though submitted to the Grand Secretary , in clue form , for that purpose—else a most lamentable system in the disposal of these questions exists , which must , if not altered , ere long prove extremely prejudicial to the character and interests of our ancient ancl honourable fraternity .
We are waiting iu anxious expectation for the result of the transfusion experiment , and shall be delighted to find that some of the spirit andzeal of the editor and supporters of your Review has replaced the tardy current which now pervades the Grand Loilge officials . Yours , fraternally , A SINGAPORE ZETLANDER .
Zetland Lodge , No . 748 , December 27 . —The brethren of this loclge assembled in their masonic rooms in Bridge-street , at three p . m ., when four candidates were admitted , ancl the ceremony of installing the Worshipful Bro . W . H . Read into the chair of the lodge for the ensuing year was duly performed by the Past Master Bro . J . C . Smith ; after which the following brethren were dul y invested with their insignia of . office : —Bro . R . Bain , S . W . ; Bro . W . Rodyk , J . W . ; Bro . J . C . SmithTreasurer ; Bro . S . F . CummingSecretary ; Bro . W . C . '
, , Leisk , S . D . ; Bro . C . J . Curties , J . D . ; Bro . H . W . Hewetson , J . G . ; Bro . J . G . Barnes Tyler . At . seven , the brethren , with several visitors from foreign ancl other lodges , sat down to banquet . The cloth liaving been removed , the W . M ., Bro . Read , proposed the usual loyal and public toasts , viz ,, " The Queen , the daughter of a Mason ; " " The M . W . the Grand Masterthe Earl of Zetlandand the
, , Grand Loilge of England ; " " The M . W . Grand Masters of Scotland ancl Ireland , the Dukes of Athol and Leinster ; " " The Provincial Grand Lodges and Masons in India , " with appropriate remarks , which were warmly responded to , and drank with masonic honours . The P . M ., Bro . J . C . Smith , requested permission from the chair to give the next toast , the toast of the evening , the health of their newlyinstalled Masterthe Worshipful . Bro . Reactone to whom the lod
, , ge was much indebted for the zeal and interest in its welfare he hacl displayed from the clay of his initiation , ancl more particularly during the time he hacl held the office of Warden . He congratulated the brethren on the happy choice they had made , and him on this auspicious and gratifying commencement of his rule , which he hacl no doubt would be followed by that increased success and prosperity of the loclge , which his position and zeal for the Craft were alike calculated to insure—( drank
with all the honours , and great enthusiasm ) . The Worshipful Master , in reply , thanked his brethren most sincerely for the great honour they had done him , and for the hearty manner in which they had drank his health . He felt much indebted to the Past Master for the flattering mention he had made of him . He was but a young Mason , and could only say that he regretted that