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To Correspondents.
2 . No Lodge can refuse to pay proper dues to the Provincial Grand Lodge . 3 . Provincial Grand Officers , past and present , should wear undress Grand clothing ; and full dress in Provincial Grand Lodge as well as in Grand Lodge . 4 . The by-laws of Lodges usually determine the period for election , and therefore an election at a Lodge of Emergency would in most cases be irregular ; yet at a Lodge of Emergency , emanating from a previous regular Lodge ( due notice being given to every member of the intended business ) , a Master might be elected , cause being shown for such necessity .
ARCH MATTERS . DR . SENIOR . —The Constitutions have not yet passed the Grand Chapter . The petition for a charter should contain the names of the desired Principals ; if there be no Companions among the petitioners who are qualified , the names of other Companions ( with their consent to act ) who are qualified should be inserted . A PAST GRAND OFFICER is not far out ; there has been some meddling with the Constitutions by an unqualified Companion .
A COMPANION . —We do not know the names of the Holy R . A . Masons , who , either phrenzied or inebriated , committed an offence against decency and common sense ; if we did , we would publish the scene . P . Z . —Comp . B . Lawrence is the Secretary , and Comp . Thos . Moore the Treasurer to the Grand Chapter Club , which counts about twenty-five members . The name of the candidate to be balloted for is usually printed at the back of the dinner ticket . Petitions for relief should , we presume , be addressed to the Secretary ; hut petitions to the Grand Chapter should be transmitted to the Committee of General Purposes . $ 2 sF—1 . No Brother can be made a R . A . until he has been a M . M . for twelve months . 2 . The old form of passing the chair for the purpose of being exalted , was no less than a culpable evasion of Masonic principle , and is now illegal .
TEMPLARS . A CAPTAIN . —The MS . is trash , and the other papers must be looked on with distrust ; the R . A . is absolute nonsense . A KNIGHT . —Agreed ; it is hardly fair for " Masonic Knights" to meddle with trades that affect the interest of others . How would they like it themselves ?—live and let live .
THE ASYLUM . A . LIFE GOVERNOR . —The Grand Lodge having by a unanimous vote recommended the Asylum to the favourable consideration of the Craft , we consider the Grand Secretary , as a point of duty , should comply with the request ; as a matter of courtesy between gentlemen , not a moment should be lost—as a Mason , his object should be harmony and peace . BEZALEEL , JUN . is desirous of knowing when missionaries from the Asylum will visit the provinces , to further the holy work .
A STEWARD . —As fruit ripens it is gathered in time ; the present opposition is getting ripe , and will be gathered to its end . A LADY . —We have cheerfully complied , and we hope on the 12 th of January to receive her approbation .
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To Correspondents.
2 . No Lodge can refuse to pay proper dues to the Provincial Grand Lodge . 3 . Provincial Grand Officers , past and present , should wear undress Grand clothing ; and full dress in Provincial Grand Lodge as well as in Grand Lodge . 4 . The by-laws of Lodges usually determine the period for election , and therefore an election at a Lodge of Emergency would in most cases be irregular ; yet at a Lodge of Emergency , emanating from a previous regular Lodge ( due notice being given to every member of the intended business ) , a Master might be elected , cause being shown for such necessity .
ARCH MATTERS . DR . SENIOR . —The Constitutions have not yet passed the Grand Chapter . The petition for a charter should contain the names of the desired Principals ; if there be no Companions among the petitioners who are qualified , the names of other Companions ( with their consent to act ) who are qualified should be inserted . A PAST GRAND OFFICER is not far out ; there has been some meddling with the Constitutions by an unqualified Companion .
A COMPANION . —We do not know the names of the Holy R . A . Masons , who , either phrenzied or inebriated , committed an offence against decency and common sense ; if we did , we would publish the scene . P . Z . —Comp . B . Lawrence is the Secretary , and Comp . Thos . Moore the Treasurer to the Grand Chapter Club , which counts about twenty-five members . The name of the candidate to be balloted for is usually printed at the back of the dinner ticket . Petitions for relief should , we presume , be addressed to the Secretary ; hut petitions to the Grand Chapter should be transmitted to the Committee of General Purposes . $ 2 sF—1 . No Brother can be made a R . A . until he has been a M . M . for twelve months . 2 . The old form of passing the chair for the purpose of being exalted , was no less than a culpable evasion of Masonic principle , and is now illegal .
TEMPLARS . A CAPTAIN . —The MS . is trash , and the other papers must be looked on with distrust ; the R . A . is absolute nonsense . A KNIGHT . —Agreed ; it is hardly fair for " Masonic Knights" to meddle with trades that affect the interest of others . How would they like it themselves ?—live and let live .
THE ASYLUM . A . LIFE GOVERNOR . —The Grand Lodge having by a unanimous vote recommended the Asylum to the favourable consideration of the Craft , we consider the Grand Secretary , as a point of duty , should comply with the request ; as a matter of courtesy between gentlemen , not a moment should be lost—as a Mason , his object should be harmony and peace . BEZALEEL , JUN . is desirous of knowing when missionaries from the Asylum will visit the provinces , to further the holy work .
A STEWARD . —As fruit ripens it is gathered in time ; the present opposition is getting ripe , and will be gathered to its end . A LADY . —We have cheerfully complied , and we hope on the 12 th of January to receive her approbation .