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Tallack , P . M . ; II . T . Tallack , P . M . ; E . H . Thiellay , P . M . ; J . W . Brett , D . C . ; E . C . St . Aubyn , and Raymond 11 . Thrupp , D . P . G . M . Visitors : Bros . J . Oppenhein , V . L . Rousset , S . Barlet , Henri Buc , P . G . S ., Ball , P . M ., and G . Metzger , W . M ., of 2060 ; V . Lamare , 1932 ; Louis Verdier Jersey , P . P . G . S . ; E . Janan , P . M . 1641 ; and Hakli , P . M . 1507 . The minutes of the previous meeting having been read and confirmed , Bro . C H . Wheatley , owing to the absence of the Secretary , Bro . WingateP . M . from severe

, , illness , read the balance-sheet and the report of the Audit Committee . It was resolved that the same be received and adopted and entered on the minutes . The visiting brethren were then introduced by Bro . J . Beresford Ryley to the W . M ., and saluted according to their rank . Bro . Edmond Charles St . Aubyn was raised to the Sublime D ; grec of M . M . by his friend , Bro . D . Hart-Davies , who had assumed the chair for that purpose . A Board of Installed Masters having been constituted , Bro . Saunion , P . M ., assumed the charr , and Bro . J . Wheatley , W . M . elect , was presented by Bro . I . Beresford Ryley ,

and installed in the chair of . K . S ., and was afterwards pvockimed and saluted . The following officers were then appointed and invested as follows : Bros . J . H . Anderson , S . W . ; T . J . Peckham , J . W . ; W . Beaton , S . D . ; D . Hart-Davies , P . M ., J . W . ; E . C . St . Aubyn , I . G . ; J . Beresford Ryley , P . M ., P . P . G . D ., Treas . ; G . L . Wingate , P . M ., P . P . G . R ., Sec ; J . W . Brett , Stwd . ; and F . G . Mitchell , Tyler . The retiring Master , Bro . C . H . Wheatley , was presented in felicitous terms with a handsome Past Master ' s jewel in recognition of his useful services to the lodge . On

motion it was unanimously resolved that a vote of thanks be given to Bro . Saunion for the excellent manner in which he had installed the W . M ., which was acknowledged with thanks . On the application of the Secretary , and on motion , it was resolved that a sum of £ 5 5 s . be awarded from the Benevolent Fund of the lodge to the widow of a brother who was for many years a member of this lodge . The resignation of Bro . F . Tallack , P . M ., caused by severe illness , was accepted with deep regret . After some formal business had been transacted , the lodge was closed .

The brethren and visitors then dined together at the Albany Hotel , the table being decorated with choice flowers and supplied with an original artistic dinner card and toast list showing a portrait of her Majesty the Queen emblazoned on the front , with the appropriate emblem of the Queen and the Craft as a motto . The loyal and Masonic toasts having been proposed and honoured , the large company separated , having enjoyed an excellent ceremony and entertainment .

Selwvn Lodge , No . 1901 . The installation meeting of this very successful and flourishing South London lodge took place at the Montpelier Hotel , Choumert-road , Peckham , and marks an epoch in its history . There were present Bros . A . H . Fraser , W . M . ; F . E . Pow , S . W . and W . M . elect ; J . A . Stevenson , J . W . ; W . Wills , P . M ., Treas . ; J . M . Wimble , P . M ., Sec ; F . H . Ford , J . D . ; R . Weddall Thomas , I . G . ; W . H . Hook , P . M ., D . C . ; J . S . Pointon , Jos . A . May , and C . H . Marrison , Stwds . ; Thomas Bowler , Tyler ; R . E . Anderson , P . M .: T . W . Gay , P . M . ; Walter Davies . P . M . :

J . Lightfoot , P . M . ; F . H . Rogers , G . F . Cutts , Hy . Sercombe , C . A . Adams , W . Hunnex , F . Percival , W . H . Hunnex , Seymour Jonn , A . Coward , J . E . Poole , H . Sweeting , Josiah Merralls , G . R . Langley , P . P . G . D . Middx . ( Hon . ); W . H . Lee , H . J . Andrews , A . Stroschneider , H . Tredray , W . A . Abel , A . G . Elliott , L . Maybaum , W . Allen , J . Hart , W . Bradshaw , E . Aggleton , J . Frampton , H . Hayward , Ernest

Pow , A . Cartwright , and A . C . David . The visitors were Bros . D . D . Mercer , P . G . P . ; Stuart Lane , 1614 ; W . Rowan , 1901 ; H . T . Telling , P . M . 2182 ; J . R . Omer , P . M . 1259 ; F . Flood , P . M . 1929 , P . P . A . G . D . C . Surrey ; Walter Hardy , 2472 ; J . A . Braik , W . M . 2310 ; H . Traill , 2136 ; Thos . Piper , P . M . iSg 7 ; J . Ellinger , P . M . 2222 ; A . E . Woolston , 87 ; Edwin Pownall , 1963 ; H . Brook , P . M . 975 ; G . C . May , I . G . 2272 ; and C . H . Stone , P . M . 507 , and S . D . 1614 .

The minutes of the previous meeting were read and confirmed . The W . M ., in a very impressive and perfect manner , raised Bro . F . H . Rogers and passed Bros . A . C . David , W . H . Hunnex , F . H . Percival , and S . Jonn . The Auditors presented their report , which showed the finances of the lodge to be in a thoroughly sound condition , more especially the Benevolent Fund , which has over £ So to its credit . This speaks volumes in favour of the lodge which has contributed to the Masonic Charities in a most liberal manner . A dispensation was read from the Most

Worshipful Grand Master authorising the installation of Bro . F . E . Pow , S . W . and W . M . elect , in the Montpelier Hotel , of which he was the proprietor . Bro . W . H . Hook , P . M ., D . C , the father and one of the founders of the lodge , next presented Bro . F . E . Pow to receive the benefit of installation at the hands of Bro . A . H . Fraser , W . M ., who performed the ceremony admirably in a board of iG Past Masters . The W . M . invested his offi ; ers for the ensuing year as follows : Bro . J . H . Stevenson , S . W . ; F . H . Ford , J . W . ; Wm . Wills , P . M ., Treas . ; J . W . Mimble , P . M ., Sec . ; W . H . Hook , P . M ., D . C ; J . A . Dickason , S . D . ; R . Weddall Thomas ,

J . D . ; J . S . Pomton , I . G . ; J . A . May , A . D . C ; C H . Morrison , C A . Adams , and H . Sercombe , Stwds . ; and Thomas Bowler , Tyler . The addresses were most impressively rehearsed by the I . P . M . and Installing Master , Bro . A . H . Fraser . A ballot was taken for Messrs . William Allen and Ernest Alf Pow , and proving unanimous they were initiated in a masterl y manner by Bro . F . E . Pow , W . M . It was decided that a summer outing should take place , and a committee was formed to carry out the necessary arrangements . A candidate was proposed by the W . M . for the next meeting .

To mark his appreciation of the kindness and courtesy always shown him by the brethren and a memento of his happy year of office , Bro . A . H . Fraser , I . P . M ., presented the lodge with two massive and elegantly chased brass columns for the Wardens , the pedestals bearing the following inscription : ** Presented to the Selwyn Lodge , 1 9 , by Bro . A . H . Fraser , W . M ., 1896-97 . " A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Bro .

rraser for his handsome gift , to which he most suitably replied . The W . M . announced that he and the I . P . M . hoped to stand conjointly as Stewards at the forthcoming Festival of the Boys' Institution , and he trusted that this being a record year in many ways , that the brethren would support the list in the same truly Benevolent spirit as they had hitherto done to the various Masonic Charities , and thus mark their appreciation of that grand Institution .

The business of the lodge ended , the brethren adjourned to an excellent banquet supplied by the worthy host and Mrs . Pow in their recherche style , to which the brethren did ample justice . The cloth removed , the W . M . gave the toast of "The Queen and the Craft , " re marking upon her most beneficent reign—the longest on record—one of the best of Queens , a most queenly woman , and Patron of all their Masonic Charities . The W . M . next gave "The M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " and said the Craft was honoured by having so illustrious a head for over 21 years , and it was the earnest desire of the brethren that he would long live to hold that honourable position .

Bro . Pow , W . M ., next honoured the toast of "The Pro G . M ., Deputy CM ., and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " and said it was one worthy to be received with gratitude , for the splendid services which they always rendered to the Craft , which those who were privileged to attend Grand Lodge could testify . The lodge was graced with the presence of a Grand Officer—Bro . D . D . Mercer , P . G . P . — whom the brethren were delighted to see ; also Bro . Walter Martin , whom the brethren congratulated upon being A . G . Pursuivant designate , and he should like to couple with the toast two other worthy brethren and well distinguished—Bros . G . R . Langley , representing Middlesex , and F . Flood , representing Surrey . The toast was most cordially received .

. In reply , Bro . D . D . Mercer , P . G . P ., said he felt it a very great honour to be associated with the Grand Oflicers , a toast which was great and comprehensive . The Pro CM ., the Earl of Lathom , was a high and distinguished Mason , and had rendered very ^ great services to the Craft , as also was he truly devoted to his high office in the State . Tte Deputy G . M ., Earl Amherst , was another most worthy brother , and one devoted to the interests of the Craft . Of other Past Grand Officers he was delighted to see the M . W . G . M . had conferred the high honour of P . G . Wardens upon two such

worthy brethren as Bros . Thos . Fenn and Rjbt . Grey as a reward for their unremitting labours . lie was very proud indeed to welcome Bro . Walter Martin as the A . G . Pursuivant designate , and hoped many present would s : e him invested on the zSth instant . It had given him great pleasure in being present and witnessing the installation of his very old friend , the W . M ., and he wished him a happy year of office and great success to the Selwyn Lodge . Bro . Walter Martin replied . He could not yet respond as Grand Officer , but still , he was proud of thc honour conferred upon him by the M . W . G . M ., which he took as a

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compliment to the brethren around him , and also of many others in South London with whom he had been associated in Masonry for more than 20 years . He sincerely trusted he should be enabled to fulfil the duties in the same perfect manner that he had always aimed at . Bro . G . R . Langley felt it indeed a great kindness in coupling his name as a Prov . Grand Officer . He would like to mention the fact of one Grand Officer who had given the munificent sum of £ 5000 towards the erection of a chapel attached to the new home of the Boys' Institution at Bu ^ hey ( Herts ) as a thankoffering in her Majesty ' s Diamond Jubilee , and to state that the Craft was indeed honoured in having such worthy brethren among its rulers .

Bro . F . Flood also replied that he was proud to respond for the County of Surrey as one of its Grand Officers . Bro . Mercer had stated the admirable working of the Grand Officers , he , too , would like to state , that the Prov . Grand Officers perform their resnective duties most loyally . Bro . A . H . Fraser , I . P . M ., next proposed the most important toast of "The Worshipful Master , Bro . F . E . Pow , " which he did with the greatest possible pleasure . The W . M . had shown by his admirable working of what metal he was composed , the initiation ceremony had been most impressively rendered , and the investiture

of officers perfectly performed , lie had been most regular and punctual in his attendance since his initiation , had performed the various offices to which he had been appointed , by stepwise progression , most faithfully and well , and now , by the unanimous suffrages of the brethren , was holding the proud position of their W . M ., _ at which the brethren most heartily congratulated him . The VV . M . was a most enthusiastic Mason , was a founder of the Selwyn Chapter , and holding a responsible position rapidly advancing towards the chair , and , above all , was a firm supporter of the Masonic and other local Charities , and the announcement that he was standing as Steward at the

coming Festival of the Boys in conjunction with himself was hailed with great pleasure . The brethren of the lodge had the greatest confidence in their W . M . and were confident that the prestige and prosperity of the lodge under his able guidance would be fully maintained . He would ask that the toast be received in bumpers . Bro . F . E . Pow , W . M ., who on rising received quite an ovation , replied that he was most thankful for the great kindness shown him in drinking so cordially to the toast .

He felt that the present was the weakest moment in his life , in fact from his election the responsibility seemed to lie heavy upon him . But having been unanimously elected to the proud position he would state that no brother was ever elected to fulfil the duties of W . M . with a greater desire to carry out the important duties faithfully than he , and he hoped in future to merit their choice by performing the ceremonies in a manner that redounded to the credit of the Selwyn Lodge .

The toast of "The Initiates was next given by the W . M . stating it was the most important one received by the brethren of the Selwyn Lodge . He had had the honour of initiating two worthy gentlemen , one of whom was his own brother . It was indeed a proud moment in his life and one never to be forgotten , a time looked forward to for years , and now an accomplished fact , that the bond of brotherhood would be the mire

THE WORSHIPFUL MASTER . deeply cemented , now that he had bsen admitted into Freemasonry , and he was confident that bond would strengthen with years . The initiaton ceremony had made a lasting impression upon the candidates , and now their eyes were opened to Masonic light they would prove themselves worthy of the Selwyn Lodge . Bro . Allen thanked the W . M . for his kind remarksand assured thj brethren tint

, he had been deeply impressed and it vtas his intention to prove himself an honourable member of the Craft . Bro . Pow also said the W . M . had truly expressed his feeling when he remarked upon the impression made by the solemn ceremony he had gone through , and his earnest endeavour for years to come would be to prove a worthy brother of the lodge , and he heartily thanked them for the welcome given him .

In proposing the toast of "The I . P . M ., and Installing Master , " the W . M . said that the work of the I . P . M . and the number of good men and true introduced into the lodge during the past year would never be forgotten . No brother in the lodge had worked harder than Bro . Fraser to carry out the duties efficiently . He had a very pleasing duty to perform to present him with the handsome jewel unanimously vote ! hi-n by the members , not only for the able services rendered to the lodge , but also to mark their appreciation . He hoped that the G . A . O . T . U . would spare him forminy years to wear the same in the Selwyn Lodge .

Bro . Fraser , I . P . M ., thanked the W . M . for such flattering reimrks , and the brethren for so cordially receiving the same . He had performed his duty during the past year to the best of his ability , as it was every W . M . ' s when accepting that position . It was indeed to him a very proud moment to be the recipient of so handsome a jewel , and he re-echoed their desire that he might be spared long to wear the same . While he remained a Past Master he should to the uttermost endeavour to uphold the dignity and prestige of the Selwyn Lodge . " The Visitors' " toast received at the hands o ( the W . M ., and the brethren a most cordial welcome , thanking them for their kind attendance . There were many

distinguished and well-known brethren present , some for the first time , and he hoped they would grace the lodge again at no very future date . The toast was heartily greeted . Bros . Stone , P . M . ; Telling , P . M . ; Braik , W . M . ; Piper , P . M . ; Ellinger , P . M . ; and Pownall ably replied , one and all congratulating the lodge upon having so excellent a W . M . and the able officers under him . They had witnessed most exceptional working , from the installation to the initiation . They also dilated upon the principles which guided tile rulers in the lodge—that of true benevolence . The feast of the mind had been supplemented with a real feast of the b ^ dy in so sumptuous a banquet , and they longed for the next occasion when they should be privileged to attend the lodge .