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ARMFIELD'S SOUTH PLACE HOTEL , FINSBURY , LONDON , E . C , This new and V andsomely-furnished Hotel is now FULLY LICENCED . Its position is central , and charges are moderate ; the sanitation is perfect . Passenger lift to each lloor . SPECIAL CONVENIENCE FOR MASONIC LODGES , DINNERS AND CINDERELLAS .
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rvIAMOND JUBILEE PROCESSION . GAIETY RESTAURANT , STRAND , W . C . SEATS TO VIEW THE ABOVE PROCESSION can be secured at THE GAIETY RESTAURANT , or at MESSRS . SPIERS & POND'S OUT DOOR CATERING DEPARTMENT ,. UNION STREET , LUDGATE , E ; C Prices : —One Guinea to Ten Guineas .
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Ar00906
P ^ ffiSonlS HEM" --, , n « atgeirl i ffiffigg ^ mwiM SATURDAY , MAY I , 1897 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
Nothirg cculd have been better than the manner in which the Grand Festival passed off on Wednesday . There was a > eryfull and thoroughly representative attendance , the newJy-appointed Grand O / Iicers , on advancing to the dais to be invested , were heartily cheered , while the banquet and the concert gave
every sasisfaction . 1 he Pro Grand Master ' s speeches m submitting the toasts of " The Queen " and " The M . W . Grand Master , " were cheered to the echo , while 'he remaining speakers were discreetl y brief in their 'cmarks . Nor must wc omit to single oui for special commendation the admirable nianner in which Uro . Thomas Fenn , P . G . W ., who acted for Bro . Sir Albert
Masonic Notes.
Woods , as G . D . C , proclaimed the Grand , Pro Grand , and Deputy Grand Masters . It was a treat to listen to such oulspoken proclamations , and as , unfortunately Bro . Sir A . Wood's health will prevent him from fulfilling his accustomed duties for some time to conic , it is gratifying to find that so able a locum teueiishas been found as Bro . Fenn .
* It has been announced that a meeting in commemoration of her Majesty the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee will be held in the Royal Albeit Hall , South Kensington , pretty much on the same lines as the meeting held in the same hall in the month of June , 1 SS 7 , in
commemoration of the Queen ' s Jubilee . The arrangements have not yet been definitively settled , but it is known that the meeting will lake place on the 14 th June , and it is believed that brevet rank will be conferred upon a limited number of distinguished brethren chosen from the lodges in London , the Provinces , and Abroad .
The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the 5 th inst ., when the Principals will be installed and the newly-appointed Grand Officers for the ensuing year will be invested . The
Committee of General Purposes for the ensuing 12 months will also be elected . The report of the Committee of General Purposes will be submitted prior to the election . From this we gather that petitions for six new chapters and the further
information desired respecting a seventh have been received and the Committee recommend that the necessary warrants , as prayed for , be granted . Of these new chapters three will be located in London , two in Worcestershire , one in West Yorkshire , and one in the District of Bombay .
* * We have much pleasure in announcing that the 13 th annual festival of the Grand Master ' s Lodge of In struction for Mark Master Masons , of which Bro . W Vincent , P . A . G . D . C , is Preceptor , and Bro . C . F
Matier , P . G . W ., G . Sec , is Treasurer , will be held at Mark Masons' Hall on Thursday , the 20 th inst ., when the ceremony of advancement will be rehearsed with musical accompaniment , with Bro . Vincent in the chair as W . M ., and Bro . H . R . Rose , P . G . Org ., at the organ , the lecture on the Tracing Board being afterwards
given by Bro . John Smith , P . M ., P . G . Stwd . At the close of the ceremony , a banquet will be held at Freemasons' Tavern , under the presidency of Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , D . G . M ., tickets for which , price 21 s . each , must be obtained not later than the iSth inst ., of Bro . John Smith , 4 , The Crescent , Bedford , or at Mark Masons' Hall .
The next regular meeting of Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 , will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 7 th instant . The business will include a ballot for Bro . G . L . Shackles , Nos . 57 , 1511 ( P . M . ) and 2494 ( W . M . ) , Masonic Numismatist , and owner of
the Shackles Collection of Masonic Medals , & c , etc ., as a joining member , and the election of members of the Correspondence Circle . There will also be read a paper on " The Great Symbol , " by Bro . Sydney T . Klein . The brethren will afterwards dine together , as usual , at the Holborn Restaurant .
* * * The annual summer excursion will this year be to Peterborough and its vicinity , and will extend from Thursday , the 17 th June , when the main body jvill leave King ' s Cross Station , ¦ G . N . R ., by the 5 p . m .
train , to Saturday , the 19 th , the excursionists leaving Peterborough on the return journey by the 9 . 12 p . m . train , which is limed to reach King ' s Cross at 10 . 45 P - Friday will be devoted to a drive to Stamford , with a halt en route at Burghley House , thc seat of the
Marquis ' of Exeter , erected by William Cecil , Lord High Treasurer of England , 1575 . After lunch at the George Hotel , Stamford , the party will inspect the antiquities of the town under the guidance of Bro . G . H . Burton , returning to Peterborough in time for dinner at S p . m . The morning of Saturday will be
occupied in visiting the Cathedral and viewing the city of Peterborough , while in the afternoon the party will drive to Croyland , inspecting the remains of the Abbey , returning via Thorney Abbey , to Peterborough , where dinner will be served and the party return to town by the train already mentioned .
We have much pleasure in announcing that a "History of the Lodge of Hengist , No . 195 , Bournemouth , from 1770 to 18 97 , and of the Royal Arch Chapter attached , " will be read y for issue 111 the month of June . It has been compiled under the authority of
Masonic Notes.
the Prov . G . Master of Hants and the Isle of Wight , ami of Lodge Hengist , by Bro . C . J . Whiting , VV . M ., and J . uf the chapter , and copies may be ordered of the local publishers , Messrs . VV . Mate and Sons , Bournemouth , or ol Uro . George Kenning , 10 , Great Queenstreel , W . C . Price , handsomely bound in cloth , about 250 pp ., to subscribers Ss . 6 J „ Io others jos . nett .
The demands upon our space are so iieavy this week that , to our regret , we liud ourselves under the necessity of holding over our usual article on the Approaching Elections into the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . We are able , however , to state that the Audited Statement of Accounts for the
year ended thc 31 st December , 1 S 9 6 , shows that the Institution was last year in a highly prosperous condition . The Income of the Male Fund , including the balance of £ 1337 17 s . 7 d . from the previous account , amounted to £ 17 , 802 18 s ., of which £ 20 oS 15 s . was in respect of Dividends ; £ 10 , 552 is . 4 d . Donations
and Subscriptions ; and the Grants from Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter £ 900 . The Expenditure reached £ 14 , 475 I 2 S - rid ., including £ 2000 deposited at call and £ 3203 gs . 3 d . expended in purchase of stock ; the amount disbursed for Annuities being £ 7748 and the Balance remaining in hand at the close of the Account £ 3327 Ss . id .
* * » As regard the Widows' Fund , the income , including a balance of £ 1226 6 s . id . from previous year , reached £ 16 , 4 66 4 s . id ., of which £ 1920 7 s . Sd . was in respect of Dividends , £ 8207 12 s . 9 d . for Donations and Subscriptions , and £ 850 Grants from Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter . The expenditure reached
£ 16 , 132 19 s . 6 d ., including £ 2000 deposited at call and £ 4463 9 s . 3 d . expended in the purchase of Stock , the sum disbursed in annuities beine ; £ Si 23 , and the balance remaining in hand £ 333 4 s . 7 d . The Sustentation of Building Fund is a small account ; but the balance was on the right side , and augmented the Total Balance on the three Funds to £ 3707 is . nd .
* * * We say again , the Benevolent Institution has fared prosperously in the past . Not only has it disbursed close on £ 16 , 000 in annuities , and defrayed all its
ivorking expenses , but it has expended over £ 7600 in increasing its invested capital , placed £ 4003 at call , and still had on the 31 st December last upwards of £ 3700 available for current expenses . VVell administered , Committee of Management !
* We do not know where our worthy correspondent , who signed himself " Life Governor , " obtained the figures he introduced into the first paragraph of the letter we published of his , re " thc New Boys ' School , '' in our issue of last week . His words
were"If the report in ' your last issue" ( 17 th April ) "is correct , the proposed competition for designs will cost the Craft about £ 3000 for thc six competitors , and 2 } per cent ., say , £ 2500 , for the successful one , assuming that the School is not built "—we presume he means not built according to his plans . In our report of the
proceedings at the Boys School Quarterly Court on the 9 th ult ., Bro . Eve , Chairman of thc IJjard of Management , in explaining what had been done , re the proposed new School premises at Bushey , neither mentioned any figures nor did lie say anything from which it would be possible for even the most ingenious
person to form any estimate of the cost of the competition . He said— " They were advised that they could not expect distinguished men to draw up plans without remuneration , and a certain sum would be paid for each . The aucccsslul one would be paid 2- \ per cent , more than the others , but if he was the architect
chosen , that would all fall into the commission , and he would get nothing for it . " In our leading article on the subject wc said— " It has been decided to offer a certain sum as an honorarium to each competitor , the successful one being paid 2 ' . per cent , more than his rivals . " But not a single word was said , either in the report or the article , which could possibly justify
" Life Governor " in placing the cost of the proposed competition at " about £ 5000 . " Our own opinionbased not on what Bro . Eve did not say , but on what we know of the honoraria paid in previous competitions of a similar character—is that the whole amount to be thus paid will be substantially less than a fifth of the sum ( £ 5000 ) stated by " Life Governor . "
* The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire will be held at the Masonic Hall , Sheffield , on Tuesday next , the 4 th inst ., at t p . m ., the entertaining lodge being the Britannia .
The business will include the appointment and investiture of Prov . Grand Officers for the ensuing year , and the customary banquet will follow at o p . m . On this occasion Bro . the Earl of Euston , M . W . Pro G . Master , and sundry of the Grand Officers will honour Provincial Grand Lodge with a visit .
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ARMFIELD'S SOUTH PLACE HOTEL , FINSBURY , LONDON , E . C , This new and V andsomely-furnished Hotel is now FULLY LICENCED . Its position is central , and charges are moderate ; the sanitation is perfect . Passenger lift to each lloor . SPECIAL CONVENIENCE FOR MASONIC LODGES , DINNERS AND CINDERELLAS .
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rvIAMOND JUBILEE PROCESSION . GAIETY RESTAURANT , STRAND , W . C . SEATS TO VIEW THE ABOVE PROCESSION can be secured at THE GAIETY RESTAURANT , or at MESSRS . SPIERS & POND'S OUT DOOR CATERING DEPARTMENT ,. UNION STREET , LUDGATE , E ; C Prices : —One Guinea to Ten Guineas .
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NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY . Established 1836 . LONDON : 1 , MOORGATE S TREET , E . C ABERDEEN : 1 , UNION TKRRACB . INCOME AND FUNDS ( 1895 ) . Fire Premiums £ 732 , 000 Life Premiums 239 iOOO Interest 172 , 000 Accumulated Funds - £ 4 , 6 71 , 000
Ar00906
P ^ ffiSonlS HEM" --, , n « atgeirl i ffiffigg ^ mwiM SATURDAY , MAY I , 1897 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
Nothirg cculd have been better than the manner in which the Grand Festival passed off on Wednesday . There was a > eryfull and thoroughly representative attendance , the newJy-appointed Grand O / Iicers , on advancing to the dais to be invested , were heartily cheered , while the banquet and the concert gave
every sasisfaction . 1 he Pro Grand Master ' s speeches m submitting the toasts of " The Queen " and " The M . W . Grand Master , " were cheered to the echo , while 'he remaining speakers were discreetl y brief in their 'cmarks . Nor must wc omit to single oui for special commendation the admirable nianner in which Uro . Thomas Fenn , P . G . W ., who acted for Bro . Sir Albert
Masonic Notes.
Woods , as G . D . C , proclaimed the Grand , Pro Grand , and Deputy Grand Masters . It was a treat to listen to such oulspoken proclamations , and as , unfortunately Bro . Sir A . Wood's health will prevent him from fulfilling his accustomed duties for some time to conic , it is gratifying to find that so able a locum teueiishas been found as Bro . Fenn .
* It has been announced that a meeting in commemoration of her Majesty the Queen ' s Diamond Jubilee will be held in the Royal Albeit Hall , South Kensington , pretty much on the same lines as the meeting held in the same hall in the month of June , 1 SS 7 , in
commemoration of the Queen ' s Jubilee . The arrangements have not yet been definitively settled , but it is known that the meeting will lake place on the 14 th June , and it is believed that brevet rank will be conferred upon a limited number of distinguished brethren chosen from the lodges in London , the Provinces , and Abroad .
The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the 5 th inst ., when the Principals will be installed and the newly-appointed Grand Officers for the ensuing year will be invested . The
Committee of General Purposes for the ensuing 12 months will also be elected . The report of the Committee of General Purposes will be submitted prior to the election . From this we gather that petitions for six new chapters and the further
information desired respecting a seventh have been received and the Committee recommend that the necessary warrants , as prayed for , be granted . Of these new chapters three will be located in London , two in Worcestershire , one in West Yorkshire , and one in the District of Bombay .
* * We have much pleasure in announcing that the 13 th annual festival of the Grand Master ' s Lodge of In struction for Mark Master Masons , of which Bro . W Vincent , P . A . G . D . C , is Preceptor , and Bro . C . F
Matier , P . G . W ., G . Sec , is Treasurer , will be held at Mark Masons' Hall on Thursday , the 20 th inst ., when the ceremony of advancement will be rehearsed with musical accompaniment , with Bro . Vincent in the chair as W . M ., and Bro . H . R . Rose , P . G . Org ., at the organ , the lecture on the Tracing Board being afterwards
given by Bro . John Smith , P . M ., P . G . Stwd . At the close of the ceremony , a banquet will be held at Freemasons' Tavern , under the presidency of Bro . Viscount Dungarvan , D . G . M ., tickets for which , price 21 s . each , must be obtained not later than the iSth inst ., of Bro . John Smith , 4 , The Crescent , Bedford , or at Mark Masons' Hall .
The next regular meeting of Lodge Quatuor Coronati , No . 2076 , will be held at Freemasons' Hall , on Friday , the 7 th instant . The business will include a ballot for Bro . G . L . Shackles , Nos . 57 , 1511 ( P . M . ) and 2494 ( W . M . ) , Masonic Numismatist , and owner of
the Shackles Collection of Masonic Medals , & c , etc ., as a joining member , and the election of members of the Correspondence Circle . There will also be read a paper on " The Great Symbol , " by Bro . Sydney T . Klein . The brethren will afterwards dine together , as usual , at the Holborn Restaurant .
* * * The annual summer excursion will this year be to Peterborough and its vicinity , and will extend from Thursday , the 17 th June , when the main body jvill leave King ' s Cross Station , ¦ G . N . R ., by the 5 p . m .
train , to Saturday , the 19 th , the excursionists leaving Peterborough on the return journey by the 9 . 12 p . m . train , which is limed to reach King ' s Cross at 10 . 45 P - Friday will be devoted to a drive to Stamford , with a halt en route at Burghley House , thc seat of the
Marquis ' of Exeter , erected by William Cecil , Lord High Treasurer of England , 1575 . After lunch at the George Hotel , Stamford , the party will inspect the antiquities of the town under the guidance of Bro . G . H . Burton , returning to Peterborough in time for dinner at S p . m . The morning of Saturday will be
occupied in visiting the Cathedral and viewing the city of Peterborough , while in the afternoon the party will drive to Croyland , inspecting the remains of the Abbey , returning via Thorney Abbey , to Peterborough , where dinner will be served and the party return to town by the train already mentioned .
We have much pleasure in announcing that a "History of the Lodge of Hengist , No . 195 , Bournemouth , from 1770 to 18 97 , and of the Royal Arch Chapter attached , " will be read y for issue 111 the month of June . It has been compiled under the authority of
Masonic Notes.
the Prov . G . Master of Hants and the Isle of Wight , ami of Lodge Hengist , by Bro . C . J . Whiting , VV . M ., and J . uf the chapter , and copies may be ordered of the local publishers , Messrs . VV . Mate and Sons , Bournemouth , or ol Uro . George Kenning , 10 , Great Queenstreel , W . C . Price , handsomely bound in cloth , about 250 pp ., to subscribers Ss . 6 J „ Io others jos . nett .
The demands upon our space are so iieavy this week that , to our regret , we liud ourselves under the necessity of holding over our usual article on the Approaching Elections into the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution . We are able , however , to state that the Audited Statement of Accounts for the
year ended thc 31 st December , 1 S 9 6 , shows that the Institution was last year in a highly prosperous condition . The Income of the Male Fund , including the balance of £ 1337 17 s . 7 d . from the previous account , amounted to £ 17 , 802 18 s ., of which £ 20 oS 15 s . was in respect of Dividends ; £ 10 , 552 is . 4 d . Donations
and Subscriptions ; and the Grants from Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter £ 900 . The Expenditure reached £ 14 , 475 I 2 S - rid ., including £ 2000 deposited at call and £ 3203 gs . 3 d . expended in purchase of stock ; the amount disbursed for Annuities being £ 7748 and the Balance remaining in hand at the close of the Account £ 3327 Ss . id .
* * » As regard the Widows' Fund , the income , including a balance of £ 1226 6 s . id . from previous year , reached £ 16 , 4 66 4 s . id ., of which £ 1920 7 s . Sd . was in respect of Dividends , £ 8207 12 s . 9 d . for Donations and Subscriptions , and £ 850 Grants from Grand Lodge and Grand Chapter . The expenditure reached
£ 16 , 132 19 s . 6 d ., including £ 2000 deposited at call and £ 4463 9 s . 3 d . expended in the purchase of Stock , the sum disbursed in annuities beine ; £ Si 23 , and the balance remaining in hand £ 333 4 s . 7 d . The Sustentation of Building Fund is a small account ; but the balance was on the right side , and augmented the Total Balance on the three Funds to £ 3707 is . nd .
* * * We say again , the Benevolent Institution has fared prosperously in the past . Not only has it disbursed close on £ 16 , 000 in annuities , and defrayed all its
ivorking expenses , but it has expended over £ 7600 in increasing its invested capital , placed £ 4003 at call , and still had on the 31 st December last upwards of £ 3700 available for current expenses . VVell administered , Committee of Management !
* We do not know where our worthy correspondent , who signed himself " Life Governor , " obtained the figures he introduced into the first paragraph of the letter we published of his , re " thc New Boys ' School , '' in our issue of last week . His words
were"If the report in ' your last issue" ( 17 th April ) "is correct , the proposed competition for designs will cost the Craft about £ 3000 for thc six competitors , and 2 } per cent ., say , £ 2500 , for the successful one , assuming that the School is not built "—we presume he means not built according to his plans . In our report of the
proceedings at the Boys School Quarterly Court on the 9 th ult ., Bro . Eve , Chairman of thc IJjard of Management , in explaining what had been done , re the proposed new School premises at Bushey , neither mentioned any figures nor did lie say anything from which it would be possible for even the most ingenious
person to form any estimate of the cost of the competition . He said— " They were advised that they could not expect distinguished men to draw up plans without remuneration , and a certain sum would be paid for each . The aucccsslul one would be paid 2- \ per cent , more than the others , but if he was the architect
chosen , that would all fall into the commission , and he would get nothing for it . " In our leading article on the subject wc said— " It has been decided to offer a certain sum as an honorarium to each competitor , the successful one being paid 2 ' . per cent , more than his rivals . " But not a single word was said , either in the report or the article , which could possibly justify
" Life Governor " in placing the cost of the proposed competition at " about £ 5000 . " Our own opinionbased not on what Bro . Eve did not say , but on what we know of the honoraria paid in previous competitions of a similar character—is that the whole amount to be thus paid will be substantially less than a fifth of the sum ( £ 5000 ) stated by " Life Governor . "
* The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of West Yorkshire will be held at the Masonic Hall , Sheffield , on Tuesday next , the 4 th inst ., at t p . m ., the entertaining lodge being the Britannia .
The business will include the appointment and investiture of Prov . Grand Officers for the ensuing year , and the customary banquet will follow at o p . m . On this occasion Bro . the Earl of Euston , M . W . Pro G . Master , and sundry of the Grand Officers will honour Provincial Grand Lodge with a visit .