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SATURDAY , OCTOBER 3 , 18 9 6 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Tl icre will be the usual amount of excitement in " ^ masons' Tavern next week , when the autumnal c fol elections will take place in the great hall ol

^ well-known hostelry . The Girls' School election G ^ > e held at the regular Quarterly Court of inst ! , n 0 rS and Subscribers on Thursday , the Sth CouT' ' ' of lhe I 3 o >' s' Sch ° o 1 at t-he Quarterly , Ur 'on thc dav following iV , „ \ , n „ r- n t ,.-, „„ Z . u ..,:

, , ' on both occasions for thc chair to be taken c Proceedings to commence .

Masonic Notes.

For the earlier of these elections there is no very serious disproportion between the number of vacancies and the number of candidates , there being iy of the former and 27 of the latter . As we pointed out in the article wc published about three weeks since , London

furnishes directly five of these candidates , and is in part responsible for live others , while the remaining 17 hail from the Provinces and Stations Abroad . All are new candidates , that is , have hid their cases approved , and their names placed on the list since the

election in April , with the exception of Nos . 1 105 , both inclusive , who havo stood one or more previous elections , and bring forward the votes they then received . There are also three whose names will be removed altogether from the list in the event of their failing to win places on Thursday next .

The boy candidates , however , are less fortunately situated , there being as many as 44 and only 14 vacancies to be competed for . Of the whole number 20 remain over from the election in April and the other 24 have had their names placed on the list since .

London is responsible absolutely for iS and in part for a 19 th , the remaining 25 being wholly dependent for their support on thc Provinces and Districts Abroad . Of thc senior candidates there are as many as eight who bring forward upwards of 1000 votes , while two

of these eight have upwards of 200 u , or within 200 or 300 of the lowest successful boy at thc last election . Four of the total number have only this one chance of success available ; if they are returned unsuccessful , their names will be removed from the list .

* Cut we trust that in the case of neither tho Girls nor the Boys who are thus circumstanced , will there be any such removals save on thc ground that lhey have becn elected to fill vacancies in the

Schools for which they are respectively candidates . The three last cases on the Girls' list arc Nos . 1 ( Hants and the Isle of Wight ) , 15 ( Surrey and London ) and 2 S ( Warwickshire ) . The four on the Boys' List arc Nos . 2 ( London ) , 6 ( Oxfordshire ) ,

13 ( Somersetshire and Wiltshire ) , and 30 ( London ) . Accordingly , we appeal , as in all previous similar cases for many years past , most earnestly to those Governors and Subscribers who are not interested in , or have not as yet promised their support and inlluence

to any particular case , to do what they can in behalf ot thc candidature of these seven children ; and we do this on the ground we have always stated , that the claims of these girls and boys to the benefits of our Scholastic Institutions have been approved by the

authorities , None of thc other candidates will lose their chances of being ultimately elected if they fail next week , but the seven we have enumerated must win vacancies at these elections or be rejected altogether .

The annual meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Leicestershire and Rutland will be held under thc auspices of thc Knights of Malta Lodge , No . 50 , Hinckley , on Thursday next , the Sth inst . Business will commence at 3 . 45 p . m ., and , in the course of the

proceedings , the Special Report of the Board of Management on the proposed removal of thc Boys ' School will be considered , and if it should be thought necessary , a resolution thereon will be passed . The full report for the past year of the Leicestershire and

Rutland Masonic Charity Association will , also be considered , and no doubt some reference will be made to the " Kelly Memorial Fund , " the preliminary measures for the establishment of which have been

already taken , and towards which subscriptions are now being most earnestly invited . When the business is over , a banquet will be held at thc George Hotel at 5 . 15 p . m ., tickets for dinner and dessert being 6 s . each . Vf" # #

The proceedings of the annual meeting , at Worcester , on the 23 rd ult ., of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire , appear to have been eminently satisfactory . Bro . A , F . Godson , M . P ., Prov . Grand Master , presided , and there was a full attendance of

the brethren , Thc reports of the several executive ofiicers left nothing to be desired , There vvas a small increase in the number of subscribing members , while Uro . T . R . Arter , Prov . Grand Treasurer , was in a position lo show a very considerable balance in favour

of Provincial Grand Lodge , and a cordial vote of thanks was passed to that officer for his services , the Prov . Grand Master laying particular stress on the pleasing manner in which Bro . Arter had discharged his duties , and still further emphasising this compliment

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by subsequently appointing him to the chair of Prov . Senior Grand Warden . * * 1 We are pleased also to note that theProvince has been doing good work during the past year . The Report of the Charity and Benevolent Committee showed that the total of the subscriptions during the past year

amounted to £ 653 , and Bro . Arter announced that fi 66 had been subscribed to the Lechmere Memorial Fund . On the motion of the I'rov . Grand Master , a sum of 25 guineas was voted from the funds ol Provincial Grand Lodge towards a Lechmere Memorial donation to the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution .

It is also gratifying lo know that thc proposal lo vote ^ , ' 20 per annum to the Library and Museum Committee with full authority to the said body to enter into arrangements with the Worcester Masonic Buildings Committee for the accommodation of the Library and Museum in suitable premises was agreed to

unanimously . We heartily congratulate the Province , its respected chief , and our Worcestershire brethren generally on the success of thc past year , and trust that future years may prove at least as successful as that which has just run its course . » * #

It will be scon from the report of the annual meeting of thc Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall , which appears elsewhere in our columns , and also from a letter we have bcen requested to publish , that the Provinces of Cornwall and Kent are prepared to support any well-matured scheme whicli the Board of

Management ol the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys may consider it its duly lo formulaic iu respect of the proposed removal of thc School . To be more explicit , thc Prov . Grand Lodge of Cornwall at its recent annual meeting unanimously adopted a resolution of confidence that thc said Board would do what it deemed

best lor the Institution in this matter and most advantageous to Freemasonry ; while the Charity Committee of the Prov . Grand Lodge of Kent adopted a somewhat similar resolution , al the same time requesting Bro . Russell , Prov . G . Treas ., who is a member of the Board , to give effect to such resolution by supporting

any reasonable and proper proposal for the removal . We are very glad these resolutions have been passed as they will have the effect of strengthening the hands of the Board in the very serious business it has undertaken . * * *

On the other hand , we arc informed that the Charity Committee of the Provincial Grand Lodge of West Yorkshire is opposed to the removal , but we have yet to learn the grounds of its opposition . # ¦ # *

We publish also , in another part of our columns , a highly interesting extract from a letter addressed to the Secretary of the Boys' School by an " Old Masonian " resident in South Africa . From this it appears that some at all events of our " Old

Masonians" rapidly develop into " young Masons , " who take a deep and active interest in all that relates to the Charities of the Order . This particular Masonian , who bears thc respected name of the Secretary of one of our home Prov . Grand Lodges ,

retains a sincere love for his alma mater , and , having left school in 18 79 , can we " remember when it stood in an open country , which has since bcen for the most part covered with bricks and mortar by a legion of jerry-builders . This evidence , having regard to the quarter from which it comes , is not without its value .

? * # The present has becn a busy week in thc Provinces . On Wednesday were held the annual meetings ol the Provincial Grand Lodges of Cheshire and West Lancashire , and on Thursday that of Warwickshire . It is on thc cards , therefore , that next week we shall be in a position to publish accounts of the proceedings at some , if not at all , these gatherings .

We notice , with regret , in thc " Editorial Nolcs " of thc Indian Masonic Review—and from what is slated in one of them , the regret applies equally lo the Indian Freemason—that matters of ritual are made the subject of remark in its columns . The remarks are , to a certain extent , veiled , the initial letters of the words being printed , instead of the

complete words . But the custom of thus referring to matters which are intended to be kept hidden from the public , is greatly to be deprecated , and we tru ^ t our contemporaries will find some more discreet way ot discussing their differences , or informing their correspondents as to what this or that means , or what they should or should not do , at certain times and under certain conditions .