Contents.

CONTENTS .

LEADEK- PAGE A Masonic Hall for Leeds ... ... ••¦ •¦• ••• 539 Lodge Oflicers ... ... - - - •¦• 540 Rnnlj- nf PnncrthiKnns . Ireland ... ... ... ••• 54 °

Supreme Grand Chapter ( Quarterly Convocation ) ... ..- — 54 Art and the Drama ... ... ... •¦• •• ' — 54 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Sussex ... ... — 54 Provincial Grand Mark Lodge of Kent ... ••• ••• 543 Knight Templary in East Anglia ... ... - - 543

IRELANDGrand Lodge of Instruction ... ... ... •¦• — 543 Craft Masonry .-. — — ••• ••• ••• 543 MASONIC N OTESQuarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter ... ... ... 545 Provincial Grand Lodge of Warwickshire ... ••• 545 / - * _ .- _ . ! .: _ . _ . nt X } tr \ . * rA TT . T » I rt 1 . T » Mrt 11 T . ... ... Cl C

When is a W . M . a P . M . ... ... ... ... ... 545 Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 ... ... ... ... 545 Death of Bro . Lieut .-Col . A . Durrant ... ... •¦• 545 Correspondence ... ... ... — — •¦• 54 <> Craft Masonry ... ... ... - ¦¦• 54 " Roval Arch ... ... ... ... - ••• - 549

Mark Masonry ... ... ... ••• ••• 55 ° Allied Masonic Degrees ... ... ... ... - 55 ° Instruction ... ... ••• •¦• ••• ••• ••• 55 ° Ancient and Accepted Rite ... ... ... ... ... 55 ° Obituary ... ... - - - ••• 55 ° Masonic and General Tidings ... ... ... ... ... 55 °

A Masonic Hall For Leeds.

A MASONIC HALL FOR LEEDS .

There appears to be a decided preference among our lodges in the north of England for having Halls of their own in which to hold their meetings , instead of hotels and taverns . Nearly all those that are located in the Provinces of Northumberland

and Durham rent or have erected for themselves special premises of this kind , and the same remark applies to many of the lodges in the two Lancashires and the two Yorkshires . Indeed , we find every now and then , when the Grand Lodges of these

northern Provinces hold their periodical or special communications , that the powers that be do all in their power to encourage the brethren to have places of their own , and whenever a new hall is dedicated to the purposes of Freemasonry , the presiding

officer almost invariably congratulates the lodge and its members on being in a position to fulfil their duties in their own home , so to speak . Quite recently a scheme was afoot in West Yorkshire for obtaining a suitable site on which to erect a central Masonic

Hall that should serve as a kind of head-quarters for the Province ; but for the present , at all events , ( he project is in abeyance . Since then , however , our Leeds brethren have taken thc matter up , and resolved that sundry of the lodges in their

city shall have suitable premises ; and to this end the representatives of five of them—Nos . 304 , 4 , 121 r , 1 3 , and 206 9—met together , and , after various inquiries , selected a central and very convenient site in Great George-street , having an area of

6 50 square yards . This they determined to purchase , and in May and subsequently , steps were taken for the formation of a Leeds Masonic Hall Company , Limited , with a capital of £ 10 , 000 in £ 1 shares , towards which , by thc end of September ,

£ 6300 had been subscribed . A strong Board of Directors has been formed , with Bro . J . BARRACLOUGH , W . M . No . 304 , as Chairman ; Bro . W . W . CLAYTON , P . M . No . 1311 , P . P . G . D ., as Vice-Chairman ; and Bro . CllARLKS SCRIVEN , P . M . No . 1211 .

Prov . G . Supt . of Works—to whose courtesy we are indebted for copy of the Company ' s prospectus , with particulars of the proposed building and other important information—as

Secretary ; the bankers being Messrs . VV . W . MS . BROWN and Co ., Leeds , and the solicitor Bro . W . POSTLI-THWAITK , P . M . No . 1 311 . As regards the proposed building , we need say no more than that it appears to meet the requirements laid down in the

A Masonic Hall For Leeds.

prospectus , that it shall be worthy of the traditions of the Craft , and an ornament to the City of Leeds . The . site , as we have said , has a superficial area of 650 square yards , having a frontage to Great George-street of 70 feet , the price paid for it at

the rate of £ 5 ios . per square yard being £ 3575 . Having secured the ground , the Directors invited architects to send in designs for the hall , offering premiums of £ 50 , £ 20 , and £ io , to be awarded respectively to the three that were held to be the most

meritorious . The accommodation afforded is spread over four floors and a basement , the latter containing strong rooms and ample cellarage , while on the ground floor and three floors above it are placed the offices , committee-rooms , lodge and dining

rooms , kitchen , pantry , caretaker ' s rooms , with lavatories , and all the necessary offices on each floor ; thc dining-rooms being on the first , and the Iodge and ante-rooms on the second floors , while the kitchen and caretaker ' s rooms are on the toomost

floor of all . In fact , the particulars furnished place it beyond doubt that , when it is completed , the new Masonic Hall in Leeds will contain all the accommodation which tlie brethren can possibly need , with Lhe exception of a library and reading-room ,

for winch no provision appears to have been contemplated , though it is possible , of course , that the Committee roomswhich would not always be in use as such—mi ght be utilised for these purposes . The estimated cost is set down at £ 11 , 500 , of

which the site has cost £ 3575 , the , building and furniture being estimated at £ 7400 , and contingencies at £ 525 . Towards this the Company ' s capital will furnish £ io , ooo , and the remainder it is proposed to raise by mortgage on the property . The income and

expenditure are calculated to yield £ 620 and £ 255 respectively , so that there will be an estimated surplus available for dividend to shareholders and interest on mortgage of £ 3 6 5 . It should be added that the principal sources of income will bc the rents

received from the lodges and other Masonic bodies meeting in thc Hall , profit on wines , & c , and rent of offices , but it is in contemplation to let the hall for social gatherings , and , no doubt in time , this will not bc the least profitable part of the scheme .

It should be added that thc premiated designs were those of Mr . J . M . BOTTOMLEY , of Leeds and Middlesborough ; Mr . CLARENCE COGG / N , A . R . I . B . A ., of the Adel phi , London ; and Mr . A . MCKEWAN , A . & . I . B . A ., of Birmingham , the order of

merit corresponding with the order in which the names are given . No time will be lost in entering upon the work of erecting the new hall , and as we are given to understand that our Leeds brethren are most enthusiastic over the nroiorl if

will probably not be very long before we hear that the hall is readv for thc purposes for which it was intended , and that nearly , if not quite all thc Masonic bodies meeting in Leeds have resolved on giving it their support .

Lodge Officers.

LODGE OFFICERS .

No . VI . ( AND LAST ) .

[ COMMUNICATED . ! In addition to those of whose duties we have treated in previous articles , thc regular officers of a loi ge include the Treasurer and Inner Guard . The Inner Guard i < dm ; ,, „; ,, _ -

officer of thc lodge . He has his foot on the first run" - of the ladder , which he hopes will ultimatel y lead him to tlu : " . Master ' s chair . Being new to oflice he will naturall y be zealous . His p lace is within thc porch of the lodge and he acts under the