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the Committee had met at two . For the next 12 months , at least , he thought the hour should remain four . Bro . W . A . SCURRAH seconded . Many of the brethren who took an interest in the Institutions were business men , and some were large employers of labour , who liked to see the payment of the men . Consequently they could not leave their offices till half-past two . He had always found that four o ' clock worked very well for the convenience of nine-tenths of the brethren .

Bro . CUMBERLAND opposed the four o'clock rule , which was simply for the convenience of the dinner club at five . Bro . J ONES thought it was most unjust to attemp t to alter the time of these monthly meetings . Bro . J . E . LE FEUVRE , for the convenience of the country brethren , asked that ilifi hour might be early in the afternoon .

Bro . SLYMAN supported the early hour . He thought the minutes should be , . () iinrmed as they were , and that Bro . Glass should on a future occasion have the matter discussed at a Quarterly Court in April or October , where the brethren could have a fairer say on the matter . He must say that four o ' clock was inconvenient for brethren from the north , as half-past live was the last train to Liverpool ¦ ind other parts of Lancashire .

Bro . J AMES BRETT said many years ago these Committees were held at three , and that was found inconvenient for provincial brethren , and it was altered to four . Whatever alterations were made they would not suit all the provincial brethren . The London brethren had fallen into the views of the provincial brethren , but he thought it was asking too much to request the brethren to be constantly going backwards and forwards—first three , then two , then four . He

hoped Bro . Glass s amendment would be carried . Bro . J . STRACHAN , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , hoped the Court would not look on this question as one of London brethren against provincial brethren . As subscribers to the Institution , let them see what would be most conducive to the interests of the Charity , and not have it a question of wavering and wavering . He understood that the Committee had carefully considered this matter , and had

suggested an hour of meeting . On behalf of those brethren who came from a long distance he said it was not a question of half an hour or an hour ; it was a question of days , because when a brother got up to town and then went by five in the afternoon , and he travelled all night , it took a day out of them . Two o ' clock would be much better than four for the country brethren . A brother from Northumberland , if he wished to be at his work the next morning , must leave London by the 5 . 40 o ' clock train . If the meeting was on a Saturday he could

not practically get home till Monday , because he would have to travel all Sunday . Bro . MASTERS said the provincial brethren at last Quarterly Court asked to have the meetings on Friday . That was lost . Then two o'clock was asked , and it was granted as an honourable compromise . It was unfair on an occasion like this to attempt to alter any arrangement come to at a full Quarterly Court . Bro . BOURNE said the London brethren would do everything they could to suit the convenience of the provincial brethren .

Bro . G . GARDNER said it did not seem to matter what the hour was , but how many attended . He had attended many of the meetings , and he did not see any bankers . Those who did attend should be considered , whether they lived in London or in the provinces . For the provincial brethren no doubt it was very inconvenient to get home . As to the question of the dinner club , it was neither here nor there . They ought not to consider the convenience of the greatest number , but certainly that of those who most attended to thresh matters out . He , therefore , supported the two o ' clock meeting .

Bro . C . H . WEBB said the meetings generally consisted of a very small number of brethren , in some instances of not more than six or seven . He thought four p . m . was the better hour . It was ultimately agreed upon as a compromise that the hour should be three o ' clock .

The CHAIRMAN then brought forward his motion : That the pension granted to Miss Hall ( formerly Matron of the Institution ) by the Quarterly Court on 13 th July , 1885 , of ^ 75 per annum ' for her sole and separate use ' be reduced to the sum of ^ 50 per annum , in consequence of Miss Hall having since married . "

After some discussion pro and con , the motion having been seconded , was carried , and the recommendation from the General Committee : "That 28 boys be elected at the Quarterly Court on Friday , April 10 th , 18 91 , from an approved list of 45 candidates " was also carried . A vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings . The meeting of the General Committee to-morrow ( Saturday ) will be at Hiree p . m .

Savage Club Lodge, No. 2190.

SAVAGE CLUB LODGE , No . 2190 .

'The installation meeting of this lodge was held last Tuesday at Freemasons ' Hall , Bro . W . E . Chapman , W . M ., presiding , and nearly 200 brethren , among whom were many Grand and Past Grand Officers , attended . Bro . W . E . Chapman having been re-elected to serve the office of W . M ., the complete ceremony of nstallation was unnecessary , and Colonel Shadwell H . Clerke , Grand Secretary , having declared and proclaimed him as Master for the ensuing year , and the

customary salutes having been g iven , Bro . Chapman appointed the following brethren as his officers : Bros . Raymond Tucker , l . P . M . ; Walter J . Ebbetts , S 'W . ; W . J . Fisher , J . W . ; Augustus Harris , P . M ., P . G . Treas ., Treas . ; John

p ai ge , P . M ., Sec ; John Northcott , S . D . ; j . D . Beveridge , J . D . ; Edmund Rosenthal , LG . ; Thomas Catling , D . C . ; Dr . M . Coffin , P . Soman , Harry Mcholls , and Charles Tovvnley , Stwds . ; and G . F . Swan , Tyler . P'to . Augustus Harris was elected Treasurer , and was invested by the W . M .

On the motion of the WORSHIPFUL MASTER a vote of congratulation to '• R . H . the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , an honorary member of the lodge , ° his appointment and installation as Provincial Grand Master for Berkshire , Was passed , and H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , M . W . P . G . M ., was elected a member of the lodge .

After the closing of the lodge the brethren banqueted at the Holborn sta "rant . Amongst those present were—P ° s- Lord Dungarvan , Prov . G . M . Somerset ; H . D . Sandeman , P . D . G . M . Bengal ; ? -J . S . Brownrigg , P . G . C ; F . A . Philbrick , Q . C ., G . Reg . ; T . Fenn , President S ard General Purposes ; Sir 1 . B . Monckton , P . G . W . ; R . Eve , P . G . Treasurer ; Ffl 1 , '" -, < xi L " 1 IJ 03 C 3 , ^» U J . U . l » ll-nil-l \ lAJli , l . U . M ., .... i ^ . ^ ., 1 , \ j . llCcUJUICl ,

. , p ' u . Terry , P . G . Ireasurer ; Augustus Harris , G . Treasurer ; Col . Shadwell Clerke , MP ^ -J E . Letch worth , P ; . G . D . ; G . Cooper , P . G . D . ; P . de Lande Long-, V ; , D - ; J- C . Parkinson , P . G . D . ; F . Richardson , P . G . D . ; Sir J . R . Somers v"f . P . M ., G . D . ; Sir George U . Harris , G . D . ; C . Belton , P . D . G . D . C ; I . H . " . I '"' . 'news , P . D . G . D . C ; Col . Arthur Cook , P . A . G . D . C ; C . Martin , P . A . G . D . C ; ; Lr"y > P . G . S . B ., Sec . R . M . B . I . ; C . F . Matier , P . G . Std . Br . ; K . C . Sudlow , P . G . ^ Br . ; W . Ganz , P . G . O . ; Col . Gerald N . Money , CB . ; Gordon Smith , P . G . S . ; Dr . i ?!* i Ebbetts Fisher 1 l ivi DDetts 3 fisher

"Brown , P . G . S . ; T . Catling P . M . ; W . J . , G . S ., S . W . ; VV . L , iy " urown , I ' . u . s . ; . uatnng-, r .. ; w . | . r . , u .., a . vv . ; vv . j . , ;• . If „ : John Paige , P . M ., Sec ; John Northcott , S . D . ; J . D . Beveridge , P . M ., J . D . ; ; , Rosenthal , LG . ; J . F . Mason , P . M . ; P . H . Waterloiv , P . M . ; F H . Cheesewright , ? H „| er A - Slaughter , J . Lobb , P . M . ; Harry Nicholls , W . Lake , P . P . G . Reg . ; ' Df k Vos > A . H . Haig , Oscar Barrett , James Catling , T . Drew , P . G . Org . i ] J y A J- Fernandez ; W . H . Denny , W . S . Penley , Lieut I ) . Godfrey , D . Godfrey , f |> jL , > P - Soman , Stwd . ; H . Massey , P . M . ; R . E . H . Goffin , P . M . ; R . Greenwood , jfi ' " -J Rev . H . A . Hebb , J . M . McLeod , P . M ., Sec , R . M . I . B . ; Atherley Jones , M . P . ;

Savage Club Lodge, No. 2190.

Sir Vorman Pringle , Bart ., P . M . ; W . Chapman Gregg , M . D ., P . M . ; H . McNau ° -hton Jones , M . D . ; F . Burgess , P . G . S . ; Dr . Robson Ro > se , ] . Diwson . P . M . ; Herbert Johnson , VV . Senior , Dilgety Henderson , C . Townley , Stwd .: Herbert Mirshall , Prov . S . G . W . ; McColl Chambers , Deane Brand , Courtice Pound , H . Van de Weyde , Lovett King , Schartau , Brandon Thomas , J . Le Hay , E . J . Odel , and others .

During dinner a beautiful selection of music was performed under the direction of Lieutenant Dan Godfrey ( by permission of Colonel Trotter ) , and the usual toasts were afterwards proposed . The WORSHIPFUL MASTER , in proposing "The Queen and the Craft , " said the toast would require no words of commendation before any body of English Freemasons . He therefore asked the brethren to drink the Oueen and the Craft .

In giving the toast of " The M . W . G . M ., H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , " the VVtiRSHIPFUL MASTER said the progress of a . ny institution was marked by the efficiency of its head , and no matter how important the institution mi ght be inherentl y , or how ancient or honourable its history , it would flourish or droop according to the zeal or the laxity of its presiding officer . On the last memorable day wheriH . R . H . the Prince of Wales was installed as Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of

England , the numerical strength and the added influence of the Order had testified to the manner in which he had performed the duties of his office . Those of the brethren who were present a short time ago and had the honour of seeing his Royal Highness install his eldest son as Grand Master for the Province of Berkshire , would bear testimony to the interest of Masons in clustering round that really unusual Masonic event . The Savage Club Lod ge expected to have had the

honour of a visit that evening from H . R . H . the Duke of Clarence and Avondale , who was an honorary member of the lodge , but they had received from his equerry a letter in which he said that his Royal Highness had hoped to be present , but he now found it impossible to absent himself from his regiment at York at this date . He ( the W . M . ) asked the brethren to drink to the toast of the M . W . G . M . H . R . H . the Prince of Wales .

The WORSHIPFUL MASTER , in giving the toast of " The Deputy Grand Master and the rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past , " said that the Savage Club Lodge had received so many acts of courtesy and kindness from the members of the Grand Lodge with whom they hid come in contact as a-lodo-e that they had begun to consider them part and parcel of their social gatherings !

and , indeed , they really would not consider those gatherings properly carried out if they had not a goodly number of the Grand Officers present to lend eclat to their proceedings . The lodge had little to offer them but that richest return—a warm reception—that which made better a dinner where hearts were than ; the banquet where the stalled ox was .

Bro . the Earl of DUNGARVAN , Prov . G . M . designate for Somerset , in reply , said he did not expect when he accepted the invitation to be present that he would be called upon to respond to that toast . Still , he readily obeyed the commands of the W . M ., but he would not bore the brethren ; rather he would say verv little . He thanked the brethren on behalf of the Grand Officers for the grand re ' ception they had had that evening . The Grand Officers had not come there to hear their

own voices , they anticipating the pleasure of hearing the voices of those distinguished professional brethren who ' belonged to the lodge . He would simpl y ° ive thanks—a thousand thanks—to the brethren for their kind reception . ° Bro . PAIGE , P . M ., Sec , in proposing" The Worshipful Master" said : Brethren , —We are proud of our lodge . For it to have reached 125 members in three years and to have a balance in hand of over . £ 150 , besides a good Benevolent Fund

must surely be a grand record of work done . We are proud to number among our honorary members T . R . H . the Prince of Wales and the Duke of Clarence and Avondale and others who have done much for Freemasonry . We are proud of our W . M . and of his predecessors . To him and to them we owe much . Our first W . M . was Sir Francis Truscott , who willingly took the lead at the commencement . He was followed by Sir Somers Vine , whom we are glad to see with us to-nig-ht .

We give him a hearty welcome home from his travels , and we are proud to have served under one who is doing such good service to the State . Then we come to our last W . M ., Bro . Catling . No one knows better than I , his Secretary , of his devotion to the lodge and the great service he has rendered to it . Personall y I tender him my love and gratitude for his great sympathy and affection for me durinomy illness . Our Senior Warden having been made Worshipful Master

of another lodge , and our Junior Warden having been called out of the country , we had to fall back on a Past Master . This led us to recognise the work which Bro . Chapman , our Worshipful Master , had done for us . He has not been absent from a single meeting since the lod ge was con- ' secrated ; he formed our lodge of instruction , and has most regularly and assiduously acted as its Preceptor . In every case of trouble and labour m the lodge

he has been to the fore , giving his time freely . The last year has been one of unremitting toil , as every brother here will testify . During the year we have admitted 34 members , 21 of them being initiates . You all know the work this means . We have been having lodges of emergency , as a matter of course , and even then we have had meetings of six hours' work , having at one meeting 10 initiations . Realise all this work ; remember what it has been for the members , for the officers and for

the Worshipful Master . Besides all this , the Secretary fell ill just when his work for the lodge was heaviest , and the Worshipful Master undertook all the duties . Such a record of work by a Worshipful Master must be almost unparalleled . Therefore it is that the brethren of the Savage Club Lodge have conferred on Bro . Chapman the rare honour of re-electing him its Worshipful Master . Brethren , I call on you to be upstanding to drink the health of one of the most devoted Worshi pful Masters that a lodge ever had .

The WORSHIPFUL MASTER , in responding , said it was his proud privilege to respond for the second time at an installation meeting to the toast of " The W . M . " of that lodge . There was more in his heart than he would trust his tono-ue to give utterance to . He thanked them for that mark of their esteem and regard and as for the work done during the past year , it had been through their assistance that the year had been really one of success to the lodge . ! t did not often

fall to the lot of a Master to initiate 21 neophytes into Freemasonry and to add 34 names to their list of members , and he was happy to say it had not been simply adding to the list of names belonging to the Order . Many of their new members had gone heart and soul into Freemasonry , and already more than one of them had done excellent work in the east in the lodge of instruction which was attached to the lodge . The Savage Club Lodge was different to others ; each of the

members met very frequently , and they knew each other ' s weakest places and faults so that it required a broader mantle of Masonic Charity to cover them . He was sorry to say they used this piece of drapery on many occasions , and while they often differed in views and opinions , as people must do , he believed they did try to meet and act on the square with each other . He was pleased that ni ght not only to see so many of their own members present , but he was proud to be surrounded

by so many distinguished Freemasons who had come to do honour to their young lodge . As its representative he thanked the brethren for their attendance and personally for the cordiality which they had shown in their reception of the toast . Bro . Sir J . R . SOMERS VINE proposed " The Health of Col . Shadwell H . Clerke , G . Sec , " and said it was but natural that Masons should look up to those distinguished brethren who were identified with the official aspect of Grand

Lodge as being corner-stones and principle pillars of the symbolic edifice which was associated with the great Craft which they served and adorned , and he could assert that they discharged the very severe duties which were placed upon them by the M . W . G . M . in such a spirit and with such effect as not only to deserve but to secure the warmest admiration of all their brethren , not even excepting those who had carried the tenets of Freemasonry to the utmost parts of the earth . Onl y a few months ago , he , in a distant part of the great African continent , was made the