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United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
The Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Colonel Gerard Noel Money , C . B ., Prov . Grand Master of Surrey , presided as Grand Master ; Bro . Col . Le Gendre
X . Starkie , Prov . G . Master of East Lancashire , acted as Deputy Grand Master ; Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap ., acted as S . G . W . ; and Bro . the Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , P . G . C , as J . G . W . The M . W . Bro . J . Ross Robertson , P . G . M . of Canada , occupied a place on the dais . There was a large attendance of Grand and Past Grand Officers .
Grand Lodge having been opened in form , the GRAND SECRETARY read the minutes of Grand Lodge of June 6 th . Bro . S . R . BASKETT said that before the minutes were put he wished to make a correction . Bro . Eve ' s protest at last Grand Lodge was not against the decision—he forgot what the exact words were—of the General
Committee , but of the Chairman of the General Committee ; he thought that was quite clear at the time . The minutes were then put and carried , as were also the minutes of the Special Grand Lodge of July 6 th , which were next read by thc GRAND SECRETARY .
GRAND SECRETARY then read the two following letters in reply to the addresses of congratulation voted by Grand Lodge on July 6 th : Whitehall , 3 rd August , 1894 Sir , I have had the honour to lay before the Queen the loyal and dutiful address of the Free and Accepted Masons of the United Grand Lodge of England
on the occasion of her Royal Highness the Duchess 01 York giving birth to a Prince ; and I have to inform you that her Majesty was pleased to receive the same very graciously . I have the honour to be , Sir , Your obedient servant , W . H . Asomrii .
The Grand Secretary United Grand Lodge of England , Freemasons' Hall , Great Oueen-street , W . C . Marlborough House , Pall Mall , 24 th July , 1894 . Sir Francis Knollys is directed to acknowledge the receipt of an Address of congratulation to the Prince of Wales from the Pro Grand Master , Deputy
Grand Master , Grand Officers and Brethren of Grand Lodge , upon the occasion of the birth of his Royal Highness ' s Grandson ; and in reply , to convey to the Pro Grand Master and Brethren the best thanks of his Royal Highness , the Grand Master , for the kind fraternal terms of the Address , which have afforded his Royal Highness much gratification . The report of the Board of Benevolence was next read and adopted .
Bro . ROBERT GREY said that since the meeting of the Board of Benevolence in June , when £ 100 was recommended to a brother , that brother had passed away , therefore that vote must fall . There was only one recommendation of . £ 5 ° to a brother at Farnham to be confirmed . Bro . J AMES BRETT , Senior Vice-President Board of Benevolence , seconded the motion , which was put and carried .
The Report of the Board of General Purposes , which was printed in last week ' s Freemason was , on the motion of Bro . LOVELAND LOVELAND , seconded b y Bro . ROBERT GREY , taken as read , received , and ordered to be entered on the minutes . The Report of the Colonial Board was similarly dealt with on the motion of Bro . Sir GEO . DAVID HARRIS , who moved according to the report that the warrants of the following lodges in New Zealand and SDUIH Africa be declared forfeited :
No . 517 . New Zealand Pacific Lodge , Wellington . „ 1430 . Masterton Lodge , Masterton . 11 1577 . Victoria Lodge , Napier . , 1 1720 . Greytown Lodge , Greytown , Wairarapa West . , 1 1812 . Heretaunga Lodge , Hastings , Hawkes Bay . 11 1813 . Abereorn Lodge , Waipawa . , 1 1888 . St . John ' s Lodge , Featherston .
, 1 1904 . Rangitikei Lodge , Bulls . n 1940 . Feilding Lodge , Feilding . „ 2053 . Ngamotu Lodge , New Plymouth . 11 2059 . St . Mark's Lodge , Carterton . » 2178 . Ruahine Lodge , Woodville , Hawkes Bay . 11 2220 . Albion Lodge , Woodstock , South Africa . ' Bro . WILLIAM FARQUHARSON LAMONHY , P . M . 2 and 11 ) 24 , rose to
move—That in order to enable the M . W . the Grand Master to grant a warrant of confirmation to Lodge Otago , No . 844 , Dunedin , Otago , New Zealand , and to prevent similar occurrences in future , Article 126 of the Book of Constitutions be altered to read as follows : " If a warrant be lost , or improperly withheld from those lawfully entitled
to hold and use the same , or withheld by competent Masonic authority , the lodge must suspend its meetings until a new warrant , or warrant of confirmation , has been applied for and granted by the Grand Master in such terms or on such conditions as he may think proper , or until the ' warrant so withheld be restored , "
United Grand Lodge Of England.
He said : Right Worshipful Acting Grand Master and Brethren , —This notice of motion , and the facts that give rise to it , are very simple , and may be disposed of in a few words . Most of the brethren will be aware that there is , and has been , for some years an unrecognised and so-called Grand Lodge of New Zealand . In cases of this kind it is frequently the fact that seceders take upon themselves to stick at nothing in order to coerce loyal
brethren to their way of thinking , and one of their methods is to make away with a lodge ' s warrant , and thereby cripple it in its work . The lodge referred to in this notice of motion has had its warrant stolen , and consequently is brought to a standstill , because under Article 126 they cannot work unless they have a warrant . At the present time they have not a warrant . Unfortunately , Article 126 of our Book of Constitutions does not provide for a case of this particular
kind , for though the warrant is practically lost , technically , the Grand Registrar rules it is stolen , and that , therefore , the Most Worshipful Grand Master has no power to issue a warrant of confirmation . The onl y way out of the difficulty is to assimilate Article 126 to these circumstances . I therefore suggest that it is the bounden duty of Grand Lodge to provide some means whereby the brethren may have their warrant restored to them and whereby they will be enabled to resume their work as a lodge . I therefore move the resolution that stands in my name .
Bro . R . LOVELAND LOVELAND seconded the motion . At the same time he thought it right that he should say that Bro . Lamonby was misinformed with regard to the holding of the Grand Registrar . He had seen Bro . Philbrick , and certainly he did not learn from him that he held that that particular warrant was stolen .
Bro . S . R . BASKETT proposed an amendment . He felt very strongly with Bro . Lamonby that harm was done by withholding the warrant . It was a very great injustice to the loyal brethren . The question with regard to stealing was really this , that if the W . M . of a lodge joined the seceders he thereby became excommunicated from English Masonry , and if he did take away the warrant it had been held—and he conceived it was improperly
held—that his action in removing the warrant which was originally rightly in his custody , was not stealing , it was not withheld , and was not lost . If this resolution was carried , if the contention was correct that the Grand Master had no power to grant a warrant of confirmation , nothing could be done till after next December—another three months , and he held , and believed a majority of the brethren held with him—lhat where a warrant was withheld
it was lost , and therefore that the Grand Master had the power as the law now stood to grant a warrant of confirmation . He therefore begged to move three months in advance before the confirmation— " That this Grand Lodge is of opinion that the Most Worshipful Grand Master has full power under Article 126 of the Book of Constitutions to grant a warrant of confirmation to the Lodge Otago , No . S 44 , Dunedin , New Zealand , and particularly
requesting him to do so at once , and to prevent similar occurrences in future , Article 126 of the Book of Constitutions be altered to read as follows : If a warrant be lost , stolen , or improperly withheld from those lawfully entitled to hold and use the same , or withheld by competent Masonic authority , the lodge must suspend its meetings until a new warrant or warrant of
confirmation has been applied for and granted by the Grand Master in such terms or on such conditions as he may think proper , or until the warrant so withheld be restored . " That did not alter the Book of Constitutions . He thought that better met the case , and he begged to move it . The amendment was not seconded .
Bro . Sir G . D . HARRIS , President of the Colonial Board , said the amendment had not been seconded . He begged to state as Chairman of the Colonial Board that there could be no objection to the proposal of Bro . Lamonby . The preamble was not a part of the motion ; it might be taken without the preamble . If the resolution was kept by itself he could see no
reason to object to it . Bro . RICHARD EVE said the preamble was not part of the resolution , Rule 126 , instead of being as it was , would stand altered . The ACTING GRAND MASTER then put Bro . Lamonby ' s motion to Grand l . odtre and it was carried .
The next business was the appeal of Bro . Richard Eve , Past Grand Treasurer , against an alleged decision of the Acting Chairman of the General Committee in declining to accept notice of a question to be put in Grand Lodge , and in holding a notice of motion of the same must be rejected as irregular .
Bro . RICHARD EVE , in bringing his appeal before Grand Lodge said he did not attend at the meeting in May when the notice was rejected , but he submitted to the General Committee a resolution through Bro . Baskett , who presentetl it to the Grand Secretary . The motion was to this effect : " What steps had been taken by the Grand Secretary or the Colonial Board to give effect to the resolutions of Grand Lodge on the ioih June , 18 ( 15 , in respect of
the Cambnan Lodge of Australia , No . 656 , and , if found necessary , to move ' That the Colonial Board and the Grand Secretary be instructed to take action to assist the loyal brethren of the Cambrian Lodge of Australia , No . 656 , in upholding their rights , and that the Most Worshi pful Grand Master be respectfully requested to use his gracious influence in inducing the United
Grand Lodge of New South VVales to give the Cambrian Lodge , No . 656 , friendly and fraternal recognition . ' " That was presented to the Committee ; he was not present , but he was told that the President of the Board , after consultation with the Grand Registrar , stated that it was out of order and that he could not receive it . He ( Bro . Eve ) was told that it was not submitted to the General Committee as it should be ; he was told that part of it
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United Grand Lodge Of England.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF ENGLAND .
The Quarterly Communication of United Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of England was held on Wednesday evening , at Freemasons' Hall . Bro . Colonel Gerard Noel Money , C . B ., Prov . Grand Master of Surrey , presided as Grand Master ; Bro . Col . Le Gendre
X . Starkie , Prov . G . Master of East Lancashire , acted as Deputy Grand Master ; Bro . the Rev . C . J . Martyn , P . G . Chap ., acted as S . G . W . ; and Bro . the Rev . J . S . Brownrigg , P . G . C , as J . G . W . The M . W . Bro . J . Ross Robertson , P . G . M . of Canada , occupied a place on the dais . There was a large attendance of Grand and Past Grand Officers .
Grand Lodge having been opened in form , the GRAND SECRETARY read the minutes of Grand Lodge of June 6 th . Bro . S . R . BASKETT said that before the minutes were put he wished to make a correction . Bro . Eve ' s protest at last Grand Lodge was not against the decision—he forgot what the exact words were—of the General
Committee , but of the Chairman of the General Committee ; he thought that was quite clear at the time . The minutes were then put and carried , as were also the minutes of the Special Grand Lodge of July 6 th , which were next read by thc GRAND SECRETARY .
GRAND SECRETARY then read the two following letters in reply to the addresses of congratulation voted by Grand Lodge on July 6 th : Whitehall , 3 rd August , 1894 Sir , I have had the honour to lay before the Queen the loyal and dutiful address of the Free and Accepted Masons of the United Grand Lodge of England
on the occasion of her Royal Highness the Duchess 01 York giving birth to a Prince ; and I have to inform you that her Majesty was pleased to receive the same very graciously . I have the honour to be , Sir , Your obedient servant , W . H . Asomrii .
The Grand Secretary United Grand Lodge of England , Freemasons' Hall , Great Oueen-street , W . C . Marlborough House , Pall Mall , 24 th July , 1894 . Sir Francis Knollys is directed to acknowledge the receipt of an Address of congratulation to the Prince of Wales from the Pro Grand Master , Deputy
Grand Master , Grand Officers and Brethren of Grand Lodge , upon the occasion of the birth of his Royal Highness ' s Grandson ; and in reply , to convey to the Pro Grand Master and Brethren the best thanks of his Royal Highness , the Grand Master , for the kind fraternal terms of the Address , which have afforded his Royal Highness much gratification . The report of the Board of Benevolence was next read and adopted .
Bro . ROBERT GREY said that since the meeting of the Board of Benevolence in June , when £ 100 was recommended to a brother , that brother had passed away , therefore that vote must fall . There was only one recommendation of . £ 5 ° to a brother at Farnham to be confirmed . Bro . J AMES BRETT , Senior Vice-President Board of Benevolence , seconded the motion , which was put and carried .
The Report of the Board of General Purposes , which was printed in last week ' s Freemason was , on the motion of Bro . LOVELAND LOVELAND , seconded b y Bro . ROBERT GREY , taken as read , received , and ordered to be entered on the minutes . The Report of the Colonial Board was similarly dealt with on the motion of Bro . Sir GEO . DAVID HARRIS , who moved according to the report that the warrants of the following lodges in New Zealand and SDUIH Africa be declared forfeited :
No . 517 . New Zealand Pacific Lodge , Wellington . „ 1430 . Masterton Lodge , Masterton . 11 1577 . Victoria Lodge , Napier . , 1 1720 . Greytown Lodge , Greytown , Wairarapa West . , 1 1812 . Heretaunga Lodge , Hastings , Hawkes Bay . 11 1813 . Abereorn Lodge , Waipawa . , 1 1888 . St . John ' s Lodge , Featherston .
, 1 1904 . Rangitikei Lodge , Bulls . n 1940 . Feilding Lodge , Feilding . „ 2053 . Ngamotu Lodge , New Plymouth . 11 2059 . St . Mark's Lodge , Carterton . » 2178 . Ruahine Lodge , Woodville , Hawkes Bay . 11 2220 . Albion Lodge , Woodstock , South Africa . ' Bro . WILLIAM FARQUHARSON LAMONHY , P . M . 2 and 11 ) 24 , rose to
move—That in order to enable the M . W . the Grand Master to grant a warrant of confirmation to Lodge Otago , No . 844 , Dunedin , Otago , New Zealand , and to prevent similar occurrences in future , Article 126 of the Book of Constitutions be altered to read as follows : " If a warrant be lost , or improperly withheld from those lawfully entitled
to hold and use the same , or withheld by competent Masonic authority , the lodge must suspend its meetings until a new warrant , or warrant of confirmation , has been applied for and granted by the Grand Master in such terms or on such conditions as he may think proper , or until the ' warrant so withheld be restored , "
United Grand Lodge Of England.
He said : Right Worshipful Acting Grand Master and Brethren , —This notice of motion , and the facts that give rise to it , are very simple , and may be disposed of in a few words . Most of the brethren will be aware that there is , and has been , for some years an unrecognised and so-called Grand Lodge of New Zealand . In cases of this kind it is frequently the fact that seceders take upon themselves to stick at nothing in order to coerce loyal
brethren to their way of thinking , and one of their methods is to make away with a lodge ' s warrant , and thereby cripple it in its work . The lodge referred to in this notice of motion has had its warrant stolen , and consequently is brought to a standstill , because under Article 126 they cannot work unless they have a warrant . At the present time they have not a warrant . Unfortunately , Article 126 of our Book of Constitutions does not provide for a case of this particular
kind , for though the warrant is practically lost , technically , the Grand Registrar rules it is stolen , and that , therefore , the Most Worshipful Grand Master has no power to issue a warrant of confirmation . The onl y way out of the difficulty is to assimilate Article 126 to these circumstances . I therefore suggest that it is the bounden duty of Grand Lodge to provide some means whereby the brethren may have their warrant restored to them and whereby they will be enabled to resume their work as a lodge . I therefore move the resolution that stands in my name .
Bro . R . LOVELAND LOVELAND seconded the motion . At the same time he thought it right that he should say that Bro . Lamonby was misinformed with regard to the holding of the Grand Registrar . He had seen Bro . Philbrick , and certainly he did not learn from him that he held that that particular warrant was stolen .
Bro . S . R . BASKETT proposed an amendment . He felt very strongly with Bro . Lamonby that harm was done by withholding the warrant . It was a very great injustice to the loyal brethren . The question with regard to stealing was really this , that if the W . M . of a lodge joined the seceders he thereby became excommunicated from English Masonry , and if he did take away the warrant it had been held—and he conceived it was improperly
held—that his action in removing the warrant which was originally rightly in his custody , was not stealing , it was not withheld , and was not lost . If this resolution was carried , if the contention was correct that the Grand Master had no power to grant a warrant of confirmation , nothing could be done till after next December—another three months , and he held , and believed a majority of the brethren held with him—lhat where a warrant was withheld
it was lost , and therefore that the Grand Master had the power as the law now stood to grant a warrant of confirmation . He therefore begged to move three months in advance before the confirmation— " That this Grand Lodge is of opinion that the Most Worshipful Grand Master has full power under Article 126 of the Book of Constitutions to grant a warrant of confirmation to the Lodge Otago , No . S 44 , Dunedin , New Zealand , and particularly
requesting him to do so at once , and to prevent similar occurrences in future , Article 126 of the Book of Constitutions be altered to read as follows : If a warrant be lost , stolen , or improperly withheld from those lawfully entitled to hold and use the same , or withheld by competent Masonic authority , the lodge must suspend its meetings until a new warrant or warrant of
confirmation has been applied for and granted by the Grand Master in such terms or on such conditions as he may think proper , or until the warrant so withheld be restored . " That did not alter the Book of Constitutions . He thought that better met the case , and he begged to move it . The amendment was not seconded .
Bro . Sir G . D . HARRIS , President of the Colonial Board , said the amendment had not been seconded . He begged to state as Chairman of the Colonial Board that there could be no objection to the proposal of Bro . Lamonby . The preamble was not a part of the motion ; it might be taken without the preamble . If the resolution was kept by itself he could see no
reason to object to it . Bro . RICHARD EVE said the preamble was not part of the resolution , Rule 126 , instead of being as it was , would stand altered . The ACTING GRAND MASTER then put Bro . Lamonby ' s motion to Grand l . odtre and it was carried .
The next business was the appeal of Bro . Richard Eve , Past Grand Treasurer , against an alleged decision of the Acting Chairman of the General Committee in declining to accept notice of a question to be put in Grand Lodge , and in holding a notice of motion of the same must be rejected as irregular .
Bro . RICHARD EVE , in bringing his appeal before Grand Lodge said he did not attend at the meeting in May when the notice was rejected , but he submitted to the General Committee a resolution through Bro . Baskett , who presentetl it to the Grand Secretary . The motion was to this effect : " What steps had been taken by the Grand Secretary or the Colonial Board to give effect to the resolutions of Grand Lodge on the ioih June , 18 ( 15 , in respect of
the Cambnan Lodge of Australia , No . 656 , and , if found necessary , to move ' That the Colonial Board and the Grand Secretary be instructed to take action to assist the loyal brethren of the Cambrian Lodge of Australia , No . 656 , in upholding their rights , and that the Most Worshi pful Grand Master be respectfully requested to use his gracious influence in inducing the United
Grand Lodge of New South VVales to give the Cambrian Lodge , No . 656 , friendly and fraternal recognition . ' " That was presented to the Committee ; he was not present , but he was told that the President of the Board , after consultation with the Grand Registrar , stated that it was out of order and that he could not receive it . He ( Bro . Eve ) was told that it was not submitted to the General Committee as it should be ; he was told that part of it