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lUflDLAND RAILWAY . CHEAP EXCURSIONS FROM ST . PANCRAS AND CITY STATIONS . A FORTNIGHT IN IRELAND . On AUGUST 14 th and 22 nd to DOBLIN and South of Ireland ; on SATURDAYS . AUGUST ioth , 17 th , and SEPT ^ III , to LONDONDERRY ; and on SEPT . Cth , to Belfast and North of Ireland , v . *; .. * * -.- ' . TO SCOTLAND FOR ' 5 , 11 , OR 10 DAYS . On FRIDAY , AUGUST iCth , fori - days , from St . Pancras at 10 . 15 p . m ., to Carlisle , Dumfries , Castle Douglas , Kirkcudbright , EDINBURGH , GLASGOW , Greenock , Helensburgh , Ayr , Kilmarnock , Newton Stewart , Stranraer , Wigtown , & c . Also former n Days , from St . Pancras at g . 15 p . m . to Stirling , Perth , Dundee , Arbroath , Forfar . Brechin , Montrose , Stonehaven , ABERDEEN , INVERNESS , Fort William , Tyndrum , and Crianlarich . RETURN TICKETS at a THIRD-CLASS SINGLE ORDINARY FARE for the DOUBLE JOURNEY will also be issued by the anove trains to SCOTLAND , to return any day within 16 DAYS from date of issue . On FRIDAY , AUGUST 16 th , for 11 or 16 days , from St . Pancras at 8 . 30 p . m . to Northallerton , Richmond , Darlington , Durham , Newcastle , and Berwick . GFNERAL EXCURSION , SATURDAY , AUGUST 17 th . To LEICESTER , Nottingham , Derby , Burton Matlock , Buxton . Stockport , Southport , Liverpool , Manchester , Accrington , Blackburn , Burnley , Bolton , Rochdale , Oldham , Bury , Lancaster , Morecambe , the Lake District , Barroiv , Whitehaven , Carlisle , Pontefract , Scarborough . Darhngton , Durham , Newcastle-on-Tyne , Stoke , Hanley , Burslem , Macclesfield , Sheffield , Barnsley , Wakefield , Huddersfield , Halifax , Leeds , Bradford , Birmingham , Walsall , Wolverhampton , & c . Tickets will be available for returning on Thursday , August 22 nd . DOUGLAS ( Isle of Man ) , SATURDAY , AUGUST 17 th . From St . Pancras , 5 . 15 a . m . via Barrow ; 10 . 5 a . m ., via Liverpool , returning any weekday within ten days . Tickets and bills may be had at the Midland Stations and City Booking Offices , and from 1 HOi . COOK and SON , Ludgate-circus , and Branch Ofiices . GEO . H . TURNER , General Manager .

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p REAT NORTHERN RAILWAY . HOLIDAY TRIPS FROM LONDON . To SKEGNESS , AUGUST 10 , 12 , 17 . KJ . 24 . 26 . and 31 , and to SUTTON-ON-SEA and MABLETHORPE , AUGUST 17 , from Moorgate 6 . 51 a . m ., Aldersgate 6 . 53 , Farringdon 6 . 55 , King's Cross ( G . N . ) 7 . 15 , Holloway 7 . 5 , Finsbury Park 7 . 20 . Third class fare , 4 s . Cd . Saturday to Monday or Tuesday , fare 6 s . To SHERINGHAM , CROMER ( Beach ) and YARMOUTH ( Beach ) , AUGUST lath , from King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) G . t 5 a . m ., Finsbury Park 6 . 20 , returning from Yarmouth 6 . 0 p . m ., Cromer C . 55 , Sheringham 7 . 5 . Third dass fare , 5 s . Excursions from Woolwich ( Arsenal ) , Woolwich ( Dockyard ) , Victoria ( L . C . & D . ) , Ludgate Hill , Moorgate , Aldersgate , Farringdon , King ' s Cross ( G . N . ) , Sic , FRIDAY , AUG . IC for 11 days to Northallerton . Darlington , Newcastle , Richmond , Durham , Berwick , Edinburgh , Glasgow and Helensburgh and for 5 or 11 days to Stirling '""•• Dundee , Oban , Montrose , Aberdeen , Inverness , & c . Ticktts at a single fare for the double journey will also be issued by these excursions to places named , available for "turn by one fixed train on any day within i ( 5 days . SATURDAY , AUGUST 17 for 3 or 6 days to Sleaford , l-rimsb y , Lincoln . Gainsboro ' , Leicester , Nottingham , ' " ¦ erby , Burton , Tutbury Stoke , Newark , Huddersfield , Manchester , Stockport , Liverpool , Hull , York . Scarboro ' , Ubitb y ; Darlington , Durham , Newcastle , & c . I ' or particulars see bills , to be obtained at the stations 1 / Mil 1 ' otvn offices . / HENRY OAKLEY , Genera / Manager .

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Now Ready . In Cloth , Red Edges . ^ Price 2 s . 6 d . MASONIC PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY , living the Pronunciation and Definition of every word susceptible of a mispronunciation , used in the work of initiation , Installation , Consecration , and Funeral Service , " ¦' ne Craft Lodge , Chapter , Council , Commandery , and Rit , preme Council , in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish REV . JAY A . FORD , as ' Master , and Masonic Lecturer , and Prelate of Battle Creek Commandery , No . 33 , Knights Templar . ¦ - " ¦ "Jon : GEORGE KENNING , 16 & iCaGt . Queen-st ., W . C .

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^ ge ^ m ^ g SATURDAY , AUGUST IO , 1895 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter was held on Wednesday , but—as will be seen from the report which appears elsewhere of the proceedings—nothing of exceptional interest took p lace . It will doubtless have been noted from the Agenda we published last week , that of the five

petitions for new chapters which were recommended b y the Committee , two were chapters to be attached to lodges in London ; two in the Provinces , one being in Essex and one in Hants and the Isle of Wight ; and one in Queensland . « # #

Wc call the attention of our readers to the report we [ publish elsewhere of a combined installation of the Worshipful Masters of no less than seven of the lodges meeting in and near Adelaide , South Australia , It appears to have been the third occasion on which the ceremony has been thus performed , there having been eight Worshipful Masters installed at one meeting

in 1 S 93 , and five the year following . Whatever may be our opinion as to the desirability of thus installing Worshi pful Masters in batches or groups , there appears to be little or no reason to doubt that everything was done in order , especially as Bro . the Hon , Chief Justice Way , M . W . G . M . of South Australia , was present . We shall probably take occasion to offer : some remarks on the meeting in a future issue .