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Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

United Grand Lodge met in Quarterly Communication at Freemasons' Hall , on Wednesday , when , as will he seen elsewhere , the brethren dealt with the pro - gramme of business as published in our last week ' s issue . The resolution of sympathy with his Royal Highness , the M . W . G . Master , in the suffering entailed SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER IO , 18 9 8 .

by his late severe accident , which was proposed by the 'cling G . Master ( Hro . W . B . Belch , M . P . ) , and seconded by thc acting Deputy G . Master ( Bro . Dr . oalfour Cockburn ) , was , as a matter of course , carried hy acclamation . The resolution of thanks to the M . W . G . M . forthe successfuUermination of his labour in

connection with the question of recognising the Grand Lodge ° f New Zealand , which was moved by ths G . Registrar ( Rro . J . Strachan , Q . C ) , and seconded by Bro . Lennox Browne , P . Dep . G . D . C ., was likewise carried unanimousl y but not without a speech from Bro . Eve , Past

p- Treasurer , expressive of sympathy with the English " - "¦ d ges and brethren in the Colony that still remain "iider the banner of our Grand Lodge . Lastly , Bro . w - F . Lamonb y's motion praying the M . W . G . M . to c ° mmand that Warrants returned for cancellation

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shall not be cancelled for three months after their receipt by the Grand Secretary , was accepted as reasonable by the Grand Registrar and carried unanimously . # * *

Nothing more than the ordinary business was transacted at the Quarterly Communication of Mark Grand Lodge , on Tuesday , but the proceedings were not without a certain interest , as will be seen from the report of the meeting which appears in another column . In the first place , a resolution of sympathy with-his

Royal Highness the M . W . Grand Mark Master in his recent severe accident , and expressing the hope that he might be speedily restored to his wonted health and vigour , was , on the motion of the Pro Grand Master , seconded by Bro . Col , A . B . Cook , Prov . G . Mark Master for Middlesex , adopted with acclamation . In the next place , Grand Lodge manifested the pleasure it

experienced at the reappearance of Bro . the Earl of Euston , Pro G . Master , on the throne , after his long and serious illness , and a resolution expressive of that pleasure was likewise adopted unanimously , amid the hearty cheers of the brethren present . We , too , are rejoiced to find that his lordship is in a position to fulfil his Masonic duties , and we respectfully offer him our congratulations on his recovery .

* * * The splendid victory gained by the Anglo-Egyptian army under Bro . Major-General Sir H . II . Kitchener on Friday , the 2 nd inst ., is the subject of universal rejoicing throughout the United Kingdom , nor , though politics come not within the province of Freemasonry ,

must we be behind the rest of our fellow-countrymen in tendering our hearty congratulations to the Sirdar on the success of his long and arduous labours . The Khalifa is a fugitive with only a small body of armed followers in attendance , and though he may give us

further trouble from Kordofan , whither he is reported to have fled for refuge , his power at Khartoum is irretrievably broken , and the Soudan is once again a part of the Khedeviate of Egypt . * * *

The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Cornwall will take place at " Falmouth on Tuesday , the 13 th instant . It is expected that Bro . the Earl of Mount Edgcumbe , Past Deputy Grand Master of England , Provincial Grand Master , will preside , and we doubt not the business which is set down for

transaction will prove to be of a satisfactory character . The annual reports from the Provincial Grand Treasurer and Provincial Grand Secretary will be presented , as well as reports from the honorary Secretaries of the Provincial Charity Funds . In the course of the

proceedings the brethren will march in procession to the parish church , where Divine service will be held , and a sermon preached by the Provincial Grand Chaplain . Subsequently a luncheon will be served at the Duke of Cornwall Hotel . The meeting promises to be a most successful one .

• # * We are indebted to the courtesy of Bro . Lord Amherst of Hackney for copy of a History compiled by his lordship in co-operation with Bro . Hamon le Strange , P . G . D ., Dep . P . G . M . Norfolk , author of the " History of Freemasonry in Norfolk , " of the Union Lodge , No . $ 2 , Norwich , the senior lodge on the roll

of the Provincial Grand Lodge . It is a very handsome volume , while as to its contents , all we can say at present is that the authors would appear to have spared no pains in order to ensure , as far as possible , the completeness and accuracy of their work . The demands upon our time just now are somewhat heavier than usual , but we shall make a point of reviewing the history at the first available opportunity .

* * » The Canadian Craftsman foe last month contains an excellent portrait of Bro . R . T . Walkem , Q . C , Past G . Master of the Grand Lodge of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) . Many of our readers will remember that

Bro . Walkem visited this country some few years since and did good service to Freemasonry in the Dominion and the Mother Country at a time when the relations between the Grand Lodges of England and Quebec were somewhat strained . * •

A regular quarterly communication of the District Grand Lodge of Queensland was held at Freemasons ' Hall , Brisbane , on Wednesday , the 1 st June last , under the presidency of Bro . the Hon . A . C . Gregory , C . M . G .,

District Grand Master . No business of any great moment was transacted , but one or two matters of interest arose incidentally in the course of the proceedings which are noted in the report of the meeting . It was announced in the Report of the District Board

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of General Purposes that a member of the said Board had sent in his resignation and that it would be necessary to elect a successor . But when the President moved that the Report be adopted and that motion had been seconded , a brother rose to a point of order and asked if it were possible " to move motions

in the District Grand Lodge without previously notifying the brethren in accordance with Clause 56 of the Book of Constitutions ? " The District Grand Master remarked that "it was not necessary to give notice of any motion which had to be made in accordance with the business of the meeting / ' but as the brother persisted

in his point , the District Grand Master declared that " the point had been decided within the last year , " and decided that " when anything laid down in the rule had to be done at a certain time , there was no necessity to give formal notice of motion . " After further discussion the motion for the adoption of the Report was agreed to .

* * * A question then arose as to the election of a brother to succeed the member of the Board who had tendered his resignation , and two candidates were proposed for the vacancy . A long discussion arose , and it was ultimately ruled by the District Grand Master that , as they

'had had no intimation of the resignation and the vacancy created thereby in the District Board of General Purposes until that night , " the meeting was not the next Quarterly Communication , which would be in September , and " that would be the time the vacancy would have to be filled . " The discussion was continued : but the District Grand Master remained

firm , merely suggesting that some one should move"that it be an instruction to the Board of General Purposes that the agenda paper should be printed and sent out to the members of the District Grand Lodge a given number of days before each meeting . " A notice of motion for the next meeting was accordingly ' given in accordance with the District Grand Master ' s suggestion .

* » » Notice was also given by a brother of his intention to move at the next meeting of District Grand Lodge a resolution to the effect— " That , in order to secure increased interest in District Grand Lodge proceedings , and to alford the country brethren an opportunity of

participating in the regular meetings , the officers and members of this District Grand Lodge respectfully suggest to the District Grand Master that every alternate meeting should be held in such principal town as he may deem fit or expedient ; the rotation of such meetings to be so arranged as to ensure the March meeting being held in the Metropolis . "

• • • There is much to be said in favour of and against such a proposal . There can be no doubt as to the advantages resulting to a District from having a fixed headquarters for the meetings ot its District Grand Lodge ; while on the other hand there is equally no reason to

doubt that greater interest would be felt in the proceedings of the ruling body among the country brethren , if occasional meetings of the District Grand Lodge were held in the different principal towns . Perhaps the plan adopted by Bro . the Hon . Sir H . T . Prinsep , in his District of Bengal , of holding emergent meetings of the District Grand Lodge at this or that up-country

station might be found to work advantageously , the regular meetings being held , as at present , at the Freemasons' Hall , Brisbane . The facilities for travelling in Queensland are not as great as In the United Kingdom , and any move that may stimulate the zeal of the more remote lodges must be an advantage to the District Grand Lodge .

* * * A regular quarterly Communication of the District Grand Lodge of Canterbury ( N . Z . ) was held at the St . Augustine Masonic Hall , Christchurch , on Thursday , the 21 st July , under the presidency of Bro . R . Dunn Thomas , District Grand Master . The business

presented was of no great importance , but in the course of the proceedings the District Grand Master took occasion to announce that since the previous quarterly meeting he had received intimation of the fact that the Grand Lodge of New Zealand had been recognised by the United Grand Lodge of England . The District Grand Master , who , it will be remembered , was present

at the installation in April of the present M . W . Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of New Zealand , expressed the pleasure hc felt at the establishment of full fraternal relations with the newly-organised body , and subsequently the terms and conditions of the recognition were read to the meeting by the Assistant District G . Secretary .

» » We have been requested to announce that there will be published before the end of this year a work entitled " Facts and Fancies in Brinkworth Church , " by "One of the Race—Auliffe-O'Neill , Ayliffe . "