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The Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
and it is because we know this statement is' incontrovertible that wc appeal with so much confidence to the brethren generall y to give all the support they can to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at its approaching Annual Festival . The contributions we invite them to make on this occasion will be well applied , and , sooner or later , bring forth good fruit abundantly .
United Grand Lodge Of Victoria.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF VICTORIA .
It appears to have become the custom that when anyone who happens to be a sufficientl y prominent Mason is appointed to the Governorshi p of one of those of our Australasian Colonics , which of late years have set up independent Grand Lodges of their own ,
he should be elected , sooner or later , to the office of M . W . G . Master . Thus , when the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales was established , the Governor of the Colony , Bro . Lord CARRINGTON , who was a Past S . G . Warden of England , was elected its first Grand Master , and when his term of office as
Governor was completed , Bro . the Earl of JERSEY , who was appointed to succeed him , and who was not only a Past S . G . Warden of England , but also Prov . Grand Master of Oxfordshire , was chosen his successor in the Chair of Grand Lodge . Similarlv ,
when Bro . the Earl of KINTORE was appointed Governor of South Australia , no long time elapsed ere he was installed as Grand Master of its Grand Lodge , and now Bro . Lord BRASSEY ,
K . C . B ., upon whom—on the eve of his departure to enter upon the duties of Governor of Victoria—his Royal Highness was pleased to confer the brevet rank of Past Grand Warden , has been elected and installed M . W . G . M . of the United Grand
Lodge of that Colony . His lordshi p was elected at the Quarterl y Communication , held at Freemasons' Hall , Melbourne , on the 16 th March , and was installed in office in the Town Hall , Melbourne , on the 4 th May , while the installation banquet was
held in rreemasons Hall . It will be seen from the report wc publish elsewhere , that every endeavour was made b y those in charge of the arrangements in order to ensure that the ceremony should pass off in a manner worth y of the Craft . The duty
of installing Lord BuASSEY was assigned to Bro . the Hon . S . WAY , Chief Justice , and Most Worshi pful Grand Master of South Australia , who , it will be seen , delivered an extremel y interesting address on the occasion . Bro . C . E .
DAVIES , M . W . G . Master of Tasmania , installed Bro . Sir W . J . CLARKE , Bart ., as Pro G . Master , and the Hon . GEORGE COPPIX , Past G . M ., performed the like office in the case of Bro . GEORGE BAKER , Past G . M ., as Deputy G . M ., while Bro . BAKER invested the other Grand Officers—Bro . the Hon . GEORGE
I URNER , the Premier of the Colony , as S . G . Warden , and Bro . MCLEOD the Representative of Portland in the Legislative Assembly , as J . G . Warden , & c , & c . The most elaborate arrangements had been made by the Board of General Purposes ,
and it would have been strange , indeed , " if the anticipations of our worthy contemporary had not been realised , and " the installation of his Excellency , Bro . Lord BRASSEY , as M . W . Grand Master of Victoria , and the investiture of his officers" shown to be " the most brilliant Masonic
ceremony ever witnessed in the Colony . To add to the eclat of the occasion , invitations were issued b y Bro . Sir WILLIAM and Lady CLARKE to a Grand Masonic Ball , which was to be held at the Town Hall , on Thursday , the 7 th May , and to which all
Present and Past Grand Officers , and the W . Masters and Wardens of all private lodges , as well as a large number of visiting brethren from the other Colonies were to be invited to be present .
With reference to Bro . Sir W . J . CLARKE , Bart ., Pro G . M ., who , it will be remembered was , in the days preceding the establishment of its Grand Lodge , the head of the English , Irish , and Scotch Constitutions then holding concurrent jurisdiction in the
Colony , and who , when the United Grand Lodge of Victoria was formed , was elected its first M . W . G . Master , and had held the office from that time forward , we learn from the Keystone that steps were taken in the month of April with a view to
recognising the invaluable services of that distinguished brother to Freemasonry in the Colony b y erecting in the grounds of the Masonic Almshouses a cottage , which is to be called the " Clarke Testimonial Cottage . " The Chairman of the Committee
United Grand Lodge Of Victoria.
appointed to preside over the raising of the funds necessary lo carry out this object announces in the circular which has been sent out to Ihe Worshi pful Masters of the lodges that he has been
personall y assured by Bro . Sir W . CLARKE ( hat " no testimonial which the brethren could present to him would be more accept , able thaw the one suggested , and that he would hig hly appreciate such recognition of his services . "
We are also p leased to be able to announce , on ( he authority of our esteemed contemporary , that the scheme , so far as it has been dealt with b y the lodges , has been received most cordiallv and what is still more to the point , most generously responded
to . 1 hat such a project should have been conceived and be alread y in a fair way of being carried out is as creditable to our Victorian brethren , who are so greatly indebted to their present Pro ( irand Master for Ihe strength and prosperity of the Order
in the Colony , as it is to the distinguished Mason , whose fame as such they are determined upon perpetuating . Victoria has our hearty good wishes for the continuance of its good fortune under its new M . W . G . Master ,
Consecration Of The Sympathy Chapter, No. 483.
CONSECRATION OF THE SYMPATHY CHAPTER No . 483 .
Comp . Earl Amherst , G . H ., Grand Superintendent of Kent , assisted by Comps . J . S . Eastes , P . G . S . B ., Prov . G . H ., as H . ; Sibert Saunders , Prov . G . J ., as J . ; Thomas S . Warne , Prov . G . S . E ., as Scribe E . ; and Horatio Ward , P . G . Std . Br ., P . P . G . J ., as D . of C , consecrated a new chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Sympathy , No . 4 S 3 , Gravesend , on the Sth instant . The ceremony was performed at the Royal Clarendon
Hotel—where the lodge meets—and was attended by—Comps . Wm . Russell , P . Z . 829 , P . P . G . J ., Prov . G . Treas . ; H . Forss , P . Z . 1 G 23 ; John P . White , P . Z . 2277 ; Arthur Ronaldson , S 29 ; Robert J . Beamish , 829 ; Orlton Cooper , 1928 ; Prank Hitchens , J . S 29 ; Win . Hawker , 183 7 ; Thomas Taskes Hogg , S 29 ; Charles Cobham , P . Z . 94 ; Ernest Ingman , 1 S 37 ; John A . Gillett , 1 S 37 ; John Fitch , 508 ; Charles Hind , P . Z . 1837 ; W . Spencer Bowen . 1837 ; F . Mitchell , 829 ; Alfred Spencer , P . P . G . J ., Prov . G . S . E . ; C .
Wilfred Blaxland , P . G . S . N . ; VV . S . Whitaker , P . G . Reg . ; C . R . Cockburn , P . G . S . ; T . H . Blamiers , P . P . G . S . B . ; P . Jones , P . A . G . D . C ; Ed ward Barrett , P . G . S . B . ; George Gohle , P . A . G . D . C ; H . Massey , P . Z . 619 and 1928 ; E . Walker , P . P . G . S . B . ; E . Morris , P . G . S . B . ; B . K . Thorpe , P . P . G . J . ; G . Briggs . P . Z . 2147 ; J . B . Groome , H . 2046 ; E . A . Hooper , H . 2147 ; G . Harlow , P . Z . 2 r 47 ; J . T . Reeves , P . Z . 31 ; A . W . Southwell ^ 742 ; VV . T . Wiggins , 20 ; R . W . Walker , P . Z . 740 ; and Edwin Weller , M . E . Z . 503 .
Comp . John Bcavis Groom , H . 2046 , played the musical accompaniment .
After the chapter had been formally opened , Earl AMHERST stated that a charter had been granted by the Prince of Wales for that new chapter , which had been petitioned for by companions who desired such a chapter adjacent to their homes . They had met together for the purpose of giving effect to the charter . It was always a pleasure to see a
new Royal Arch chapter started , more especially when it had a good prospect of success , as in the present case , when it was projected by companions having the interests of the Order at heart . He was always p leased to see a new home established where the rites of the Order could be practised and its benefits extended .
Comp . SACNDKRS delivered the oration , and after the chapter had been constituted , Comp . Warne most ably installed Comps . William Russell as M . E . Z . ; Henry Forss as H . ; and John Percy White as J . The other companions appointed to office were Comps . Arthur Ronaldson , S . E . ; KJtffrey Beamish , S . N . ; Thomas Taskes Hogg , Treas . ; Orlton Cooper , P . S . ; Frank Hitchens , 1 st A . S . ; William Hawker , 2 nd A . S . ; Charles Cobham , D . C . ; Ernest Ingham and John A . Gillett , Stwds . ; and Martin ,
Janitor . A founder ' s jewel was presented to Earl Amherst , who , with the other Consecrating Officers , was afterwards elected an honorary member of the chapter . The chapter was afterwards closed , and the companions sat down t <> a choice banquet , and subsequently honoured a select list of toasts . 01
Comp . W . RUSSELL , M . E . Z ., after the banquet , proposed the toasts " The Queen and Royal Arch Masonry " and ' The G . Z . of the Order , H . R . HT the Prince of Wales . " In giving the former , he said it would illbecome the companions on the day of the consecration of a new chapter n " to drink the toast of the Queen ; and , in giving the latter , he observed tl ' the Prince of Wales had " been a public man from his birth upwards ; he had
done much for hreemasonry and lor various societies , spending his money various walks of life . He then referred to the Prince ' s success at the recen , Derby , and said lhat l- ' reemasotiF , as well as other Englishmen , congratulate him upon it . He had woiktd w . II in the Craft , and the expansion of | ' . " masonry since he became its head had exceeded the expectations of all brethren . Long might he live to patronise English sport , and to continue act in the cause oj Freemasonry as he had done so zealously for so many
years ! , , Comp . Rrssui . i ., in proposing the next toast—" The Pro G . Z . ano rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past "—said the brethren of w ^ felt very great interest in that toast , as llieir Provincial Grand Master Grand Superintendent was now Grand H . of Grand Chapter , , ? mps . companions of Kent were Past Grand Officers . Among these were c ° [ th ' R . Joynes Emmerson , Horatio Ward , Alfred Spencer , and James ** re Eastes , who had secured thepiosperity of Masonry in the province .
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The Approaching Festival Of The Royal Masonic Institution For Boys.
and it is because we know this statement is' incontrovertible that wc appeal with so much confidence to the brethren generall y to give all the support they can to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys at its approaching Annual Festival . The contributions we invite them to make on this occasion will be well applied , and , sooner or later , bring forth good fruit abundantly .
United Grand Lodge Of Victoria.
UNITED GRAND LODGE OF VICTORIA .
It appears to have become the custom that when anyone who happens to be a sufficientl y prominent Mason is appointed to the Governorshi p of one of those of our Australasian Colonics , which of late years have set up independent Grand Lodges of their own ,
he should be elected , sooner or later , to the office of M . W . G . Master . Thus , when the United Grand Lodge of New South Wales was established , the Governor of the Colony , Bro . Lord CARRINGTON , who was a Past S . G . Warden of England , was elected its first Grand Master , and when his term of office as
Governor was completed , Bro . the Earl of JERSEY , who was appointed to succeed him , and who was not only a Past S . G . Warden of England , but also Prov . Grand Master of Oxfordshire , was chosen his successor in the Chair of Grand Lodge . Similarlv ,
when Bro . the Earl of KINTORE was appointed Governor of South Australia , no long time elapsed ere he was installed as Grand Master of its Grand Lodge , and now Bro . Lord BRASSEY ,
K . C . B ., upon whom—on the eve of his departure to enter upon the duties of Governor of Victoria—his Royal Highness was pleased to confer the brevet rank of Past Grand Warden , has been elected and installed M . W . G . M . of the United Grand
Lodge of that Colony . His lordshi p was elected at the Quarterl y Communication , held at Freemasons' Hall , Melbourne , on the 16 th March , and was installed in office in the Town Hall , Melbourne , on the 4 th May , while the installation banquet was
held in rreemasons Hall . It will be seen from the report wc publish elsewhere , that every endeavour was made b y those in charge of the arrangements in order to ensure that the ceremony should pass off in a manner worth y of the Craft . The duty
of installing Lord BuASSEY was assigned to Bro . the Hon . S . WAY , Chief Justice , and Most Worshi pful Grand Master of South Australia , who , it will be seen , delivered an extremel y interesting address on the occasion . Bro . C . E .
DAVIES , M . W . G . Master of Tasmania , installed Bro . Sir W . J . CLARKE , Bart ., as Pro G . Master , and the Hon . GEORGE COPPIX , Past G . M ., performed the like office in the case of Bro . GEORGE BAKER , Past G . M ., as Deputy G . M ., while Bro . BAKER invested the other Grand Officers—Bro . the Hon . GEORGE
I URNER , the Premier of the Colony , as S . G . Warden , and Bro . MCLEOD the Representative of Portland in the Legislative Assembly , as J . G . Warden , & c , & c . The most elaborate arrangements had been made by the Board of General Purposes ,
and it would have been strange , indeed , " if the anticipations of our worthy contemporary had not been realised , and " the installation of his Excellency , Bro . Lord BRASSEY , as M . W . Grand Master of Victoria , and the investiture of his officers" shown to be " the most brilliant Masonic
ceremony ever witnessed in the Colony . To add to the eclat of the occasion , invitations were issued b y Bro . Sir WILLIAM and Lady CLARKE to a Grand Masonic Ball , which was to be held at the Town Hall , on Thursday , the 7 th May , and to which all
Present and Past Grand Officers , and the W . Masters and Wardens of all private lodges , as well as a large number of visiting brethren from the other Colonies were to be invited to be present .
With reference to Bro . Sir W . J . CLARKE , Bart ., Pro G . M ., who , it will be remembered was , in the days preceding the establishment of its Grand Lodge , the head of the English , Irish , and Scotch Constitutions then holding concurrent jurisdiction in the
Colony , and who , when the United Grand Lodge of Victoria was formed , was elected its first M . W . G . Master , and had held the office from that time forward , we learn from the Keystone that steps were taken in the month of April with a view to
recognising the invaluable services of that distinguished brother to Freemasonry in the Colony b y erecting in the grounds of the Masonic Almshouses a cottage , which is to be called the " Clarke Testimonial Cottage . " The Chairman of the Committee
United Grand Lodge Of Victoria.
appointed to preside over the raising of the funds necessary lo carry out this object announces in the circular which has been sent out to Ihe Worshi pful Masters of the lodges that he has been
personall y assured by Bro . Sir W . CLARKE ( hat " no testimonial which the brethren could present to him would be more accept , able thaw the one suggested , and that he would hig hly appreciate such recognition of his services . "
We are also p leased to be able to announce , on ( he authority of our esteemed contemporary , that the scheme , so far as it has been dealt with b y the lodges , has been received most cordiallv and what is still more to the point , most generously responded
to . 1 hat such a project should have been conceived and be alread y in a fair way of being carried out is as creditable to our Victorian brethren , who are so greatly indebted to their present Pro ( irand Master for Ihe strength and prosperity of the Order
in the Colony , as it is to the distinguished Mason , whose fame as such they are determined upon perpetuating . Victoria has our hearty good wishes for the continuance of its good fortune under its new M . W . G . Master ,
Consecration Of The Sympathy Chapter, No. 483.
CONSECRATION OF THE SYMPATHY CHAPTER No . 483 .
Comp . Earl Amherst , G . H ., Grand Superintendent of Kent , assisted by Comps . J . S . Eastes , P . G . S . B ., Prov . G . H ., as H . ; Sibert Saunders , Prov . G . J ., as J . ; Thomas S . Warne , Prov . G . S . E ., as Scribe E . ; and Horatio Ward , P . G . Std . Br ., P . P . G . J ., as D . of C , consecrated a new chapter to be attached to the Lodge of Sympathy , No . 4 S 3 , Gravesend , on the Sth instant . The ceremony was performed at the Royal Clarendon
Hotel—where the lodge meets—and was attended by—Comps . Wm . Russell , P . Z . 829 , P . P . G . J ., Prov . G . Treas . ; H . Forss , P . Z . 1 G 23 ; John P . White , P . Z . 2277 ; Arthur Ronaldson , S 29 ; Robert J . Beamish , 829 ; Orlton Cooper , 1928 ; Prank Hitchens , J . S 29 ; Win . Hawker , 183 7 ; Thomas Taskes Hogg , S 29 ; Charles Cobham , P . Z . 94 ; Ernest Ingman , 1 S 37 ; John A . Gillett , 1 S 37 ; John Fitch , 508 ; Charles Hind , P . Z . 1837 ; W . Spencer Bowen . 1837 ; F . Mitchell , 829 ; Alfred Spencer , P . P . G . J ., Prov . G . S . E . ; C .
Wilfred Blaxland , P . G . S . N . ; VV . S . Whitaker , P . G . Reg . ; C . R . Cockburn , P . G . S . ; T . H . Blamiers , P . P . G . S . B . ; P . Jones , P . A . G . D . C ; Ed ward Barrett , P . G . S . B . ; George Gohle , P . A . G . D . C ; H . Massey , P . Z . 619 and 1928 ; E . Walker , P . P . G . S . B . ; E . Morris , P . G . S . B . ; B . K . Thorpe , P . P . G . J . ; G . Briggs . P . Z . 2147 ; J . B . Groome , H . 2046 ; E . A . Hooper , H . 2147 ; G . Harlow , P . Z . 2 r 47 ; J . T . Reeves , P . Z . 31 ; A . W . Southwell ^ 742 ; VV . T . Wiggins , 20 ; R . W . Walker , P . Z . 740 ; and Edwin Weller , M . E . Z . 503 .
Comp . John Bcavis Groom , H . 2046 , played the musical accompaniment .
After the chapter had been formally opened , Earl AMHERST stated that a charter had been granted by the Prince of Wales for that new chapter , which had been petitioned for by companions who desired such a chapter adjacent to their homes . They had met together for the purpose of giving effect to the charter . It was always a pleasure to see a
new Royal Arch chapter started , more especially when it had a good prospect of success , as in the present case , when it was projected by companions having the interests of the Order at heart . He was always p leased to see a new home established where the rites of the Order could be practised and its benefits extended .
Comp . SACNDKRS delivered the oration , and after the chapter had been constituted , Comp . Warne most ably installed Comps . William Russell as M . E . Z . ; Henry Forss as H . ; and John Percy White as J . The other companions appointed to office were Comps . Arthur Ronaldson , S . E . ; KJtffrey Beamish , S . N . ; Thomas Taskes Hogg , Treas . ; Orlton Cooper , P . S . ; Frank Hitchens , 1 st A . S . ; William Hawker , 2 nd A . S . ; Charles Cobham , D . C . ; Ernest Ingham and John A . Gillett , Stwds . ; and Martin ,
Janitor . A founder ' s jewel was presented to Earl Amherst , who , with the other Consecrating Officers , was afterwards elected an honorary member of the chapter . The chapter was afterwards closed , and the companions sat down t <> a choice banquet , and subsequently honoured a select list of toasts . 01
Comp . W . RUSSELL , M . E . Z ., after the banquet , proposed the toasts " The Queen and Royal Arch Masonry " and ' The G . Z . of the Order , H . R . HT the Prince of Wales . " In giving the former , he said it would illbecome the companions on the day of the consecration of a new chapter n " to drink the toast of the Queen ; and , in giving the latter , he observed tl ' the Prince of Wales had " been a public man from his birth upwards ; he had
done much for hreemasonry and lor various societies , spending his money various walks of life . He then referred to the Prince ' s success at the recen , Derby , and said lhat l- ' reemasotiF , as well as other Englishmen , congratulate him upon it . He had woiktd w . II in the Craft , and the expansion of | ' . " masonry since he became its head had exceeded the expectations of all brethren . Long might he live to patronise English sport , and to continue act in the cause oj Freemasonry as he had done so zealously for so many
years ! , , Comp . Rrssui . i ., in proposing the next toast—" The Pro G . Z . ano rest of the Grand Officers , Present and Past "—said the brethren of w ^ felt very great interest in that toast , as llieir Provincial Grand Master Grand Superintendent was now Grand H . of Grand Chapter , , ? mps . companions of Kent were Past Grand Officers . Among these were c ° [ th ' R . Joynes Emmerson , Horatio Ward , Alfred Spencer , and James ** re Eastes , who had secured thepiosperity of Masonry in the province .