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SATURDAY , NOVEMBER 14 , 18 9 6 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

That our readers may be in a position lo judge 'or themselves of the value of the disclaimer which was published last week in a certain Masonic newspaper , lo the effect that the charge of perpetrating " a

job" which we assert it made against the Board of Management of the Boys' School , in its issue of the * * 7 th ult ., was not directed against that body , we quote , r om the article of which it formed part the whole of "' e said paragraph containing the said charge . * * *

But let us first of all premise that in the opening Paragraph of the article in question thc Board is charged with the intention of moving thc School from ° ne clayey soil to another which is " almost , if not

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equally , as clayey , and from a locality which is overcrowded to another which is quite as likely as ever Wood Green was to become overcrowded in the course of the next few years . " The new site , " we

are then told , " may possess merits , but it has few , if any advantages , except in the matter of size , as compared with thc existing property at Wood Green , and certainly nothing that will justify the great expenditure of funds the change will entail . "

• * » » Following this comes the incriminated paragraph , which , with certain necessary interpolations of our own , reads thus .- * ' We are told that thc matter does not concern us and that the Board " ( i . e . , the Board of Management ) " have a perfect right to do as they

please . We question this , as if they" ( the Board ) "are the means of bringing discredit on the Boys ' School , they" ( the Board ) " will not personally suffer , but some poor orphans will have to bear the brunt , besides which they" ( the Board ) " cannot

tarnish the name of the Boys' Institution without affecting the whole question of Masonic Benevolence . A few years hence the Craft may have occasion to regret the ' job' that is now being perpetrated at their" ( the Craft's ) "expense . "

* * * If this paragraph , taken separately or in conjunction with its predecessor—what follows it does not affect our point—can be interpreted to mean

anything else than that the Board of Management , in the course it is now pursuing , is perpetrating a "job " at the expense of the Craft , then plain English is no longer a language that is " understanded of the people . "

* * * Through the courtesy of Bro . J . M . McLeod , Sec retary of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , we are able to furnish the particulars requested last week by our correspondent— " D . P . G . M . and P . G . O ., " as to the distribution of the Provincial brethren who attended

the Quarterly General Court on the 9 th ult ., among the Provinces they represented . From these it will be seen that the actual number present from the Provinces was 96 , of whom 86 signed , and 10 did not sign the Attendance Book , while of these eight belonged to two Provinces , and are entered under both . It will be noted

further that of the whole 46 Provinces 42 were represented , the four absentees being Herefordshire , Norfolk , Guernsey and Alderney , and Isle of Man . Those who attended from the " Home Provinces " were 25 in number , or if we add Kent and Surrey , which Bro . McLeod has included in his Southern list , 33 .

# * ? We have lnuch pleasure in congratulating Bro . Lord Llangattock , Prov . G . M ., and the brethren generally of the Eastern Division of South Wales , on the addition which has recently been made to their roll of lod' -es . The Province has been greatly strengthened

since his lordship ' s accession to oflice in 1894 , three lodges—of which onc , however , had its warrant granted in 1892—having been consecrated in Cardiff since then . On Wednesday , the 28 th ult ., a fourth was consecrated at Treharris—the Fforest Lodge , No . 2606 ,

with Bro . George F . Harris , P . P . G . W ., as first W . M —thus raising the number in the Province to 22 . From the proceedings which look place at its inauguration , there seems to be every likelihood that the Fforest Lodge will prosper . At all events , it has our heartiest good wishes for its success .

* The New Zealand Craftsman for October contains an illustration of the monument which has been erected by the Grand Lodge of New Zealand over the grave of Bro . E . T . Gillon , Past Grand Master , who died on the 19 th April last , aged 54 years . The

memorial consists of a square tapering obelisk of white marble , set on three bases , and the front bears the following inscription : "This stone was erected by his brclhrcn in fraternal and loving memory of Edward Thomas Gillon , M . W . P . G . M . of Free and Accepted Masons of New Zealand , who died April 19 th , 1896 .

Aged S 4 years . " On the front base of the column is cut the P . G . M . 's jewel , the compasses and segment of a circle , while the top of the grave forms a tesselated pavement in black and white tiles . Bro . Gillon was a very influential member of the New Zealand Craft , and will be remembered as having done his utmost to

bring about lhat rc-union of the Freemasons of the Colony whicli will doubtless be consummated at an early date , but which , unfortunately , he has not lived to see realised . He was , according to all accounts , a thorough Mason , and the Grand Lodge of New Zealand has done well in thus honouring his memory .

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Our worthy contemporary , the Australasian Kevslotic , is highly indignant , and very naturally so , at what it describes as "onc of the most intolerant acts of bigotry ever perpetrated in the British possessions during the present century . " It seems that Melbourne University Lodge some time since addressed a letter

to the University Council " soliciting the use of the Wilson Hall for a concert or conversazione on the 3 rd September , it being at the same time explained that the lodge was composed of members of the Melbourne and of other Universities . " The request , however ,

wa- refused by a majority of seven votes to six , thc Chancellor objecting on the ground thai it was a secret Society and Mr . Grice on thc ground that they were students , while Dr . Bride considered that all requests should be refused , except for University purposes .

* * * This hall , we are told , was " the free gift of the late Sir Samuel Wilson , " and " has been repeatedly used by the Societies attached to the University . " Thus , "the University Union , the Medical Students ' Society , the Princess Ida Club , the Science Club ,

and the Historical Society" all use it , " two , three , and four times a year each . " The University Corps drills in it , the University Orchestra frequently rehearses there , the Musical and Dramatic Society give entertainments in it and frequently practice there , and the Students hold mass meetings in it . Indeed

" never once has the use of the hall been refused to any University Society which chose to apply through its Secretary , personally , or by writing to the Chancellor . " In short , a number of Students , applying in their corporate capacity as a lod ge of Freemasons , has been refused a request for the use of this hall

which has been granted to every other body ot Students , in their different corporate capacities , on the ground , firstly , that they are a secret Society ; secondly , that they arc Students ; and thirdly , that the purposes for which the use of the hall was required were not " University purposes . "

These grounds our contemporary makes it its business to analyse . As regards the first , it asks : " Can a Society like that of Freemasonry—though it possesses secrets peculiar to itself—be called a secret Society , when its aims and objects , its tenets and principles , its laws and constitutions , are open and available to every

person who may choose to study them ; when ils times and places of meeting arc matters of public know ledge ; and when it numbers amongst its members in every civilised community in the world the most honoured and prominent men V Can this , " it repeats , " be called a secret Society ? "

The objections of Mr . J . Grice and Dr . Bride are disposed of with equal facility and success . " The hall , " it says , "has been granted over and over again to sections of thc students , " and " Thc Medical Students' Society or the Princess Ida Club is merely a section of the Students quite as much as thc Freemason

Lodge ; " while as to the reservation of the hall only for " University Purposes , " had such been the practise , its use would have been " refused " to the associations which our contemporary has mentioned " and granted to the Melbourne University Lodge . " However , the true grounds of the refusal arc stated with apparent

justice , a little further on in our contemporary ' s article . " Dr . Brownlcss "—the Chancellor , we presume— " and Dr . Bride are reputed good Roman Catholics and no doubt see not only how much the teachings of Freemasonry differ from those of their church , but how much smaller a section of the University members the Melbourne University Lodge can embrace than any of thc societies mentioned above . "

* * * On the and October , a beautifully-engraved address , in album form , was presented by the Georgina Lodge , No . 343 , on the roll of the Grand Lodge of Canada ( Province of Ontario ) to Bro . E . T . Malone , on the occasion of his appointment to the office of D . G . M .

There was a full attendance of members and visitors , among the latter being Bro . Aubrey White , District D . G . M . The address conveyed the warm congratulations of the lodge to the Deputy G . M . It was presented , at the request of thc W . M . ( Bro . A . L . Malone ) by Bro . Harry Collins , and was acknowledged in a

speech full of grace and courtesy by the recipient . A banquet followed , at which Bro . Collins presided , and the toast of the Deputy Grand Master ' s health was enthusiastically received . Bro . Malone is one of thc most distinguished Masons in the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of Canada . He has attained to high

oflice not only in Craft Masonry , but also in other branches , but more especially in the Order of the Temple , of which he is a Past G . Master , and in the Ancient and Accepted Rite , in which he has taken the 33 ° . Doubtless , in due course he will be chosen to fill

the chair of his Grand Lodge , and we are confident that under his auspices Masonry in this jurisdiction will llourish . We cordially echo the good wishes contained in the address for the continued success of Bro , Malonc ' s career as a Mason .