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The Subscription List will close en Wednesday , February 19 th , 1 S 9 C . THE SUTTON MASONIC HALL , LIMITED . ( Incorporated under the Companies' Acts , 1 SC 2 to 1 S 90 ) . CAPITAL £ 2000—in 1000 Shares of £ 2 each . Payable ios . on Application ; ios . on Allotment . Subsequent calls of 5 s . per Share at intervals of not less than two months . PROVISIONAL DIRECTORS . Bro . T . S . COOKES , 23 , J . W . 1347 . Comp . 5 S , Blythwood , Sutton . Bro . T . A . HILL , P . M . and Org . 1347 , P-P-G . Org . Surrey , Comp . 1347 , Cream , Surrey . Bro . T . E . LEIGH , 1347 , Woodlands , Benhilton Crescent , Sutton . Bro . F . PAGE , J . W . 21 S 2 , Comp . 21 S 2 , 137 , Peckham Rve . Bro . VV . PILE , 1347 , P . M . and Sec . iSg 2 , W . M . 2422 , H . 1347 . P-P-G . Std . Br ., P . P . G . S . N . Surrey , High Street , Sutton . Bro . A . STRIBLING , W . M 1347 , Comp . 1347 , Holland Road , Sutton . Bro . R . J . WARD , P . M . 1541 , M . E . Z . 1347 . P-Z- 95 , P . G . ist A . S . Surrey , The Laurels , Cedar Road , Sutton . The Board of Directors will be elected by the Shareholders at the first meeting , which will be called immediately after the allotment of Shares . BANKERS : LONDON AND PROVINCIAL BANK , Limited , Sutton . SOLICITOR : Bro . E . MORRIS GIBSON , W . M . 1279 , High Street , Sutton , and 68 , Cheapside , E . C . AUDITOR : BIO . R . J . WARD , F . C . A ., P . M . 1541 , M . E . Z . 1347 , P . Z . 95 , P . ist A . G . S . Surrey , 2 , Clement ' s Inn , London , W . C SECRETARY : Bro . C . A . HARDW 1 CK , P . M . and Sec 1347 , P-S . > 347 , P . P . A . G . D . C . Surrey , Cambridge House , Sutton . REGISTERED OFFICES : 210 , HIGH STREET , SUTTON , SURREY . PROSPECTUS . This Company has been formed for the purpose of building a Mafrnic Hall in Sutton , there being a strong feeling smongst Masons in the district that the present custom of meeting does not tend to promote the best interests and dignity of the ancient and honourable Institution of Freemasonry . A suitable freehold site has been secured in close proximity to Sutton Railway Station . The building will afford ample and convenient accommodation for Lodges , Chapters , Lodges of Instruction , ard Chapters of Improvement , and will be fitted with all necessaiy requirements for the proper performance of Masonic duties , as well as for the general comfort of Brethren , whereby it is apparent that immense saving must be effected by the various Lodges , Chapters , & c , uho may make this their Masonic home . The Banqueting Room will be available for Soirees , Concerts , Dances , Suppers , & c Good kitchens , with all table necessaries , will be provided , as well as convenient Cloak Rooms and Lavatories . Promises of support have alread y been received from sevenl Lodges meeting in the district , and a careful estimate of Receipts and Expenditure shows a fair return for the capital invested . The Memorandum and Articles of the Association , together with the estimate referred to , may be seen at the Offices of the Company . All the Officeis of the Company will give their various services gratuitously in the formation of the Company . The Secretary will be pleased to receive , through the Bankers , your application upon tire enclosed form , accompanied by the amount payable on application , at your earliest convenienc . If no allotment be made , the money paid on application will be returned in full . N . B . —The Provisional Directors earnestly appeal to all Masonic Brethren to support this very desirable undertaking , and wish to intimate that a local Bro'her has offtred to subscribe in shares the cost of the proposed site , provided that the whole of the capital of the Company be applied for .

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MASONIC PRONOUNCING DICTIONARY , I Giving the Pronunciation and Definition of every word susceptible of a mispronunciation , used in the work of Initiation , Installation , Consecration , and Funeral Service , '" "jc Craft Lodge , Chapter , Council , Commandery , and the Supreme Council , in the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Kite , by REV . JAY A . FORD , Past Master , and Masonic Lecturer , and Prelate of Battle Creek Commandery , No . 33 , Knights Templar . I London : GEORGE KENNING , 16 & 16 aGt . Queen-st ., W . C . Price 2 s . 6 d . Post Free , 2 s . Jd .

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MONEY ! ADVANCES MADE UPON ¦ ° - PERSONAL SECURITY , I BILLS OF SALE , OR OTHERWISE , ' A moderate interest , without delay . No FEES FOR INQUIRY . f-na-f . de Applicants only united . HARr , 14 , GLASSHOUSE STREET , PICCADILLY CIRCUS , LONDON , VV .

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WANTED VOLUMES Nos . 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , and 13 , bound or unbound , of the Freemason . Address—16 and 16 A , Great Oueen-st ., W . C .

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WANTED—VOL . II . of GOULD'S HISTORY , in Morocco . Apply Office of the Freemason .

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pAIETY RESTAURANT STRAND .

LUNCHEONS ( HOT AND C OLD )

At Popular Prices , in BUFFET and RESTAURANT ( on First Floor ) , also Chops , Steaks , Joints , Entrees , & c , in the GRILL ROOM

AFTERNOON TEA

Consisting of Tea or Coffee , Cut Bread and Butter , Jam Cake , Pastry , ad lib ., at Is . per head , served from 4 till 6 in RESTAURANT ( First Floor ) .

DINNERS IN RESTAURANT

From 5 . 30 till 9 , at fixed prices ( 3 s . 6 d . and 5 s . ) and a la Carte . In this Rcom the VIENNESE BAND performs from 6 till 8 Smoking after 7 . 45 .

AMERICAN BAR

THE GRILL ROOM

is open till 12 . 30

PRIVATE DINING ROOMS for large ai . d small Parties .

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NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY . Established 1836 . LONDON : 1 , MOORGATE STRESS , E . C . ABERDEEN : 1 , UNION TERRACE . INCOME AND FUNDS ( 1894 ) . Fire Premiums ^ 701 , 000 Lile Piemiums 232 , 000 Interest 171 , 000 Accumulated Funds - £ 4 , 444 ,

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^ E^^^ SS ATURDAY , J ANUARY I S , 1896 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The Province of South Wales , Eastern Division , under its new and highly respected chief , Bro . Lord Llangattock , is evidently bestirring itself . Last year a Masonic Hall was consecrated at Cardiff and a new lodge—the Llangattock , No . 2547—constituted in the same town . On the 16 th instant , a meeting was held

for the consecration of the Prince Llewellyn Lodge , No . 2570 , which is located likewise in Cardiff , and has for its first W . M . Bro . Col . Rees Lewis , a P . M . of the Loyal Cambrian Lodge , No . 110 , Merthyr Tydvil , P . P . G . W . Thus there are now no less than six lodges in this busy and prosperous town , while the number on the roll of the Province has been augmented to 21 .

Such progress as is indicated by the circumstances we have recorded is most creditable to our brethren in this division of South Wales , and we have 110 doubt that , under the auspices of so deservedly popular and respected a chief as Lord Llangattock , it will be well maintained . We hope to give a full account of the proceedings on the 16 th instant in our next issue .

* * * Our readers will probably have noted in our repoii . of the Quarterly General Couit of the Girls' School on the Qth instant , which appeared in our issue of list

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week , that on the motion of Bro . Attenborough seconded by Bro . Duret , a recommendation was adopted to the General Committee to re-consider the cases of two children who had been rejected by the Petitions' Committee on the ground that they were born many years after their respective fathers had

ceased to be subscribing members to any lodge , though they ( the fathers ) had been subscribing members for the qualifying period of seven years . A similar case was mentioned in our report the week previous of the meeting on the 27 th ult . of the Council of the Boys ' School , when a candidate ' s petition was rejected

because the father had ceased to be a subscribing member 21 years before the lad was born , and this , too , at the Quarterly General Court on the 10 th instant was brought to the notice of the Governors . As the Girls' School case is still under consideration

we shall offer no opinion on the rejections . But there can be no objection to our recording the fact that r . o such reservation as regards the time when the father may have ceased to be a subscribing member to a lodge is to be found in the laws of either Institution .

* * * The Girls' School Law ( No . 79 ) is as follows : " No Girl shall be elig ible as a Candidate for admission to the benefits of the Institution until a Petition hos been presented on her behalf containing the information hereinafter requested , nor unless her Father has been a Subscribing Member of a Lolge under the English

Constitutions , for seven years , except in the case of Death , or of his having been afflicted with some infirmity or misfortune , permanently incapacitating him from earning his livelihood . In such excepted cases the Father must have been a Subscribing Member to a Lodge under the English Constitutions , for three years . "

The Boys School Law ( No . 72 ) reads thus— " A Boy shall not be eligible as a Candidate for Election until a Petition has been presented on his behalf containing the information hereinbefore mentioned ( see Law 71 ) , nor unless his Father has been a Subscribing Member to some Lodge for seven years .

But should death , or permanent incapacity , occasioned by lunacy , paralysis , blindness , fire , shipwreck , or other calamity have occurred within seven years of his initiation , the Rule shall not apply , provided that at the time of such occurrence the Father was a Subscribing Member . " #

* * Among the latest contributions to the Scholarship Fund of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , is a sum of £ 21 voted by the Rothesay Lodge , No . 16 S 7 , of which of our respected friend , Bro . E . P . Valeriani , is P . M . and Sec , at its recent annual meeting . This is the highest sum contributed by any single lodge up to the present time .

It is evident from the report we have received of the Proceedings of the District Grand Lodge of Bombay at its 68 th half-yearly Communication , on the 28 th November last , that His Excellency , Bro . Lord Sandhurst , Pro District Grand Master , is making himself exceedingly popular among the brethren by the in .

terest he takes in their doings . His lordship was prevented by his public duties from presiding on the occasion , but Bro . H . Wynford Brrrow , Past D . D . G . M ., who occupied the chair as District G . M ., referred to the desire exhibited by Lord Sandhurst to become acquainted with the various lodges under his charge , and stated that since his lordship ' s visit to Lodge Orion

in the West , No . 415 , Poona , in October , he had been present at a meeting of Union Lodge , No . 7 6 7 , Karachi , and had met with a most cordial and enthusiastic reception . We rejoice to find that such excellent relations are rapidly being established between the alter ego of the Duke of Connaught , DistrictG . M ., and the lodges in Bombay and its Dependencies .

It is worthy of mention as showing the esteem and respect which are entertained towards Bro . Smith , the M . W . G . M . of All Scottish Freemasonry in India , that at St . Andrew ' s Festival on the 30 th November last , the brethren presented their distingtiishedtchief with a handsomely-illuminated address , together with a jug

and salver and a carriage , on the occasion of his marriage , "as a proof of their regard . " The presentation was made by Bro . W . L . Harvey , Grand Master Depute , and in the course of the address there occurred tho following paragraph : " The urbanity , tact , judgment , and ability with which you have discharged the

responsible duties of the office of Grand Master of All Scottish Freemasonry in India have won for you the esteem and regard of all under your rule . " Both in Grand L"dge , where the presentation took place , and at the banquet which followed , Bro . Smith gracefully acknowledged the kindness of the brethren .