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ARMFIELD'S SOUTH PLACE HOTEL . FINSBURY , LONDON , E . G ., This rew and hanjsomely-furnished Hotel is now FULLY LICENCED . Us position is central , and charges are moderate ; the sanitation is peifect . Passenger lift to each Ifior . SPECIAL CONVENIENCE FOR MASONIC LODGES , DINNERS AND CINDERELLAS .

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Telephone No . 2879 . Established 1 S 08 . MATTHEWS , DREW , & CO ., WHOLESALE AND RETAIL STATIONERS , PRINTERS , LITHOGRAPHERS , ACCOUNT BOOK MAKERS . ESTIMATES SUBMITTED . « THE PROFESSIONAL NOTE , " A High-rlass Vellum Paper , with Rough or Satin Surface . SAMPLES ON APPLICATION . Send for Illustrated Price list Free . MATTHEWS , DREW , & COMPANY , 37 & 38 , HIGH HOLBORN , LONDON , W . C . ( Opposite Chancery Lane ) . Law Writing Department—10 , GRAY ' INN PLACE , W . C .

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PHCENIX FIRE OFFICE , 19 , LOMBARD ST ., & 57 , CHARING CROSS , LONDON . —Established 1782 . I . OVCST Current Rates I Assured free of all Liability LiljeralandPromptSettlements | Electric Lighting Rules supplied W . C . MACDONALD , \ loint F . B . MACDONALD . ) Secretaries . The VOTES and INTEREST of the Patrons , Vice-Patrons , Vice-Presidents , Governors , and Subscribers , are respectfully solicited in favour of

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J R . RICHARDSON , KINGSTON-ON-THAMES , Will exhibit his Woild-Rcncwned LOVELY FLIES AND WHOLE CANE RODS , AT THE ROYAL AQUARIUM , WESTMINSTER , From March nth to April i 6 tli , iSg 6 .

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FRANCO-GERMAN WAR . Swords u ? ed by the French . Splendid condition . Supply strictly limited . 3 s . pair ; 15 s . dozen . —A . HANSON , 20 , Henry-street , Liverpool .

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Illustrated Tariff Post Free . FUNERALS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION . LONDON NECROPOLIS Co ., 188 , WESTMINSTER BRIDGE ROAD , 2 , LANCASTER PLACE , STRAND .

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BRIGHTON , GORDON HOUSE , 35 , CANNON PLACE , BOARDING HOUSE , S doors fri m tbe Sea-tront , from 30 s . to 42 s . per week ; per " >' , Ss . to 6 s . 6 d . No extras . Sanitalirn perfect . Llieral Table . Masonic Instruction ( Gratis ) if desired . Prtprietoi— Bro . J . RHODES , P . M . 132 S & 155 G , P . P . G . O . Surrey .

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

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ROYAL MASONIC BENEVOLENT INSTITUTION FOR AGED FREEMASONS . MAY ELECTION , 1896 . 10 THE PATRONS , GOVERNORS , AND SUBSCRIBERS , Vw VOTES and INTEREST are earnestly solicited on behalf of BRO . JOHN OLIVER , P . M . 132 S , 20 , KESTREL AVENUE , HERNS HILL , S . E ., Who was initialed in the Patterson Lodge , 913 , in iSGS ; WKotie of the Founders and P . M . of the Granite Lodge , ' 3-s > in 1 S 74 ; one of the Founders and First Secretary of J"e Surrey Masonic Hill Ledge , 1339 , in 187 G ; a Subwibing Mtn , ber 24 years ; Member cf the Royal Arch ; ' •e Governor of lhe Ihrce Mascnic Charitable Institutions . > o . OLIVER was in a large way of business as a Builder ' Contractor up to 1 S 77 , when he met wilh a serious s ^ cnt in ihe Witcoinbe Bridge catastrophe , at Bath . "Wibelshire , his hip joint being dislocated , and his thigh Ve c " ^ en , by which he was incapacitated , and is still JJ . , - This calamity ultimately led to the loss of his "PW and busincis .

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/ GAIETY RESTAURANT STRAND .

LUNCHEONS ( HOT AND COLD )

At Popular Prices , in BUFFET ar . d 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 ls . 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 Room the VIENNESE BAND performs from 6 till S Smoking after 7 . 45 .

AMERICAN BAR

THE GRILL ROOM

is open till 12 . 30

PRIVATE DINING ROOMS for large and small Parties .

SPIERS & . POND , Ltd ., PROPRIETORS

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NORTHERN ASSURANCE COMPANY . Established 1 S 36 . LONDON : 1 , MOORGATE STREET , E . C . ABERDEEN : 1 , UNION TERRACE . INCOME AND FUNDS ( 1 S 94 ) . Fire Premiums £ 701 , 000 Lile Premiums 232 , 000 Interest 171 , 000 Accumulated Funds - £ 4 , 444 ,

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i^^^^_^^H SATURDAY , APRIL IS , 1896 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

Bro . Attenborough did well in bringing prominently to the notice of the Quarterly General Couit of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls the cases of the two children whose petitions had been approved of by the Petitions , but rejected by the General , Committer , on the ground that the fathers of the girls had ceased

to be subscribing members to a lodge or lodges many years before their respective daughters were born , and Bro . Frank Richardson , acting , wc presume , as the legal adviser of the Institution , did equally well in promising that the cases should not be finally disposed of until counsel's opinion on the point at issue had been taken .

* * * The point at issue may be set forth briefly . Law 79 provides that " no girl shall be eligible as a candidate for admission to the benefits of the Institution " until a proper petition has been presented in her behalf , " nor unless her father has been a subscribing member

to a lodge under the English Constitutions for seven years , " or in certain excepted cases " for three years . " As regards the two girls , whose cases were thus brought forward by Bro . Attenborough , the fathers had , in both instances , been subscribing members for the prescribed

seven years ; but in the case of one of the children , the father had ceased to be a subscribing member 19 years , and in that of the other child , 16 years , before he married and the girl was born . The Petitions Committee had decided that these two girls were

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eligible in accordance with the law , but the Geneial Committee set aside this decision , and declared that the children were ineligible , on the ground that the fathers had ceased to be subscribing member ;; . * * * Bro . Attenborough , in the course of his very temperate speech , had pointed out that in a precisely similar case

which had been rejected by the Council of the Boys School—which corresponds with the General Committee of the Girls' School—the Deputy Grand Registrar had given it as his opinion that the said Council had exceeded its powers '' in rejecting a case

on those grounds . " It was on this account that Bro , Richardson announced that the Girls' School would take counsel ' s opinion on the merit of its two case ? . We shall , therefore , leave the matter as it stands until we hear that an opinion has been taken and the point settled in accordance with that opinion .

* * * It is satisfact : ry to know that Bro . Richard Eve ' s resolution giving the Board of Management of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys power "to purchase a site and to erect thereon a new school , and to dispose of the present land and premises to the best

advantage , was passed by the Quarterly General Court on the ioth instant . There was a numerous attendance of Governors an ! Subscribers , and the question was discussed very fully , an amendment by Bro . J . S . Cumberland that the matter should be deferred till the October Court , in order that , in the

" meantime the general body of subscribers may learn what the Board proposed to do , where they proposed to go , what they proposed to pay , and wh it the cost of removal will bs , " being rejected by a substantial majority . A subsequent amendment by Bro . Slyman

to the effect "That the Bjard of Management commit themselves to no new purchase scheme without the approval of the October Court " shared the same fate and the original motion , as we have before said , was carried .

* * This is as it should be , and for two most excellent reasons . Firstly , as Bro . Keyser pointed out , the negotiations would be of a very delicate character , and it was necessary they should be conducted by a small body . In the next place , the body to whom

full powers were delegated to conduct these delicate negotiations must have the confidence of the general body of Governors and Subscribers , and it was stated more than once during the discussion on Bro . Eve ' s motion—and it is , indeed , allowed on all hands—that the Board of Management enjoys that confidence to

the fullest extent . Moreover , Bro . Eve himself pointed out that however much power might be given t- > the Board of Management they would not think of exercising that power until the course they proposed to adopt had received the sanction of the Court .

Under these circumstances , the general body of Subscribers may rest contented in the knowledge that the Board of Management have no idea of committing them to a course which is unlikely to command their full sanction and approval . * * *

T he annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of Middlesex will this year be held at the Public Hall , Harrow-on-the-Hill , under the presidency of the Provincial Grand Master of Middlesex , Bro . the Right Hon . Lord George Francis Hamilton , M . P ., H . M . ' s Secretary of State for India , on Saturday , the 27 th June . * * *

The 12 th annua ] festival of the Grand Master ' s Lodge of Instruction for Mark Master Masons will be celebrated at Mark Masons' Hall , Great ( Jueen-street , W . C , on Wednesday , the 22 nd instant , when the ceremony of advancement will be rehearsed , with full musical accompaniment . Thc chair will be taken at

5 . 30 p . m . prompt , by Bro . W . Vincent , P . A . G . D . of C , the Preceptor of the lodge , as W . M ., and the various offices will be filled as follows : Bros . J . Reynolds Green , P . M ., P . G . Stwd ., as S . W . ; C . J . Knightley , P . M ., G . S . B ., J . W . ; J . S . Tamburini , P . M ., G . Stwd ., M . O . ; H . Sadler , W . M . New Era Lodge , S . O .: G .

J . Thomas , P . M ., P . Prov . G . O . Middlesex , J . O . ; Rev . V . P . Wyatt , P . M ., Prov . G . Chap . Northants , Hunts , and Beds , Chaplain ; C . F . Matier , P . G . W ., G . Sec , Treasurer ; E . M . Money , P . M ., P . G . Stwd , Reg . of Marks ; John Smith , W . M . 406 , G . Stwd ., Secretary ; G . E . Smith , J . O . 476 , S . D . ; P . Clifford Probyn ,

476 , J . D . j H . T . Lyon , P . M ., D . of C . ; H . R . Rose , P . M ., P . G . Org , Organist ; W . Brings , I . G . Isaac Newton Lodge , I . G . ; and E . J . Mills , P . M ., P . A . G . I . G ., G . Tyler , Tyler . Atthe banquet which follows , and which will be held in the Crown Room of Freemasons ' Tavern , at 7 p . m ., Bro . Sir Reginald Hanson , Bart .,

M . P ,, P . G . W ., Deputy Prov . Grand Master Middlesex , has very kindly promised to preside . Tickets to the banquet and including admission to the lodge , price 6 s ., may be had either at Mark Masons' Hall or of the Secretary , Bro . John Smith , 121 , High-street , Bedford .