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• JOHN NOBBS AND SONS , J TAILORS , 154 and 155 , UPPER STREET , ISLINGTON , ' N ., AND 77 , FINSBURY PAVEMENT , E . C . SPECIALITY TROUSERS from 15 s . net cash .

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CANNON STREET HOTEL , CANNON STREET , E . C . RITTER & PUZEV , PROPRIETORS . SPACIOUS AND COMMODIOUS ROOMS FOR LARGE OR SMALL MASONIC LODGES , AND BANQUETS , M EETINGS , AUCTIONS , BALLS , CONCBRTS , ARBITRATIONS , ClNDERBLLAS , ETC . W . G . FENELEY , MANAGER .

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MT V / T WISHES FOR EVENING . JLV 1 . EMPLOYMENT . Good Penman . Smart at Figures . Would be glad of any assistance . Replies to ' * M . M ., " care of J . VV . VICKERS , 5 , Nicholaslane , E . C .

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MONTAGUE MANSION ( Opposite the British Museum Entrance ) , GREAT RUSSELL STREET , W . C . Most conveniently situated for Business or Pleasure . Cab Fare from " Montague Mansion " is One Shilling to nearly all Railways , Theatres , and the Royal Courts of Justice . Omnibuses to all parts for a few pence . Bedroom , Bath , Breakfast , and Attendance , 5 s . and 5 s . fid . Night Porter . Telephone 2 go 6 . Terms Moderate .

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STAGE LADIES & GEN i'LEMEN desirous of entering the Theatrical Profession in Drama , Comedy , Comic Opera , or Music Hall , apply for terms to MR . CARLTON ST . AUBYN , Late Manager Olympic Theatre , Royal Aquarium Theatre , Theatre Royal , Scarboro ' , & c . ( Letter for interview ) . Mr . CARLTON ST . AUBYN , School of Dramatic Art , 87 , New Oxford-street .

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DRANK HASWELL Jr . ( EsriBLimrsB 18 J 7 ) , SIGN AND GLASS WRIIER TO THE TRADE . 4 . SOHO STREET , OXFORD STREET , LONDON , W . ARTISTIC WRITER TO THE FINE ARTS .

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MAYO'S CASTLE HOTEL , EAST MOLESEY , HAMPTON COURT STATION . BRO . JOHN MAYO , MASONIC TEMPLE . Accommodation in the new wing for Banquets for any number up to 120 . Every convenience for Ladies' Gather'ngs . Spacious landing to river , whence Steam Launches can start . Five Lodges meet here , and reference may he made to the respective Masters as tn the catering-, & c .

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pAIETY RESTAURANT STRAND .

LUNCHEONS ( HOT AND COLD )

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 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

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is open till 12 . 30

PRIVATE DINING ROOMS for large and small Parties .

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l ^ B ^^^^ a SATURDAY , MAY 23 , 18 9 6 .

Masonic Notes.

Masonic Notes .

The principal arrangements for the Festival in behalf of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , which will take place at Brighton on the 24 th June , were made at the first meeting of the Board of Stewards on the Sth inst ., when the officers of the Board were appointed ,

and it was settled the Festival should be held pretty much on the same lines as last year . The Stewards ' fees , the price of dinner tickets—with and without railway fare—will be the same as 1895 , and the Committee in charge of the arrangements will consist of the President ( Bro . H . C . Okeover , P . G . W ., D . P . G . M .

Derbyshire ) and acting Vice-Presidents ( Bros . Major C . W . Carrell , P . G . S . B ., Prov . S . G . W . Guernsey and Alderney , and Richard Clowes , P . G . Std . Br ., P . P . G . W . Essex * and Sussex ); the Hon . Treasurer ( Bro . Hugh E . Diamond , P . P . G . W . Derbyshire ) ; the Hon . Secietary ( Bro . J . M . McLeod , P . G . S . B ., P . P . G . W . Derbyshire ); Bros . Freeman , Hudson , and Kent ( of

Brighton ) ; Bros . Marsden , Woodiwiss , and Wallis ( of Derby ); and Bros . G . Fairchild , F . A . Powell , J . Stephens , J . J . Thomas , Sulley , F . A . White , and Thomson-Lyon . The annua ) fete and distribution of prizes by the Duchess of Devonshire will take place the day previous ( Tuesday , the 23 rd June ) , at Wood Green , and the annual sports at Kempton Park , on Saturday , the 13 th June .

We are very pleased to note that in their report for the past year the Committee of Management of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution referred

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pointedly to the very valuable services rendered b y the Secretary and his Staff . The paragraph in which this reference is made reads as follows : " The Committee also wishes to record its appreciation of the thoroughness with which the Staff enter into the spirit of their work , and particularly desires to offer to the

Secretary congratulations on the continued energy he is permitted to enjoy alter nearly 32 years' service in the successful working cf the Institution . " It must be exceedingly gratifying to Bro . Terry and his small but experienced staff of officers to know that the manner in which their duties are carried out is thus appreciated by thc Committee . These brethren never

think of sparing themselves when they believe there is an opportunity for them to give the Institution an extra helping hand , and it will encourage them to work , if possible , still more incessantly when they find themselves in receipt of such a tribute of praise from the governing body of the Institution . * * *

There appears to be no end to the new lodges which are being established in West Lancashire . The Grand Lodge Calendar for the present year gives a total of 112 lodges for that province , and last week we pub lished a report of the constitution of a new lodge in Preston , bearing the honoured title of " Stanley of

Preston " Lodge , with Bro . the Earl of Derby , who was called to the House of Lords during his late brother ' s lifetime by the title of Lord Stanley of Preston , as its first W . M . His lordship is a Past Grand Warden of England , and for many years , until his appointment as Governor-General of Canada , Deputy Prov . Grand

Master of West Lancashire . He has always taken a great interest in Masonry , and we have no doubt that under his auspices the new Iodge , which is the fourth located in Preston , will start well on its career , and become in time a prosperous and influential constituent of the Province to which it belongs . It has our heartiest good wishes for its success .

We are afraid we shall not succeed in offering much in the way of consolation to our correspondent who complains that no Colonial Masons weie included either among the brethren recently appointed to office in Grand Lodge or among those on whom brevet rank as Past Grand Oflicers was conferred . We do not

profess to speak with authority—or even with any special knowledge—upon a matter which is entirely outside our province ; but we feel that we are justified in afliimir-g thatlhe Grand Master and bis advisers did not intend any slight to Colonial Masons , because none of the latter were awarded Grand Lodge honours , either

of a present or past character . The difficulty they have to contend with is to make a selection of the brethren for the very limited number of offices to be filled from the thousands of Masons who are qualified to fill them . In 18 S 7 , distinguished Colonial Masons , equally with distinguished London and Provincial Masons , were honoured with Past rank ; but the

number of brethren thus honoured was considerable , On this occasion Past rank was conferred only on 21 brethren , and the probabilities are that if one or two Colonials had been included amongst t hem , there would have been as much heartburning over the selection made as there may be now over the absence of all selection .

* * The difficulty of which our brother complains is not a new one . Last year , the District Grand Master of Bengal held a special meeting of his District Grand Lodge at some up-country station , and he referred to the difficulty he experienced in appointing brethren to

District Grand oflice who were not members of lodges in Calcutta . It was difficult for them to travel all the way to Calcutta to attend District Grand Lodge , and it became necessary to have brethren ready to act for those from outlying districts whom he appointed to office . If , then , the District Grand Master of Bengal

experienced great difficulty in this respect in his limited sphere of action , how much greater must be the difficulty on the part of the Grand Lodge executive in respect of the far greater area over which the authority of the M . W . Grand Master extends . We feel sure

that our correspondent , when he comes to realise more fully the difficulties with which the question is surrounded , will be inclined to regard the omission of Colonials from the recent list of honours in a less unfavourable light . # * *

There is one exceedingly weak point in his letter , which will be found in another part of our columns . He does not admit that " , Grand Oflicers are so regular in their attendance as to warrant this assertion , " namely , that Colonial brethren , if appointed to Grand

Office , could not , except under the rarest circumitances , be in their places in Grand Lodge . This appears to us to tell directly against our correspondent . If brethren resident in England cannot always fulfil their duties as Grand Officers , a fortiori will it be difficult even to impossibility for brethren residing in the Colonies .