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pOLD AND HUNGRY . FIELD LANE REFUGES AND MISSIONS . This cold weather brings great suffering to the very poor and homeless . The petitions for Coal and Bread Tickets are more than we can supply . OUR REFUGES ARE FULL . WILL YOU HELP US BY A DONATION ( HOWEVER SMALL )? Treasurer— W . A . BEVAN , Esq ., 54 . Lombard-st ., E . C Secretary— PEREGRINE PLATT , Vine-street , Clerkenwell-road , E . C .
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IOHN J . M . BULT , J CASH TAILOR , 140 , FENCHURCH ST ., LONDON , E . C . TWO LEADING SPECIALITIESD RESS S UIT ( Satin Linings ) , £ 4 4 s . F ROCK C OAT ( Silk Faced ) & VEST , £ 3 3 - The Largest Selection in the City of Scotch Tweed , Cheviot and Fancy Suitings .
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WA . GRIFFIN , . UMBRELLA & STICK MANUFACTURER , And Dealer in FANCY LEATHER GOODS , SALISBURY HOUSE , LONDON WALL , E . C . 3 , M ONUMENT S TATION BUILDINGS , E . C . 104 , LEADENHALL STREET , E . C . SPECIALITY—O . M . SH . K , » years' Wearing Umbrella , 10 / 6 RECOVERINGS in 15 minutes , from 2 / 6 . UMBRELLAS & STICKS FOR PRESENTATION .
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FREEMASONRY and JESUITRY . THE PITH AND MARROW OF THE CLOSING AND COMING CENTURY . This remarkable pamphlet b y an American 33 ° Mason has created a great sensation in the United States . In view of the future Brotherhood alliance between Great Britain and the United States , the pamphlet should be read by every British Mason . Price Is . Free by post Is . Id . To be obtained of T . B . Co ., 3 , Vernon-place , Bloomsbury , London , W . C . i or . ,... » . GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., London , W . C 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , Little Britain , E . C . ; 33 , Williamsoii-st ., Liverpool 4 ; , Bridee « t . Manchester ! Q . West Howard-st ., Glasgow
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OPIERS AND pOND'S OTORES ( NO TICKETS REQUIRED ) . QUEEN VICTORIA STREET , E . C . Opposite Blackfriars Station ( Dist . Ry . ) and St . Paul ' s Station ( L . C . and D . Ry . ) PRICE BOOK ( 1000 pages , illustrated ) , free on application . FREE DELIVERY in Suburbs by our own Vans . LIBERAL TERMS FOR COUNTRY ORDERS . For full details see Price Book . j
Ar00907
SATURDAY , APRIL 27 , 1901 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
Grand Festival was celebrated on Wednesday , the 24 th instant , under the presidency of the Right Hon . Earl Amherst , M . W . Pro G . M ., and when the new Grand Master had been proclaimed and the Grand Officers for the ensuing year appointed and invested ,
Grand Lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to Freemasons' Tavern , where the Grand Feast had been prepared for their entertainment by the Grand Stewards ofthe year . The usual toasts were honoured , those of his Majesty in his capacity of Protector of the Craft , and H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , K . G ., M . W . G . M ., being received wilh the utmost enthusiasm .
Everything passed off admirably , and the Grand Stewards well deserved the hearty thanks accorded them for the completeness and excellence of their arrangements . It was announced in the course of the proceedings that the installation of the Duke of Connaught as M . W . G . M ., will take place on some day , yet to be fixed , in the week that includes the 17 th July .
» * * The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the ist prox ., the most important business
being the appointment and investiture of the Grand Officers for the ensuing year , among whom will be included those who have this week been appointed to ofiice in Grand Lodge , and are eligible to receive corresponding honours in the Royal Arch .
» * « It was mentioned in our recent report of the annual meeting of the Prov . Grand Chapter of Leicestershire and Rutland thit Comp . the Rev . C . Henton Wood , M . A ., had found it necessary , in consequence of the state of his health , to resign the office of Prov . Grand
Scribe E ., which he had held for several years , his services in that capacity being recognised by his appointment to the chair of Prov . Grand Third Principal . We sympathise with our Rev . Companion in the circumstances which have necessitated his retirement from a position in which he has done so
much to promote the welfare of Royal Arch Masonry in his Province , at the same time that we congratulate him on the honour which has just been conferred upon him ; and we sincerely hope he may be spared for many years to enjoy the tespect and affection of the members of a Society he has so greatly benefited and adorned .
The voting papers and lists of candidates for the approaching elections of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , which were issued last week , were accompanied by the Audited Statement of Account for the year 1900 , and from this there can be no doubt that last year was a most prosperous . For the Male
Fund , the Receipts , including ^ 2000 withdrawn from call , amounted to , £ 18 , 281 11 s . iod ., the principal items being donations and Annual Subscriptions , £ 11 , 578 6 s . 3 d . 5 Dividends , £ 3556 ; and the Grants from Grand Lodge and Chapter , reaching together £ 900 . The Expenditure , including ^ 6000 for Purchase of Stock and £ 2000 placed at call , was ^ 18 , 117 14 s . 5 d .
The heaviest outlay was £ 8118 for annuities , the other principal heads of expenditure being ' Collector ' s Commission , Salaries in office , Postages and Petty Expenses , Printing , Stationery , & c , Rates and Taxes in respect of Asylum at Croydon , and Work done at same . The Balance in hand on 31 st December was / 2 S 32 ISs . 2 d .
* » As regards the Widows ' Fund , the Receipts , including ^ 2000 withdrawn from call , reached £ 15 , 494 19 s . Sd . ; Donations and Annual Subscrip . tions figuring together for £ 10 , 134 7 > 9 ^ . j Dividends for £ 22 ( 13 12 s . ud ., and the Grants from G . Lodge
( £ 800 ) and G . Chapter ( £ 50 ) for £ 850 . The Expenditure , including £ 4000 for Purchase of Stock and £ 2000 placed at call , amounted to £ 16 , 402 7 s . iod . Annuitius absorbing £ 8343 , while the other big ilems were , as in the case of the Male Fund , for Collector ' s
Commission , Office Salaries , Postages and Petty Expenses , Printing , Stationery & c , and Rates and Taxes , Asylum , Matron , and Work done at Asylum . The balance remaining in hand on 31 st December was £ 521 7 s , ? d . The Sustentation of Building Fund
Masonic Notes.
Account is a small one , but the balance to the good on the last day cf the year , added to those on the Male and Widows' Funds , raised the total balance to ) the credit of the Institution to within a few pence of £ 3126 .
* * * We are glad to see that the Permanent Income of the Institution for the past year amounted for the three Funds to £ 759 6 6 s . sd ., and quite recently the Committee of Management have authorised the investment
of a further £ 12 , 000 . Thus , while the heavy claims upon the Institution are regularly met , the permanent resources are being slowly but surely augmented , and for this the Committee are entitled to the hearty congratulations of the friends and well-wishers of the Institution .
* * * The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire will be held in the Belgrave Schools , Bolton-road , Darwen , on Wednesday , the 15 th prox . Prov . Grand Lodge will be opened at 3 p . m ., and all Provincial Grand Officers and the
W . Ms ., P . Ms ., and Wardens of the Private Lodges are summoned to attend . The business on the Agenda is of the usual character , but a motion will be proposed by the Prov . S . G . Warden—Bro . C . D . Cheetham , who has been this week appointed J . G . Deacon of Grand Lodge—to the effect that a grant of £ 100
be made to the Festival Fund of the E . Lancashire Systematic Educational and Benevolent Institution . When the business of Prov . Grand Lodge is over , the brethren will adjourn to the Industrial Hall , where the customary banquet will take place . Tickets , at 6 s .
each , exclusive of wine , must be applied for of Bro . John Wardley , Arch-street ; of Bro . G . G . Sam , Railway-road , Darwen ; or the Prov . G . Secretary—Bro . James Newton , Past G . S . B ., 23 , Silverwell-street , Bolton—on or before Thursday , the 9 th prox .
* * It is announced on the summons convening the above meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge that the Festival in behalf of the Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution of the 'Province will be held at the Botanical Gardens , Old Trafford ,
Manchester , under the presidency of the Right Hon . Lord Stanley , M . P ., Prov . G . Master , on Wednesday , the 26 th June , and brethren desirous of tendering their services as Stewards are requested to lose no time in forwarding their names to the Prov . Grand Secretary—Bro . James Newton .
* * The annual convocation of the Provincial Grand Chapter of North and East Yorkshire will be held , on the invitation of the Britannia Chapter , No . 312 , at the Church House , Flowergate , Whitby , on Friday , the 3 rd prox ., at 2 . 30 p . m ., when the officers for the ensuing
year will be appointed and invested , and the usual business of the Province transacted . The customary banquet will be held at the Crown Hotel at 4 p . m ., tickets for which , at 3 s . 6 d . each , should be applied for to the S . E . of the Britannia Chapter not later than Tuesday next , the 30 th inst .
* » The regular stated meeting of Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , is due to take place at Freemasons ' Hall , on Friday , the 3 rd prox ., but doubtless the proceedings will be of a purely formal character out of respect to the memory of Bro . G . W . Speth , P . A . G ,
D . C , the Secretary , to whose sad and sudden death we refer in another column . We notice also that the usual announcement has been issued in reference to this year ' s summer outing of the lodge , which had been arranged to take place at Norwich from Thursday , the 20 th , to Sunday , the 23 rd June , but these arrangements will also no doubt be affected by the calamity
which has just befallen the lodge . » » ? We have been requested to publish the following acknowledgment by his Majesty ' s Private Secretary ( Bro . Sir Francis Knollys ) of the address voted to the King by the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls in Quarterly Court assembled , on Thursday , the 17 th instant :
[ coi * vJ . Sandringham , Norfolk . Sir Francis Knollys is commanded b y the King to thank the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls for their Address and
kind expressions of sympathy on the occasion of the death of Queen Victoria . His Majesty desires at the same to convey his sincere appreciation to the Governors and Subscribers for their congratulations on his accession to the Throne . 19 th April . 1901 .
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Ad00902
pOLD AND HUNGRY . FIELD LANE REFUGES AND MISSIONS . This cold weather brings great suffering to the very poor and homeless . The petitions for Coal and Bread Tickets are more than we can supply . OUR REFUGES ARE FULL . WILL YOU HELP US BY A DONATION ( HOWEVER SMALL )? Treasurer— W . A . BEVAN , Esq ., 54 . Lombard-st ., E . C Secretary— PEREGRINE PLATT , Vine-street , Clerkenwell-road , E . C .
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IOHN J . M . BULT , J CASH TAILOR , 140 , FENCHURCH ST ., LONDON , E . C . TWO LEADING SPECIALITIESD RESS S UIT ( Satin Linings ) , £ 4 4 s . F ROCK C OAT ( Silk Faced ) & VEST , £ 3 3 - The Largest Selection in the City of Scotch Tweed , Cheviot and Fancy Suitings .
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WA . GRIFFIN , . UMBRELLA & STICK MANUFACTURER , And Dealer in FANCY LEATHER GOODS , SALISBURY HOUSE , LONDON WALL , E . C . 3 , M ONUMENT S TATION BUILDINGS , E . C . 104 , LEADENHALL STREET , E . C . SPECIALITY—O . M . SH . K , » years' Wearing Umbrella , 10 / 6 RECOVERINGS in 15 minutes , from 2 / 6 . UMBRELLAS & STICKS FOR PRESENTATION .
Ad00905
FREEMASONRY and JESUITRY . THE PITH AND MARROW OF THE CLOSING AND COMING CENTURY . This remarkable pamphlet b y an American 33 ° Mason has created a great sensation in the United States . In view of the future Brotherhood alliance between Great Britain and the United States , the pamphlet should be read by every British Mason . Price Is . Free by post Is . Id . To be obtained of T . B . Co ., 3 , Vernon-place , Bloomsbury , London , W . C . i or . ,... » . GEORGE KENNING , 16 , Great Queen-st ., London , W . C 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , Little Britain , E . C . ; 33 , Williamsoii-st ., Liverpool 4 ; , Bridee « t . Manchester ! Q . West Howard-st ., Glasgow
Ad00906
OPIERS AND pOND'S OTORES ( NO TICKETS REQUIRED ) . QUEEN VICTORIA STREET , E . C . Opposite Blackfriars Station ( Dist . Ry . ) and St . Paul ' s Station ( L . C . and D . Ry . ) PRICE BOOK ( 1000 pages , illustrated ) , free on application . FREE DELIVERY in Suburbs by our own Vans . LIBERAL TERMS FOR COUNTRY ORDERS . For full details see Price Book . j
Ar00907
SATURDAY , APRIL 27 , 1901 .
Masonic Notes.
Masonic Notes .
Grand Festival was celebrated on Wednesday , the 24 th instant , under the presidency of the Right Hon . Earl Amherst , M . W . Pro G . M ., and when the new Grand Master had been proclaimed and the Grand Officers for the ensuing year appointed and invested ,
Grand Lodge was closed , and the brethren adjourned to Freemasons' Tavern , where the Grand Feast had been prepared for their entertainment by the Grand Stewards ofthe year . The usual toasts were honoured , those of his Majesty in his capacity of Protector of the Craft , and H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , K . G ., M . W . G . M ., being received wilh the utmost enthusiasm .
Everything passed off admirably , and the Grand Stewards well deserved the hearty thanks accorded them for the completeness and excellence of their arrangements . It was announced in the course of the proceedings that the installation of the Duke of Connaught as M . W . G . M ., will take place on some day , yet to be fixed , in the week that includes the 17 th July .
» * * The Quarterly Convocation of Supreme Grand Chapter will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Wednesday , the ist prox ., the most important business
being the appointment and investiture of the Grand Officers for the ensuing year , among whom will be included those who have this week been appointed to ofiice in Grand Lodge , and are eligible to receive corresponding honours in the Royal Arch .
» * « It was mentioned in our recent report of the annual meeting of the Prov . Grand Chapter of Leicestershire and Rutland thit Comp . the Rev . C . Henton Wood , M . A ., had found it necessary , in consequence of the state of his health , to resign the office of Prov . Grand
Scribe E ., which he had held for several years , his services in that capacity being recognised by his appointment to the chair of Prov . Grand Third Principal . We sympathise with our Rev . Companion in the circumstances which have necessitated his retirement from a position in which he has done so
much to promote the welfare of Royal Arch Masonry in his Province , at the same time that we congratulate him on the honour which has just been conferred upon him ; and we sincerely hope he may be spared for many years to enjoy the tespect and affection of the members of a Society he has so greatly benefited and adorned .
The voting papers and lists of candidates for the approaching elections of the Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , which were issued last week , were accompanied by the Audited Statement of Account for the year 1900 , and from this there can be no doubt that last year was a most prosperous . For the Male
Fund , the Receipts , including ^ 2000 withdrawn from call , amounted to , £ 18 , 281 11 s . iod ., the principal items being donations and Annual Subscriptions , £ 11 , 578 6 s . 3 d . 5 Dividends , £ 3556 ; and the Grants from Grand Lodge and Chapter , reaching together £ 900 . The Expenditure , including ^ 6000 for Purchase of Stock and £ 2000 placed at call , was ^ 18 , 117 14 s . 5 d .
The heaviest outlay was £ 8118 for annuities , the other principal heads of expenditure being ' Collector ' s Commission , Salaries in office , Postages and Petty Expenses , Printing , Stationery , & c , Rates and Taxes in respect of Asylum at Croydon , and Work done at same . The Balance in hand on 31 st December was / 2 S 32 ISs . 2 d .
* » As regards the Widows ' Fund , the Receipts , including ^ 2000 withdrawn from call , reached £ 15 , 494 19 s . Sd . ; Donations and Annual Subscrip . tions figuring together for £ 10 , 134 7 > 9 ^ . j Dividends for £ 22 ( 13 12 s . ud ., and the Grants from G . Lodge
( £ 800 ) and G . Chapter ( £ 50 ) for £ 850 . The Expenditure , including £ 4000 for Purchase of Stock and £ 2000 placed at call , amounted to £ 16 , 402 7 s . iod . Annuitius absorbing £ 8343 , while the other big ilems were , as in the case of the Male Fund , for Collector ' s
Commission , Office Salaries , Postages and Petty Expenses , Printing , Stationery & c , and Rates and Taxes , Asylum , Matron , and Work done at Asylum . The balance remaining in hand on 31 st December was £ 521 7 s , ? d . The Sustentation of Building Fund
Masonic Notes.
Account is a small one , but the balance to the good on the last day cf the year , added to those on the Male and Widows' Funds , raised the total balance to ) the credit of the Institution to within a few pence of £ 3126 .
* * * We are glad to see that the Permanent Income of the Institution for the past year amounted for the three Funds to £ 759 6 6 s . sd ., and quite recently the Committee of Management have authorised the investment
of a further £ 12 , 000 . Thus , while the heavy claims upon the Institution are regularly met , the permanent resources are being slowly but surely augmented , and for this the Committee are entitled to the hearty congratulations of the friends and well-wishers of the Institution .
* * * The annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge of East Lancashire will be held in the Belgrave Schools , Bolton-road , Darwen , on Wednesday , the 15 th prox . Prov . Grand Lodge will be opened at 3 p . m ., and all Provincial Grand Officers and the
W . Ms ., P . Ms ., and Wardens of the Private Lodges are summoned to attend . The business on the Agenda is of the usual character , but a motion will be proposed by the Prov . S . G . Warden—Bro . C . D . Cheetham , who has been this week appointed J . G . Deacon of Grand Lodge—to the effect that a grant of £ 100
be made to the Festival Fund of the E . Lancashire Systematic Educational and Benevolent Institution . When the business of Prov . Grand Lodge is over , the brethren will adjourn to the Industrial Hall , where the customary banquet will take place . Tickets , at 6 s .
each , exclusive of wine , must be applied for of Bro . John Wardley , Arch-street ; of Bro . G . G . Sam , Railway-road , Darwen ; or the Prov . G . Secretary—Bro . James Newton , Past G . S . B ., 23 , Silverwell-street , Bolton—on or before Thursday , the 9 th prox .
* * It is announced on the summons convening the above meeting of the Prov . Grand Lodge that the Festival in behalf of the Systematic Masonic Educational and Benevolent Institution of the 'Province will be held at the Botanical Gardens , Old Trafford ,
Manchester , under the presidency of the Right Hon . Lord Stanley , M . P ., Prov . G . Master , on Wednesday , the 26 th June , and brethren desirous of tendering their services as Stewards are requested to lose no time in forwarding their names to the Prov . Grand Secretary—Bro . James Newton .
* * The annual convocation of the Provincial Grand Chapter of North and East Yorkshire will be held , on the invitation of the Britannia Chapter , No . 312 , at the Church House , Flowergate , Whitby , on Friday , the 3 rd prox ., at 2 . 30 p . m ., when the officers for the ensuing
year will be appointed and invested , and the usual business of the Province transacted . The customary banquet will be held at the Crown Hotel at 4 p . m ., tickets for which , at 3 s . 6 d . each , should be applied for to the S . E . of the Britannia Chapter not later than Tuesday next , the 30 th inst .
* » The regular stated meeting of Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , is due to take place at Freemasons ' Hall , on Friday , the 3 rd prox ., but doubtless the proceedings will be of a purely formal character out of respect to the memory of Bro . G . W . Speth , P . A . G ,
D . C , the Secretary , to whose sad and sudden death we refer in another column . We notice also that the usual announcement has been issued in reference to this year ' s summer outing of the lodge , which had been arranged to take place at Norwich from Thursday , the 20 th , to Sunday , the 23 rd June , but these arrangements will also no doubt be affected by the calamity
which has just befallen the lodge . » » ? We have been requested to publish the following acknowledgment by his Majesty ' s Private Secretary ( Bro . Sir Francis Knollys ) of the address voted to the King by the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls in Quarterly Court assembled , on Thursday , the 17 th instant :
[ coi * vJ . Sandringham , Norfolk . Sir Francis Knollys is commanded b y the King to thank the Governors and Subscribers of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls for their Address and
kind expressions of sympathy on the occasion of the death of Queen Victoria . His Majesty desires at the same to convey his sincere appreciation to the Governors and Subscribers for their congratulations on his accession to the Throne . 19 th April . 1901 .