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SATURDAY , SEPTEMBER 28 , 1901 .

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Masonic Notes .

We have much pleasure in announcing that Sir A . F . Godson , Knt ., R . W . Prov . Grand Master of Worcestershire , has very kindly arranged to preside as Chairman at the next Anniversary Festival of the

Royal Masonic Benevolent Institution , which will be held in February , 1902 . Sir A . F . Godson has always taken a deep interest in our Institutions and his Province of Worcestershire , though not a strong one

numerically , is as generously disposed towards them as its chief . From these facts we have every reason to hope that the next Anniversay in behalf of our " Old People" will prove a success .

# * ? The calls upon the time of the Grand Secretary are just now more serious than we have known them for some time past . On Friday , the 20 th instant , he consecrated the Forest Hill Lodge , No . 2846 , and on

Wednesday the Borough of Islington Lodge , No . 2861 , at Beale ' s noted Restaurant , in the Hollowayroad ; while on Monday , the 30 th instant , as announced in our Notes of last week , the Welsh Lodge , No . 28 G 7 , will be constituted , with Bro . Sir J . H . Puleston as the

first W . M . But this does not represent the whole of the demands on his leisure . To-morrow ( Saturday ) the duty will devolve upon him of consecrating , at the Polytechnic Institution , Regent-street , a new lodge , which will be henceforth known as the Polytechnic

Lodge , No . 2847 , and which will start on its career under the auspices of Bro . A . G . Lee as the first W . M . » is hardly necessary for us to add that all the new lod ges have our heartiest wishes for their success . They start well , and there is every reason to hope that they will go on and prosper .

The authorities of our Royal Masonic Institution for Girls are to be congratulated on the further evidence afforded by the recent State visit of the Lord Mayor , Sheriffs , and Under-sheriffs of the City of

London , not only of the public favour in which the School is held , but also of the high character it enjoys among middle-class scholastic institutions . As Masons they must have been proud of what they saw

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and heard on the occasion of their visit , while as civic dignitaries they must have rejoiced to know how admirably the children were being educated and trained for the weightier cares and responsibilities of

adult life . We trust that for years to come successive Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of London will similarly honour our Institution for Girls , and derive as much pleasure from their visit as Bros . Lord Mayor Green and Sheriffs Morgan and Lawrance , M . P .

•» » The welcome letter we published last week from our respected Bro . W . E . Chapman , P . A . G . D . C , shows that Masonry in far off Kimberley and Port Elizabeth is firmly established , and that the lodges and chapters located there , if not as attentive to the lesser , but still important , observances of the Craft ,

are strict disciplinarians in essentials . Bro . Chapman tells us that though vouched for by a P . M . of his own lodge in Kimberley , he was not admitted to the Port Elizabeth lodge ( Goodwill , No . 711 ) until he had undergone the usual strict examination , and that he was informed by the examining brother that even the

King himself would be required to go through the same ordeal . On the other hand he suggests—and we think he is right in his suggestion—that it would not have been discourteous had the visiting " P . O . of the Grand Lodge of England " been introduced to the lodge , or the toast proposed in his honour of "The

Grand Officers , Present and Past . " Bro . Chapman appears also , through an unaccountable oversight on the part of somebody , to have failed to gain admission into the R . A . chapter . Our Port Elizabeth brethren and companions will be none the worse as Masons for the observance of the usual amenities to the sojourners in their midst .

•» ? The annual meeting of the Provincial G . Mark Lodge of Lancashire will be held under the presidency of the Earl of Lathom , P . G . M . M ., at the Town Hall , Todmorden , on Wednesday , the 2 nd prox ., at 1 . 30 p . m . The business to be transacted is of the usual character , and on the Prov . G . Lodge being closed , the

brethren will adjourn to the White Hart Hotel , where a cold collation will be served . Tickets , price 4 s . 6 d . each , must be obtained from Bro . James Fielden , Halifax-road , Todmorden , or the Prov . G . Secretary , Bro . W . Goodacre , 67 , Lord-street , Liverpool , tomorrow ( Saturday ) being the last day for all such applications .

* * * The office of Prov . Grand Mark Master of Sussex having become vacant by the resignation of H . R . H , the Duke of Connaught , K . G ., on his election to the Grand Mastership of the Degree , it has been arranged that the annual meeting of the Prov . Grand

Lodge shall be held at the Royal Pavilion , Brighton , on Saturday , the 12 th October , when the Very Rev . the Dean of Battle , Bro . E . R . Currie , D . D ., will be installed as successor to his Royal Highness . The Earl of Euston , M . W . Pro G . Mark Master , has been

deputed to perform the ceremony . We are informed that Bro . P . Slingsby Roberts is the Dep . Prov . G . Mark Master who has been chosen to succeed Dean Currie in that office , and when he has been obligated and installed , the Prov . G . Officers for the ensuing year will be appointed and invested .

* ? » The stated meeting of the Quatuor Coronati Lodge , No . 2076 , will be held at Freemasons' Hall on Friday , the 4 th prox ., at the hour of 5 p . m . In the course of the proceedings two papers will be read , one by Bro , the Rev . W . E . Windle on " Solomon ' s Testament , "

and the other by Bro . A . F . Calvert on " Anthony Sayer , " who was installed the premier Grand Master of England on St . John ' s Day in summer—24 th June —1717 . On the conclusion of the lodge business , the bnthren will dine together in the Gordon Saloon of the Holborn Restaurant .

» * We are indebted to the courtesy of Bro . Alfred A . Murray for a copy of the St . John ' s Card , 1 9 , of Lodge Canongate Kilwinning , No . 2 . The booklet , as Bro . Murray designates it , is not only a useful guide as to the present constitution of this venerable Scottish

lodge , but it also contains a sketch , in outline , of the most noteworthy events in its career , together with a highly i-. teresting account of the origin and formation of Lodge St . Clair , No . 349 , Edinburgh , in 1847 , and its subsequent history . To this latter record we shall

have occasion to refer in some future issue of the Freemason . The section of the contents relating to Lodge Canongate Kilwinning include lists of the Office bearers and Committee of the lodge for 1901-2 j a table showing the lodges and their places of meeting

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in Edinburgh , Leith , and Portobello ; dates of the meetings in St . John ' s Chapel , 1901-2 ; and particulars as to candidates for Freemasonry , the Fees payable to the lodge , and publications issued under its authority . It has been well and caiefully compiled , while as regards its general appearance nothing could well be neater or more elegant .

» * * We most sincerely condole with our Scottish brethren in India on the grievous calamity they have recently sustained by the death of their able , experienced , and most popular Grand Secretary , Bro .

Captain Charles Driver Wise , Past G . Warden , who had held the important and arduous office of Grand Secretary of the Grand Lodge of All Scottish Freemasonry in India for the last 12 years . Bro . Captain Wise died suddenly on the 27 th July last , and though

his loss is not irreparable , it will be some time before another brother is found who will exhibit the same zeal and ability as our late lamented brother . The Indian Freemason of the 15 th ult ., in referring to the weight of responsibility that devolved on the shoulders

of our late respected brother , remarks that it is only by making full allowance for this that we are in a position to " comprehend , in a measure , the widereaching influence of a man with so attractive a personality and such strength of will and purpose as that presented by our late brother . "

The jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge of All Scottish Freemasonry in India , which has its headquarters in Bombay , is not a large one so far as the number of lodges is concerned , but , as the title indicates , it embraces the whole of Scottish Freemasonry in the

Empire of India . Hence the duties of Captain Wise as Grand Secretary of an organisation that was spread over so vast a continent must have been unusuall y exacting , and yet he discharged those duties in such a manner as to secure to himself the respect and

goodwill , not only of the Scottish brethren with whom he was brought officially into contact , but also of his English brethren of the several District Grand Lodges in India , but more especially of those in Bombay , to

whom he was personally as well known , and by whom he was as greatly respected as by the brethren under the Scottish Constitution . We can only add that we sincerely sympathise with the family and brethren of the late Grand Secretary ,

* * * Our contemporary also remarks that while of late years there have been frequent changes in the Grand Mastership , there has always been a rallying point for Scottish Freemasons in India "in their Grand Secretary , where the hearty grasp of a Mason ' s hand could

be felt , where advice of the soundest and best was always available , and a kind word to smooth over difficulties was always sure . " Such remarks as these speak volumes for the merits of the deceased Grand Secretary to whom , as we have said , it will be a work of time and difficulty to find a successor .

* * * The triennial meeting of the Grand Encampment o Knights Templar in the United States was held in Louisville , Kentucky , towards the close of last manth . The sir knights kept pouring into Louisville in their

thousands from all parts of the States , and it is estimated that fully 10 , 000 must have been present in the city on Sunday , the 25 th August , when the templars attended Divine service in the Broadway Methodist Church . On Tuesday , the 27 th , the Grand Parade took place , when the sir knights , to the number of

10 , 140 , escorted Grand Master , Sir Knt . Reuben Lloyd , to the place chosen for the meeting . On reaching the Central Park , the Parade was dismissed . The customary competitive drills in which prizes were awarded to the best of the competing commanderies were also held .

» » * Lastly , came the proceedings at the Grand Conclave , from which we learn that the finances of Grand Encampment are flourishing , and that in the 45 States and Territories in which the Order is established there

are 1059 subordinate commanderies , while the number of subscribing members is 125 , 108 . The newly . elected principal officers of the Grand Encampment are Sir Knights Henry Bates Stoddard , of Texas , M . E . Supreme Grand Master ; George M . Moulton , of Chicago , Dep . G . Master ; the Rev . Henry M . Rugy ,

Rhode Island , Grand Gencralimissio ; William B . Melish , Ohio , G . Captain-General ; Joseph A . Locke of Maine , G . S . W . ; Frank H . Thomas , District of Columbia , G . J . W . j H . Wales Lewis , Massachusetts , G . Treasurer ; and John A . Gerow , Michigan , G , Recorder .