Consecration Of The Holden Lodge, No. 2946.

Consecration of the Holden Lodge , No . 2946 .

r pHE above lodge , formed from among the directors , I managers , and officers of the London , City , and Midland Bank , and named after their highly popular managing director , Bro . E . H . Hoklen , was consecrated on Monday , the 12 th January , at the Frascati Restaurant ,

Oxford Street , by Bro . Sir Edward Letchworth , F . S . A ., Grand Secretary , assisted by Bros . Sir Joseph C . Dimsdale , K . C . V . O ., M . P ., P . G . W ., P . G . Treasurer , as S . W . ; J . H . Matthews , President of the Board of Benevolence , as J . W . ; the Right Rev . the Bishop of Barking , D . D ., P . G . C ., as Chaplain ; Frank Richardson , P . D . G . Registrar , as D . C . ; and R . Clay Sudlow , P . A . G . D . C , as I . G .

liliO . K . IT . 1 IOLDKN . In the oration the Chaplain made a strong appeal to the brethren to live up to and practise in the world the principles they were taught in Freemasonry , for the world was doubtless

watching and judging them . He prayed for God's blessing on the lodge and its members . He reminded them that all were labourers and had their work to do , which must be carried out with order , loyalty , and discipline . On the completion of the ceremony of consecration

, Bro . Sir E . Letchworth installed Bro . W . H . Hillman as Worshipful Master , who invested his officers as follows : — Bros . C . Leach , S . W . ; G . E . F . Pollard , J . W . ; J . F . Gomme , Treasurer ; G . E . Jordan , P . M ., Secretary and I P . M . ; J . H . Watts , S . D . ; A . S . Allen , J . D . ; H . L . Simpson ,

I . G . ; J . A . Jutstim and E . L . Poole , Stewards ; and H . Martin , Tyler . The founders , beside the above named officers , were Bros . Sir F . D . Dixon Hartland , Bart ., M . P ., P . M . ; C . Spreag , A . Keen ( chairman of the bank ) , J . M . Madders , T . H . Preston , A . E . Robins , H . W . Smart , P . W . Summers

, A . R . Turner , C . Withers , and H . J . Woodington . The Consecrating Officers were elected honorary members . Twenty-one bretliren were proposed as joining members and three for initiation .

The Worshipful Master was supported by seventy-nine brethren , among whom we noticed Bros . Sheriff Sir Thomas Brooke-Hitching , P . M . ; Under Sheriff Langton , P . D . G . D . C ; James Stephens , P . D . G . D . C . ; E . R . Peacock , United Grand Lodge of Victoria ; H . J . Adams , P . G . S . B . ; Lieut .-Colonel

Stohwasser , P . D . G . S . B . ; H . S . Wellcome : James Smart , P . M . ; H . Sadler , Grand Tyler ; and Dr . Warwick Jordan , P . M ., who wrote the music specially for the occasion , which was splendidly rendered by Bros . Geo . May , Harry Stubbs , W . Davies , and C . E . Tinney , P . M . At the conclusion of the ceremonies a banquet was held ,

at which the usual toasts were proposed . In reply for " The Grand Ollicers , " Bro . Sir Joseph Dimsdale asked , what were the objects of the Order ? Loyalty to a Supreme Being , and to follow out in daily life our duty to our fellowmen . He hoped this would be the guiding

principle of the new lodge . Bro . Sir E . Letchworth , in reply for " The Consecrating Officers , " said he had not any greater pleasure than to consecrate a lodge , but he had never had more pleasure than in consecrating this lodge , for he had a firm conviction

that it had a great future before it . In proposing " The Worshipful Master , " he congratulated them on their choice , it being very important to have a good Master to start with , and the brother they had chosen was not a novice , having been Worshipful Master of the Fitzroy Lodge ,

connected with the Honourable Artillery Company . The Worshipful Master in rising to reply , was received with H . A . C . fire . He thanked Bro . Sir E . Letchworth for his kind words and presented him with a founder ' s jewel . He regretted that illness had kept away their esteemed Bio .

E . H . Hoklen . He hoped that the lodge would prove of benefit to Freemasonry . In reply for " The Visitors , " Bro . E . R . Peacock , of the United Grand Lodge of Victoria , said the last words he had from the Grand Master of Australia were in coming home to carry with him greetings from over the water . He should carry back with him very happy memories of his visit .

into . \ v . 11 . HILLMAN . Bro . Sir J . Brooke-Hitching congratulated the lodge on commemorating the name of a man who was held in honour by the banking world , and upon the promising start they had

made . A most enjoyable evening was brought to a close with the Tyler ' s toast .