Margate Masonic Hall.

Margate Masonic Hall .

Margate , which for more than a century , notwithstandingits great extension and increase of population , had possessed only one Masonic lodge , added , in the year 18 99 , another to the roll of the Grand Lodge of England , and the Ancient

Union Lodge , No . 127 , now occupies the same quarters as its modern sister lodge , St . John ' s , Thanet , No . 2753 . They are both highly favoured in regard to their meeting place , for

we doubt if any country lodge possesses a more convenient

and tastefully decorated habitation . The movement , which in recent years has gained increasing strength in the direction of providing halls for the sole use of the Brotherhood , is one that will have more effect on . the future progress and

wellbeing of the Order than most people realise , and we congratulate the Freemasons of Margate on the privilege they have of meeting under their own vine and fig tree .

A South African Relic.

A South African Relic .

An interesting relic of the South African campaign ( savs the Liverpool Mercury ) has just come into the possession of the W . M . of a Mark Master Masons' lodge whose meetings are held in Liverpool . It is a beautifully designed and very

heavy sterling silver snuff-box , whose hall mark shows it to have been manufactured in England when William IV . was King . In the four corners of the lid , whose elaborate chasing

is in parts worn smooth by long use , are engraved emblems

of the sun , the crescent moon encircled by stars , the square and compasses , and the level . Then there is an inscription in the quaint right-angled characters of the Mark Masons ' alphabet , and which , when deciphered , reads , " Presented to

J . Calf as a token of affection by his wife . " An inscription on the bottom reads , " J . A . Elton to J . J . Raaff . Friendship , 1—1—95 . " Raaff was a' Boer who , it is believed , fell at

Paardeberg , where the box was picked up by a British soldier .

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