Beach Lodge Ladies' Night.

Beach Lodge Ladies' Night .

THE members of Beach Lodge , No . 2622 , held their annual Ladies' Banquet and ball at that popular home of South London Freemasonry , the Horns Hotel , Kennington Park , recently , and the function proved the most successful that this flourishing lodge has ever heldover 200 sitting down to the excellent menu

, provided by Bro . Jean Kohl . W . Bro . T . W . Parmiter , the Worshipful Master , made a genial chairman . He was supported by Bros . D . S . Milne , I . P . M . ; B . Donald , S . W . ; C . Bauer , J . W . ; T . Higgs , Treasurer ; H . Almond , Secretary ; W . A . MatthewsS . D . ; A . C . Green , J . D . ; and H . Spooner ,

, D . C . At the banquet the toast of " The Worshipful Master " was proposed by Bro . Milne , and that of " The Ladies " by the Worshipful Master , the response being entrusted to Bro . H . Spooner . A special feature was made of the concert , and Bro . Almond is to be congratulated on the splendid

programme . Songs were sweetly rendered by Mdlle . Marie Vagnolini and Miss Edith Blanchard , and the Curfew Glee Singers were heard to advantage in several quartettes . Mr . Samuel Masters was encored for an artistic rendering of " Like Stars Above , " and the other items included a clever

quick change sketch by Bro . Charles North , and humorous songs by Mr . Aubrey A . Constant . Bro . A . Groves accompanied , and conducted the orchestra during dinner and at the ball . Bro . F . Locke officiated as M . C , and Bros . W . F . Tipper , T . Cook , J . Bedford , and W . E . Green acted as

stewards . At the close Bro . Kohl was the recipient of hearty congratulations on the splendid arrangements he had made for the comfort of all .

Cordingley's Motor Car Exhibition.

Cordingley ' s Motor Car Exhibition .

The motor car has advanced since the lirst Motor-car Exhibition was held at the Agricultural Hall , London , and the Automobile Show which opens there on Saturday , March 18 th , will reveal some idea of the progress made . This will be the tenth of the annual Motor-car Exhibitions held there

by Mr . Charles Cordingley , and will prove to be the largest display of the kind ever seen in this country . It will be thoroughly representative of the British industry , which has developed in every direction , and the exhibitors will represent all the great centres of England , coming from Coventry , Manchester , Birmingham , HullGlasgowBristolSheffield

, , , , Leeds , South Wales , Bradford , Oldham , Maidstone , Lincoln , Liverpool , Northampton , Edinburgh , Wolverhampton , Lowestoft , Tunbridge Wells , Salisbury , Gainsborough , King's Lynn , Berwick-on-Tweed , Basingstoke , besides many smaller towns where the advent of the motor-car has given promise of new

prosperity . The great exhibition is under the patronage of the Automobile Mutual Protection Association , of which the Earl of Shrewsbury is President , the Motor-Van and Wagon Users'Association , and the Aero Club of the United Kingdom , the kilter organisation being responsible for a display of balloons and air-ships . All the latest types of touring and

pleasure cars will je on view , and several motor-cabs and motor- 'buses intended for service on the London streets within a few weeks will make their tlehitl . The collection of municipal vans and motor-vehicles for industrial purposes will be thoroughly comprehensive of all types , and arrangements for an overflow display have had to be made in order

to cope with the demand for space . The presence of some of the racing cars for the 1 905 season will give an interest to the sporting section of the community , while the fact that the Motor Union — an organisation of motorists many thousands strong—will hold its annual meeting at the

Exhibition gives the display an authoritative position in the motor-car world . The great galleries will be crowded with accessories , clothing and other matters indispensable to motorists , and Cordingley's Tenth Motor-car Exhibition will be the best of j the series . It will remain open a week , closing on March 25 th .

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