Piccadilly Lodge, No. 2550.

In reply for the visitors Bro . White , P . G . Sec . Berks ., said the W . M . had eulogised the work clone in his province ,

and he could assure them , they did it quite as well as they did in London . It reminded him of Kipling ' s line . " They knew the ancient landmarks and kept ' em to a air . " Bro . Dr . Rev . J . Hughes , Chaplain to the Girls' Institute , and Bros . Griffin , Spicer and Godson also replied .

The W . M ., in proposing the Initiates said , it was the most important one of the evening . No words of his could express his pleasure in submitting it to them . It was nevertheless a somewhat awkward one to propose . He would only say that if Bro . Burkett turned out as good a

Mason as he had a father , he would , indeed , be good . Personally , he had no doubt on the matter . Bro . Burkett , in reply , said he felt proud that his son was Worshipful Master , and had initiated him into Freemasonry , and hoped to prove worthy . He sometimes wondered why

he had not done so before , seeing how enthusiastic his son was . Bro . Hobbs said he perceived that the principles of Freemasonry were an allegory of life . We strive onward in darkness , groping , if it may be that we may feel the grasp of

a friendly hand , to lead us towards the light . Having passed the gloomy portals , we come at last to a light irradiating the darkness and showing us that , were spirits to lead us on to full knowledge , to that knowledge he desired to press forward until he had reached the end . He would strive to

maintain the glory and renown , not only of the lodge , but the whole Craft . A splendid programme of music , under the direction of Bro . J . Jefferson , added greatly to the evening's enjoyment .

THK IXITIAT 1 " .

Ulster Lodge, No. 2972.

Ulster Lodge , No . 2972 .

THE first Installation Meeting of this successful lodge took place at the Hotel Cecil , Strand , on Friday , the 17 th February . Bro . John Bright Crowe was installed into the Chair of King Solomon in a masterly manner by the very able outgoing master , W . Bro . A . E . W . MacCamley . The newly installed master then appointed and invested the

following officers : —Bros . Andrew E . W . MacCamley , I . P . M . and Sec . ; Thomas Dunwoody , P . M ., S . W . ; Robert A . McQuitty , J . W . ; Samuel M . Barry , P . M ., Treasurer ; Rev . Crawford Hillis , M . A ., Chaplain ; S . Crawford Hillis , S . D . ; Dr . Hugh Knox , J . D . ; R . J . Stevenson , I . G . ; J . P . Mayne , Organist ; Robert Coulter , Steward ; F . F . McGeagh and Max Clarke , Assistant Stewards .

Bros . Charles Stuart and Hugh McKee , B . A ., were unanimously elected joining members , and Mr . Edward Moore was afterwards initiated in a most impressive manner by the Worshipful Master . W . Bro . Samuel M . Barry , P . M ., the Treasurer , presented to the lodge a very handsome embroidered and painted banner which Bro . Crowe suitably

acknowledged . At the banquet which followed , the Worshipful Master , in proposing the toast of " His Majesty the King , " said they hud a real interest in that toast as the King was protector of the Order . It was specially interesting to them to know that the

King was particularly concerned in the bringing together of nations with a view to universal peace , and when the opportune time arrived in connection with that terrible conflict now raging in the Far East they might be sure that the King would be much in evidence . That fearless son of

the Emerald Isle and gallant Admiral Lord Charles Beresford designated the King as " Edward the Peacemaker , " and as such his name would be handed down to posterity . In submitting the toast of the "Grand Officers , " the Worshipful Master remarked that the Grand Lodge was

the Parliament of Freemasonry , wherein laws were framed for the observance of the Craft , and those of them who had been privileged to attend there must have been struck with

the wisdom displayed by the Grand Officers in their deliberations , and he felt convinced that Masonic affairs entrusted to them were in safe keeping . He had much pleasure in coupling with the toast the name of their illustrious

( l'hiilii Elili- Pm-lmil C „ . 1 tlltO . . 1 . 11 . CHOWl " . L'lsterman visitor , W . Bro . W . R . McConnell , K . C , D . L ., J . P ., Past Deputy Grand Registrar . He , the Worshipful Master , was personally indebted to him for his kindness in coming there at great inconvenience , and he took it as a personal compliment that he had graced