Province Of North Wales.

allowed by the Constitutions , and . at the same meeting he passed two to the second degree . During Bro . Hughes ' s year of office ( nine lodge meetings ) he has a record of fifteen candidates which he has initiated , passed and raised personally . This number may

not be considered great in large towns , but it is by far the largest number initiated by any one W . M . in St . David ' s Lodge during his year of office . February 8 th was Bro . Hughes ' s last lodge meeting , at which he initiated two members , and afterwards installed

his successor . At the subsequent Banquet Bro . Hughes was presented with a beautiful P . M . ' s Jewel for valuable services . On the death a few months ago of the Right Worshipful Prov . Grand Master , the St . David ' s Lodge is now again honoured by having one of its members appointed Prov .

Grand Master of the Province of North Wales in place of the deceased Sir Grenville-Williams , Bart . —namely , W . Bro . Colonel Hy . Piatt , C . B ., and it is his wish to be installed Prov . Grand Master at St . David's Lodge , No . 3 8 4 , soon after Easter . St . David's Lodge has a Past Master ( W . Bro . D . Wynne

Williams , P . P . J . G D . ) who was W . M . of this lodge in the year 1878 , and is now a regular attendant at all the lodge meetings . Bro . Hughes had the pleasure of presenting Bro . D . Wynne Williams with a large framed portrait of himself on behalf of the brethren of the lodge at the last

lodge meeting . This lodge contributes liberally towards the different Masonic Charity Funds . At their last lodge meeting 10 guineas was voted towards the "A" Boys , 10 guineas to the Benevolent Fund , and 1 guinea to the " B " local fund—21 guineas .

The Cancer Hospital.

The Cancer Hospital .

THIS most important and valuable hospital held its fiftyfourth annual meeting of the governors of this charity in the board room of the hospital on February 22 nd , the Right Hon . Lord Ludlow presiding . Some idea can be formed of the enormous work of the hospital since its foundation when it is stated that the relief

given to patients suffering under this terrible scourge totals nearly 60 , 000 during the fifty-four years . From the report of the committee it appeared that during the year 1904 there were 721 new in-patients , 176 3 outpatients , with a total number of visits of 18 , 900 , and the daily

number of beds occupied was eighty-six . We regret to find that owing to the deficiency of the ordinary income , it was necessary during the year to realise £ 6 , 500 from capital to meet the expenses . The sanitary and hygienic conditions of the hospital had been the source of thorough investigation , and many

recommendations made by a sub-committee appointed for the purpose were being carried out . A number of beds are provided for patients who may remain for life , thus having every attention they may require adapted to their case , and many heavy expenses have been

incurred during the past year to place the hospital in a thorough up-to-date state of efficiency . We would earnestly appeal to our readers to support this most deserving hospital as liberally as they possibly can , as it admits the poor afflicted persons entirely free and

without the trouble of procuring a subscriber's letter . Any donations forwarded to Mr . Fred . W . Howell , the Secretary , the Cancer Hospital Brompton . S . W ., will be thankfully received and acknowledged by him . We might add the reports and balance-sheet were adopted , and the usual vote of thanks accorded .

Some Notes On Freemasonry In Australasia.– –(Continued).

Some Notes on Freemasonry in Australasia . – –( Continued ) .

By Bro . W . F . LAMOXBY , P . D . G . M . of Victoria , and P . A . G . D . C . of England . THE CAMBRIAN LODGE OF AUSTRALIA , No . 6 5 6 .

AS to the legal proceedings , the plaintiffs , two years later , or seven years from the commencement , gained the day ( the arbitrator , however , awarding merely nominal damages and the return of certain articles claimed , whilst he adjudged the defendants to pay all costs of the reference , arbitration , and award . Some of the members of the Grand

Lodge of New South Wales were not satisfied with the award , and a rule was granted for referring the award back to the arbitrator ; but , as recorded , " The Grand Master , with the advice of the Grand Registrar , decided not to spend any more Grand Lodge money in law proceedings in this case , "

which means that the New South Wales Grand Lodge supplied the sinews of war tor the defendants , whilst the plaintiffs had to fight their own battle and at their own expense . On the whole , therefore , it was merely a Pyrrhic

victory for the plaintiffs , seeing that the debit balance in costs amounted to well on to a thousand pounds . Reverting to the Commission , in London ( applied for by the defendants , by-the-bye ) , the evidence in that behalf was not tendered in the Sydney Courts , the plaintiffs consequently having to pay their own costs for nothing .

The end of the fifteen years' struggle was apparently in sight , as in September , 1903 , the New South Wales Board of General Purposes recommended the recognition of the Cambrian Lodge , following the receipt of a copy of a letter from the Grand Secretary of England on behalf of the Board

of General Purposes , which letter had been addressed to the Secretary of the Cambrian Lodge , and in which the position of affairs was clearly defined so far as the New South Wales authorities were concerned . The stilled waters were ,

however , once more lashed into fury , on an amendment being moved and carried to postpone recognition to a special meeting of Grand Lodge . The meaning of this was the resuscitation of a circular , published a year and a half before , and disseminated far and wide , in which the writer replied

to , denied , and corrected certain statements made by the Grand Master of New South Wales the year previous Unfortunately the Cambrian Lodge brother , in addition , used some strong language . In other words he overlooked the dignity and status of the Grand Master of New South Wales ,

and retaliated on the individual member of the local community in which they mutually moved . This line of action would be easily understood in the free atmosphere of the Australian Colonies , where social distinctions are of comparatively little account , and where independence of spirit is

appreciated ; but it could not pass unquestioned in England , which the New South Wales authorities well knew , and so this said circular , after as one supposed being forgotten , was raked up , and recognition of the Cambrian Lodge postponed until such time as the document could be brought under the

notice of the Grand Lodge of England , and a reply be received . Of course , the Board of General Purposes in England were bound to take action , and so the end of the Cambrian trouble is not yet in New South Wales , although the requisite aiucin / c has been made and accepted by the

authorities in England . Pity it is that the compiler of the circular did not call to mind Julia ' s reflection in Shakespeare's comedy of Measure for Measure—That ill the captain ' s but a choleric word , Which in the soldier is Hat blasphemy .