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committee appointed to investigate the matter , which had been a very representative committee , and one which was composed of business men and others well qualified to deal with the questions that had arisen . It might , of course , be asked with regard to the proposal why should not the lessee of the Tavern do his own repairs ; but in answer he would

¦ say that no one would undertake to re-model the Tavern in accordance with the requirements of the Craft unless a fifty years' lease were given . As Grand Lodge was amply possessed of the necessary funds , therefore it was thought desirable to do what had been proposed in the report

of the Board , that was to spend the money themselves and only grant a short lease . Bro . Lewis Ferguson , P . M ., moved as ; m amendment , that the question be referred back to the Board as to its desirability * , and especially as to the omission in the report

of any reference to the alterations in the Temple of Grand Lodge . It was not long ago that the question of excluding the Wardens from Grand Lodge had been discussed in connection with the inadequate accommodation provided in the Temple of Freemasons' Hall . He would ask , was another

fourteen years to elapse before the question would be considered ? And whether the proposed arrangement with Messrs . Lyons was the best ? Bro . E . W . Nightingale , P . G . P ., seconded Bro . Ferguson ' s amendment , pointing out that in granting this lease they should have regard to the ( net that Great Queen Street might

very well in the near future become a back street , and that in view of the new street being made , it would be much better if Freemasons' Tavern were behind the Hall . In connection with the view that the sum mentioned was too much to spend on alterations , such as were proposed , a member of the Board of General Purposes pointed out that

they would get full value for the money expended in the extra rental that was to be paid by Messrs . Lyons . With regard to the accommodation in the Temple of Freemasons ' Hall , that was a question which would come up again for settlement . In some eight years' time many of the leases of

the adjoining property around Freemasons' Hall would have fallen in , and that would give them a chance to remedy the evils complained of . A grand officer remarked that if in the meantime the present system of election of Grand Treasurer were altered ,

he ventured to think there would be no necessity for any enlargement of Freemasons' Hall . The brethren divided on the motion , with the result that the resolution was carried by a majority of 41 . Grand Lodge was then closed .

The scrutineers not having completed their examination of the voting cards for Grand Treasurer , the result was afterwards communicated to the M . W . Pro Grand Master as follows : Bro . S . J . Attcnborough , 1150 ; Bro . E . C . Mulvey , S 49 ; Bro . G . F . Edwards , 718 . Bro . Attenborough was therefore declared duly elected .

Installation Meeting Of The Westbourne Lodge, No. 733.

Installation Meeting of the Westbourne Lodge , No . 733 .

THIS prosperous lodge held its installation meeting recently at the Holborn Restaurant , the incoming Master , Bro . Charles Halston , being installed by Bro . Frederick Beesley , whose own induction a year ago Westbournians will remember as having been chronicled in these ¦ columns . Nothing was wanting on this occasion to render

the meeting a complete success , and that the ceremonial part of the work was well clone need hardly be said . Bro . Beesley celebrated his leave-taking of the Chair by taking tip a list for the Benevolent Institution , the splendid result of which festival has since been announced .

THE WOHSlIII'I'Ur , MASTI'lt . Amongst the brethren present were Bros . Charles Halston , W . M ., Frederick Beesley , I . P . M ., John Welford , P . G . Std . Br ., Treasurer ; S . R . Walker . Secretary ; C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . Std . Br ., D . of C . ; Henry Times P . G . D . C . ; W . C . Wise , P . M . Lodge No . 278 9 ; Rev . R . lamblin , P . P . G .

Chap . ; Curtis , Drew , Arrowsmith , Brown , Bagnall , Roberts , Weaver , Hallett , and Faircloth , P . M . ' s , and many others . The subsequent festivities were not allowed to suffer any deviation from the high standard maintained by this lodge , the toasts being interspersed with songs , humorous and sentimental . The toast of "The Grand Officers , " following

that of "The King" and "The Grand Master , " was replied to by Bro . C . A . Cottebrune , P . G . Std . Br ., who said he could not help feeling that as the years went by he would also have to " go by , " but the time had not come yet , and although at first he felt some uncertainty as to whether he

would really be with them that evening , yet there he was , and very glad he was to be with them . There were very few faces around him he did not know , and it did him good to be there . The toast of the evening followed , proposed by Bro . Beesley , who asked the brethren to drink the jolly

good " Health of their Worshipful Master , " Bro . Charles Halston . Bro . Halston had been performing the ascent of the ladder in that lodge during the past eight years , and he had now attained to the summit where he hoped the brethren would support him as they had done their Worshipful Masters in the past , and in the way they so well knew how to do .

The Worshipful Master , in response , said he must introduce himself in his new position as a sort of rough diamond , if he might be pardoned the expression . He hoped the wisdom of his predecessors would in some measure infect him , and that he should not only have plenty of work to do , but that he should do it ably . They also

wanted the right sort of candidates . That fact had always been kept in view in the Westbourne Lodge , and he hoped it would be the case during the year he had the honour and pleasure to preside over them . In proposing the toast of the " I . P . M ., " Bro . Beesley , it was , he said

unnecessary for him to remark on the appropriateness of such a toast , still less for honouring the recipient of that toast that evening . Bro . Beesley's record was well known to them , while his own had yet to be established . Bro . Beesley rounded off the occasion by saying that it

was the same old face that rose to greet them although in another place . He assured them of his delight in continuing to do work for them , even though it were in the capacity of Immediate Past Master .