Yorick Lodge, No. 2771.

Yorick Lodge , No . 2771 .

r IMIE sixth installation meeting of tin ' s popular lodge took | place on Tuesday , 20 lh March , at the Trocadero Restaurant , when W . Bro . Clarence Sounes was installed by W . Bro . E . Lockwood . There were present a large number of distinguished visitorsincluding BrosMajor H WiihtPGSword

, . y . g , .. Bearer ; A . H . Smith , Prov . G . D . " Hants and I . W . ; E . B . Hobson , P . M . Lodge 700 ; W . Walson , P . M . Lodge 959 ; T . Jefferson , W . M . Lodge 913 ; H . Allen , W . M . Lodge 6 94 ; the W . M ., Officers , and Brethren of the Pan mure Lodge , Xo . 723 , of which the newly-installed Master is S . W .

The following officers were appointed and invested by the Worshipful Master : —Bros . Geo . Robins , S . W . ; Duncan Tovey , J . W . ; The Ven . Archdeacon Sinclair , P . G . Chap . Chaplain ; W . S . Penley , P . G . Treas ., Treasurer ; F . Trehawke Davies , Secretary ; F . T . Addyman , S . D . ;

Athelstane Xobbs , M . D ., J . D . ; W . Bro . Alex . Watson , P . P . S . G . W . Bucks ., D . C . ; A . P . Oxlcy , I . G . ; E . H . Bull , W . Payne Seddon , and W . Bradford Smith , Stewards ; and J . W . Freeman , Tyler .

HliO . OLA HENCE SOUNES . It was announced that W . Bro . F . Trehawke Davies was representing the lodge as Steward at the forthcoming festival of the Royal Masonic Institution for Girls in May next , and ( he sum of £ " xo 10 s . was voted upon his list from ( he

benevolent fund of the lodge . At the banquet which followed the usual loyal and Masonic toasts were duly honoured , and the W . M ., in proposing the toast of " The Grand Officers , " called upon V . W . Bro . W . S . Penley , P . G . Treasurer , and W . Bro . Major Hy . Wright , P . G-

Sword Bearer , to respond . V . W . Bro . W . S . Penley ( who had unfortunately lost his voice ) in responding , remarked with his usual dry humour , that as a rule he had a beautiful voice , but on that evening it had rounded on him . It was always a pleasure for a Grand Officer lo respond to this toast , but in this instance it was a

double pleasure , because it had been so very well proposed by the W . M ., who had spoken of the good work done by the Grand Officers . I ' lidoubtedl y they- did an enormous amount of work , and further they always had the interest of ihe Craft at heart , and there was nothing that gave the Grand

Officers present more pleasure than to have plenty of work lo do . He wished the W . M . and the lodge every success during the coming year .

W . Bro . Major H . Wright thanked the W . M . for having coupled his name with the toast , and also for ( he cordial manner it had been proposed and received . He was delighted to be present , as he had met several friends whom he had not seen since the days of the old Junior Garrick Club , from which the Yorick Club had its birth , and from the latter the Yorick

Lodge emanated . He wished the W . M . a very happy and prosperous year ol " office , and thanked him for the hearty welcome extended to him . W . Bro . E . Lockwood , I . P . M ., in proposing the toast of "The Worshipful Master , " said it required few words of his

to commend the toast for their hearty reception , as they all knew what an excellent W . M . Bro . Sounes would prove ; they all knew him so well , knew his work , and knew he was one of the founders of the lodge , and he congratulated the lodge on having such a good and sincere Mason to preside

over them in the coming year , and he hoped the members would loyally support him in his work . The W . M ., in responding , said he did not know how to thank the brethren for the very flattering remarks which had been passed about him , and for the heartiness with which

they had received the toast . He could only promise to do his very best during his year of office , and , as Master , his work would be discharged to the utmost of his ability .

The W . M . in proposing " The I . P . M . " said , a more genial and worthy brother than Bro . Lockwood it would be impossible to find ; he had done his work right royally and well , and they had spent a very pleasant year under his Mastership . The W . M . then presented his predecessor ( Bro . Lockwood ) with a Past Master ' s jewel , voted to him by

the Lodge , and said it gave him much pleasure to be able to pin it to his collar , and he hoped Bro . Lockwood would live to wear it for many years in the Yorick Lodge . Responding , Bro . E . Lockwood thanked the brethren for their reception of the toast , and for the kind words which

had fallen from the W . M . He also thanked them for the very beautiful jewel which had been presented to him , he would always treasure it , and it would remind him of the very happy year of office he had spent in the Yorick Lodge . The toast of " The Visitors" received a very hearty

reception , and was responded to by W . Bro . Simmonds and W . Bro . J . Youd , both of whom expressed the great pleasure it had given them to visit the Lodge . Bro . Youd , on behalf of the Aldershot brethren , returned thanks for the cordial manner with which the toast had been received , and he was

sure it was a delight to see Bro . Sounes installed , and also to witness the admirable manner in which Bro . Lockwood had performed the ceremony . He hoped that under Bro . Sounes ' , direction the Yorick Lodge would continue to llourish , and that during his year he would be furnished with

a good supply of work , and he thanked them for the excellent manner they had been entertained . The W . M . then introduced what was somewhat of an innovation at a banquet of a London lodge , namely , the toast of the Provincial Grand Officers of his mother province ,

Hants and Isle of Wight , a large number of whom were present that evening as his guests . W . Bro . Arthur Smith , Prov . G . D ., in response spoke at some length of the prosperity of their province under the rule of R . W . Bro . Sir Augustus Frederick Webster , Bart ., and he rejoiced ( hat ( he W . M . of

( he Yorick Lodge would next year be Master of the Panmure Lodge , Xo . 723 , on ihe auspicious occasion of its jubilee , and its members intended to render it a very festive event , and he trusted to meet there many members of the Yorick Lodge , who had , as hosts , extended them such a fraternal

welcome that evening . The toast of the " Past Masters , Treasurer and Secretary , " was then honoured and brielly responded to . The . toast of '' The Officers of the Lodge" followed , and was responded toby Bro . G . Robins with a very humorous speech .

The Tyler ' s Toast brought a most enjoyable evening to a close .