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

Commencing with thirty-three lodges , the Grand Lodge of Western Australia now has a total of more than double that number , and at the end ot" 1904 there were 334 8

JIRO . K . A . Mr _ . r _ rjJ _ . iN , DEPUTY GRAND MASTER OK WESTERN AUSTRALIA . subscribing members on the roll . Bro . F . A . 'McMullen , Deputy Grand Master in 1903-4 , residing as he does at

Kalgoorlie , has done yeoman service on the eastern goldfields . Returning to the Grand Lodge of Scotland , its latest policy in the antagonism that prevailed , was , while still refusing recognition to Western Australia , it nevertheless

refrained from prohibiting fraternal intercourse between the members of its own lodges and those of the colonial Grand Lodge . There is surely an inconsistency here . On the other hand the West Australians receive members of the Scotch lodges that were existing prior to the foundation of

the Grand Lodge , whilst those chartered subsequently are declared to be clandestine . Altogether the West Australian status is as complicated as can well be imagined , more

especially that late in 1904 there was a project on foot to divide the Scottish district into two , namely , the Goldlields and the Coastal , the lodges of the latter being apparently opposed to the movement . Early in 1904 a Supreme Grand Chapter was founded in Western Australia , six of the seven Scottish and the one

English chapter forming the constituent body , the latter formerly attached to the West Australian Lodge , No . 1033 . An application for recognition by the Supreme Grand Chapter of England in 1905 was postponed until the Supreme Grand Chapter of Scotland had come to a decision , as ,

singular to say , the parent body , after in effect signifying its approval of what had been done by the colonial chapters , executed a rolle-facc and declared the new Grand Chapter to be irregular .

To conclude , the head ot the Scotch lodges in Western Australia is now designated " Pro Grand Master . " The holder of the office is Dr . J . M . Y . Stewart . ( To be continued . )

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