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Freemasonry In Queensland.
The Belle Steamers announce that their new pier at Felixstowe was completed and opened for traffic on Saturday , ist July . The pier is over half a mile long , and passengers will now be able to land on the sea front in the very centre of the town , instead of two miles away as heretofore . This
is the fifth pier built on the East Coast by the Coast Development Corporation , viz ., Clacton , Walton , Felixstowe , Southwold , and Lowestoft , all of which are served by their fleet of steamers running from Fresh Wharf , London Bridge . It would be difficult to imagine a more pleasant way of spending ( he week-end than by taking a trip on one of the above well-known steamers .
At the West Ham Parish Church on Sunday , June i 8 th , a large assembly of local Freemasons assembled to hear an address by Bro . the Bishop of Barking , P . G . C . The service that clay , he said , was in aid of the Tower Restoration Fund . The line old tower of the Parish Church of West Ham had been a landmark for centuries . It had been built by our pious
forefathers , among whom no doubt were many Masons . It was the duty of the present generation to see that , so far as was possible , it should be handed down to posterity in no worse condition than it had been given to them . It was a most interesting fact that in the interior of the tower was a stone
bearing the familiar Masonic emblem of mortality , the skull and crossbones . This was a relic of the old Langthorne Abbey at West Ham , and it had been inserted in the tower alongside of tablets commemorating the generosity of two local gentlemen . He exhoited them , in conclusion , to live up to their Masonic undertakings and professions . The amount of the collection was A ' 40 1 is . 8 d .
© © © Lodges formed of provincial brethren resident in the metropolis have now become numerous , since the constituting , in 1890 . of the Cornish Lodge , No . 2369 , which was the pioneer in this movement . The latest addition to the roll
was the Valentia Lodge , named after the popular Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire , the founders of which are all Oxonians . The consecration took place recently at the Hotel Cecil . The proceedings were of a very interesting character , and the lodge starts on its c ueer under the most encouraging circumstances .
The Regent Hotel, Leamington.
The Regent hotel , Leamington .
OUIGIXAU . Y built in 1819 , was re-opened on Saturday , June 3 rd , after being almost entirely reconstructed and furnished by Maple & Co . It now contains every modern convenience and comfort
—lifts to all floors , electric light and telephones in every room . A motor garage has been installed with a resident engineer always in attendance . The hotel contains 80 bedrooms , and , with a view to the hunting season , the stables have accommodation for 90 horses . There are two billiard
rooms , with three tables . A party of pressmen left iown by special train recently and were entertained at luncheon . The Proprietor , Mr . Cridlan , subsequently showing his guests over the hotel .
THE I . OUNUE .
EXTEKIOIi .
All were of opinion that no more comfortable hotel could be found outside London . The smoke room in green and oxidised fittings with oak wainscot , the drawing room furnished in the fashion of Louis XV . period , are particularly line . The drawing room a magnificent apartment 75 feet
long , with windows overlooking the gardens . This room has a special spring balance lloor with a view to its use as a ball room . No longer can the reproach be made that Leamington
is without a really lirst-class modern hotel . In its earlier clays the hotel entertained royalty and a goodly number of the aristocracy , and it is now again able to offer fitting accommodation for the most exacting guests .
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemasonry In Queensland.
The Belle Steamers announce that their new pier at Felixstowe was completed and opened for traffic on Saturday , ist July . The pier is over half a mile long , and passengers will now be able to land on the sea front in the very centre of the town , instead of two miles away as heretofore . This
is the fifth pier built on the East Coast by the Coast Development Corporation , viz ., Clacton , Walton , Felixstowe , Southwold , and Lowestoft , all of which are served by their fleet of steamers running from Fresh Wharf , London Bridge . It would be difficult to imagine a more pleasant way of spending ( he week-end than by taking a trip on one of the above well-known steamers .
At the West Ham Parish Church on Sunday , June i 8 th , a large assembly of local Freemasons assembled to hear an address by Bro . the Bishop of Barking , P . G . C . The service that clay , he said , was in aid of the Tower Restoration Fund . The line old tower of the Parish Church of West Ham had been a landmark for centuries . It had been built by our pious
forefathers , among whom no doubt were many Masons . It was the duty of the present generation to see that , so far as was possible , it should be handed down to posterity in no worse condition than it had been given to them . It was a most interesting fact that in the interior of the tower was a stone
bearing the familiar Masonic emblem of mortality , the skull and crossbones . This was a relic of the old Langthorne Abbey at West Ham , and it had been inserted in the tower alongside of tablets commemorating the generosity of two local gentlemen . He exhoited them , in conclusion , to live up to their Masonic undertakings and professions . The amount of the collection was A ' 40 1 is . 8 d .
© © © Lodges formed of provincial brethren resident in the metropolis have now become numerous , since the constituting , in 1890 . of the Cornish Lodge , No . 2369 , which was the pioneer in this movement . The latest addition to the roll
was the Valentia Lodge , named after the popular Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Oxfordshire , the founders of which are all Oxonians . The consecration took place recently at the Hotel Cecil . The proceedings were of a very interesting character , and the lodge starts on its c ueer under the most encouraging circumstances .
The Regent Hotel, Leamington.
The Regent hotel , Leamington .
OUIGIXAU . Y built in 1819 , was re-opened on Saturday , June 3 rd , after being almost entirely reconstructed and furnished by Maple & Co . It now contains every modern convenience and comfort
—lifts to all floors , electric light and telephones in every room . A motor garage has been installed with a resident engineer always in attendance . The hotel contains 80 bedrooms , and , with a view to the hunting season , the stables have accommodation for 90 horses . There are two billiard
rooms , with three tables . A party of pressmen left iown by special train recently and were entertained at luncheon . The Proprietor , Mr . Cridlan , subsequently showing his guests over the hotel .
THE I . OUNUE .
EXTEKIOIi .
All were of opinion that no more comfortable hotel could be found outside London . The smoke room in green and oxidised fittings with oak wainscot , the drawing room furnished in the fashion of Louis XV . period , are particularly line . The drawing room a magnificent apartment 75 feet
long , with windows overlooking the gardens . This room has a special spring balance lloor with a view to its use as a ball room . No longer can the reproach be made that Leamington
is without a really lirst-class modern hotel . In its earlier clays the hotel entertained royalty and a goodly number of the aristocracy , and it is now again able to offer fitting accommodation for the most exacting guests .