Provincial Grand Lodge Of Worcestershire.

Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire .

THE annual Provincial Grand Lodge of Worcestershire was held at Kidderminster Town Hall on August 24 th , under the banner of Hope and Charity Lodge . In the absence , through illness , of R . W . Bro . Sir A . F . Godson , M . P ., Provincial Grand Masterhis place was taken by Bro . W . T .

, Page , Deputy Provincial Grand Master , Bro . G . W . Grosvenor , the oldest Provincial Senior Grand Warden , acting as Deputy Provincial Grand Master . Amongst the visitors were : — Bro . Threlfall , Senior Grand Warden of Ireland ; Bro . A . Green , P . G . Purst . Eng . ; and Bro . F . R . Hedges , P . G . S . B .,

and Secretary of the . Royal Masonic Institution for Girls . The officers appointed for the year were : —Bros . W . T . Page , P . A . G . D . of Cers ., P . P . G . Sec , Deputy Provincial Grand Master ; S . Southall , Provincial Senior Grand Warden ; W . E . Williams , Provincial Junior . Grand Warden ; the Rev . G . F . Hough , Provincial Grand Chaplain ;

J . Millington , Provincial Grand Treasurer ; Edwin Parry , Provincial Grand Registrar ; Edward Collens , Provincial Grand Secretary ; H . E . Newey , Provincial Senior Grand Deacon ; S . S . Somers , Provincial Junior Grand Deacon ; R . W . Rusby , Provincial Grand Superintendent of Works ;

W . H . Hand , Provincial Grand Director of Ceremonies ; H . Scandrett , Provincial Assistant Grand Director of Ceremonies ; T . Williams , Provincial Grand Sword Bearer ; W . G . Robins and F . W . Phelps , Provincial Grand Standard Bearers ; C . Turner , Provincial Grand Organist ; Frederick

Vale , Provincial Assistant Grand Secretary ; B . Richardson , Provincial Grand Pursuivant ; C . H . Averill , Provincial Assistant Grand Pursuivant ; Henry E . Purkis , John Lowe , Charles Drew , Henry Thorneloe , Joseph Ray , and Frederick Perkins , Provincial Grand Stewards ; and F . W . Knott and J . Dugard , Tylers .

Freemasonry In Chilli.

Freemasonry in Chilli .

THE magnificent Masonic Temple recently erected in the Calle Commerico , Concepcion , Chili , has been duly inaugurated by the three lodges—Chilian , English , and German . This imposing building must be classed amongst the finest Masonic Temples in South America , and is indeed well worthy of the object for which it was

THE TEMPLE .

designed . The festival of its inauguration produced much enthusiasm among the Craft in the south of the Republic , and may be characterised as a great social event in Concepcion . From Valparaiso came a special delegation of the Grand Lodge of Chili , and many other lodges , both foreign and native , were represented .

The Temple , with its gorgeous decorations , was seen at its best during the various ceremonies which were rendered in Spanish , English , and German , while the number of brethren assembled within it was a striking witness to the prevalence of harmony and brotherly love , as well as to the strength of the Craft in the capital of the South .

The solemn dedication of the new Temple was performed in due and ancient form on the following Monday , under the auspices of St . John ' s Lodge , the representatives of all the lodges who had witnessed the ceremony of inauguration being again present , in addition to the brethren of other lodges . This was another grand gathering of the Fraternity , there being not an empty seat in the Temple when the