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to beprnduc ^ more it is a bydaw in very many if not the ii ^ ajorit ^ of English Lodges , that no Brother shall be proposed as a joining member unless he has first visited the Lodge , thereby giving the members an opportunity of becoming acquainted with him . ] --JSW . Fwemwons' Magazme .
PROVINCIAL MASONIC CHABITIESv TO THE EPITOE Of THE F ^^ DiEAR Sir and BRom members of the Crafty coriseo ^ weeldy . Shbuid it not have aim insertion , either weekly or month ^ various Masonic provincial charities now in operation /
' The P ^ tionj be glad to supply you with the necessary detail ^ Masonic inforni ^ tibn whic ^ country subscribers . ^—I remain / dear Sir and Brother , ItTours fraterhally . Masonic L Ti ^ ¦ ' . Cross-st . Chambers , Manchester , And Prov . G . Beg . ! E . Lanc . Jam . M : lS ^ .
[ We should he most happy to receive the information , if the Brethren in the country would supply us with it . We have repeatedly invited the Secretaries of Lodges and other Brethren to supply us with any Masonic information likely to be of interest to the Craft hut the response to > our invitations comes from comparatively few , to whom we feel under the deepest obligations for their favours . ]—Ed , Freemasons Magazine .
NEW SOUTH WALES . TO TffE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir , —The Provincial Grand Lodge of Ci New South Wales , " and the Brethren generally , are complaining of the apparent studied neglect' to the wants and wishes of the Craft in this colony by the paid Officers of the Grand Lodge of England .
Last year , in the month of June , when I had the honour of an interview with the Most Worshipful Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , he promised faithfully to take into consideration the evils of which we complained , as recited in our memorial , and promised to amend them as speedily as possible . In accordance with Masonic law , and the opinions then expressed , the M . W . G . M . performed his task faithfully ; and at the Quarterly meeting of the Grand Lodge in October
the M . W . G . M . produced a well-digested coae of laws , suitable to the wants of Lodges and the Brethren out of England . By some inopportune cavil the contemplated changes in the " Book of Constitution , " for the good of Masonry in the colonies , was postponed until the quarterly meeting in the ensuing December . At that meeting I had the honour of being present , and the proposed alterations
were placed by the M . W . G . M . in the hands of the Colonial Board for supervision , with a hint of the necessity of their immediately becoming law . Accordingly , at the quarterly meeting of the Grand Lodge in March , 1857 , I find those laws passed by the Grand Lodge , almost in their entirety , as recommended and supported by the Chairman of the Colonial Board , Bro . Col . W . Burton , P . Prov . G . M ., Bengal . On receipt of this information by your Magazine , I was in daily expectation of receiving from the G . Sec . some communication to the effect that the suggested
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to beprnduc ^ more it is a bydaw in very many if not the ii ^ ajorit ^ of English Lodges , that no Brother shall be proposed as a joining member unless he has first visited the Lodge , thereby giving the members an opportunity of becoming acquainted with him . ] --JSW . Fwemwons' Magazme .
PROVINCIAL MASONIC CHABITIESv TO THE EPITOE Of THE F ^^ DiEAR Sir and BRom members of the Crafty coriseo ^ weeldy . Shbuid it not have aim insertion , either weekly or month ^ various Masonic provincial charities now in operation /
' The P ^ tionj be glad to supply you with the necessary detail ^ Masonic inforni ^ tibn whic ^ country subscribers . ^—I remain / dear Sir and Brother , ItTours fraterhally . Masonic L Ti ^ ¦ ' . Cross-st . Chambers , Manchester , And Prov . G . Beg . ! E . Lanc . Jam . M : lS ^ .
[ We should he most happy to receive the information , if the Brethren in the country would supply us with it . We have repeatedly invited the Secretaries of Lodges and other Brethren to supply us with any Masonic information likely to be of interest to the Craft hut the response to > our invitations comes from comparatively few , to whom we feel under the deepest obligations for their favours . ]—Ed , Freemasons Magazine .
NEW SOUTH WALES . TO TffE EDITOR OP THE FREEMASONS * MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . Sir , —The Provincial Grand Lodge of Ci New South Wales , " and the Brethren generally , are complaining of the apparent studied neglect' to the wants and wishes of the Craft in this colony by the paid Officers of the Grand Lodge of England .
Last year , in the month of June , when I had the honour of an interview with the Most Worshipful Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland , he promised faithfully to take into consideration the evils of which we complained , as recited in our memorial , and promised to amend them as speedily as possible . In accordance with Masonic law , and the opinions then expressed , the M . W . G . M . performed his task faithfully ; and at the Quarterly meeting of the Grand Lodge in October
the M . W . G . M . produced a well-digested coae of laws , suitable to the wants of Lodges and the Brethren out of England . By some inopportune cavil the contemplated changes in the " Book of Constitution , " for the good of Masonry in the colonies , was postponed until the quarterly meeting in the ensuing December . At that meeting I had the honour of being present , and the proposed alterations
were placed by the M . W . G . M . in the hands of the Colonial Board for supervision , with a hint of the necessity of their immediately becoming law . Accordingly , at the quarterly meeting of the Grand Lodge in March , 1857 , I find those laws passed by the Grand Lodge , almost in their entirety , as recommended and supported by the Chairman of the Colonial Board , Bro . Col . W . Burton , P . Prov . G . M ., Bengal . On receipt of this information by your Magazine , I was in daily expectation of receiving from the G . Sec . some communication to the effect that the suggested