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The Canadas.
prerogatives nor attempt to bind his successor , but whilst he continues in office , will allow the Brethren in Canada , and of course in Australia also , to nominate their own & ov /( x . M ., subject to his approval . And , says the ( KM ., "I shall not withhold my approval
from any Brethren so recommended , unless for weighty reasons , which I shall be prepared to state and justify . ' 'This is fair and honourable , and such a condition as no reasonable body of men can object to . His Lordship then alluded to a proposed reduction of the colonial fees , a matter we regard as of very secondary importance , and stated that he had already provided for the issue of blank
certificates to the Pro v . Gr . Ms ; in the colonies , which would prevent any complaints relative to the delay of their transmission from England . On the proposal to allow the Prov . Gr . Ms . to issue warrants for new Lodges , the G-. M . has very properly determined that the power must continue with himself , though he says that an equivalent prerogative has always been exercised by the Prov . Grand Masters of Colonial . Lodges , "for they have granted
dispensations for holding new Lodges , the warrants for which are never withheld . " The & , M . farther promises to subdivide the Colonies as much as possible , so that every Lodge may be brought within a convenient distance of its Prov . Grand Lodge . "We believe that this communication will prove satisfactory to the great majority of our Canadian Brethren , and it gives us sincere pleasure to see ^ the conciliatory spirit manifested by Grand Lodge , a spirit exemplified in the kindest manner by the Grand Master , who consented that
a petition from Canada Vest , on the subject of what we trust we may henceforth consider as past grievances , should be referred to the Colonial Committee , in conjunction with himself
The Eight Of Reporting In Grand Lodge.
THE EIGHT OF BEPOftTING IN GRAND LODGE .
The Emperor of the French reserves to himself the right of giving notice to the proprietors of newspapers and literary publications , when they do not exactly accord with his own ideas of government ; the third notice being sufficient to destroy the property of the luckless proprietor . It would appear that the G . M ., or rather , we are inclined to believe , those advisers who have so often led him into
dilficulties , is desirous , by a too literal construction of the Look of Constitutions , of possessing the same power ; and accordingly the Freemasons' Magazine lias received the first notice , and should the second and third come , we shall hail them as most fortunate , since the eifect is likely to be just the reverse to what would happen , were we publishing in E ranee instead of England . The Grand Master has reminded us that only one Brother is allowed to take notes in
Grrand Lodge ; that no tiling is to be published which has not been approved by the Gr . Sec . or GKM . ; and expressed a hope that the practice of taking note 3 may be discontinued for 'the future , the
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The Canadas.
prerogatives nor attempt to bind his successor , but whilst he continues in office , will allow the Brethren in Canada , and of course in Australia also , to nominate their own & ov /( x . M ., subject to his approval . And , says the ( KM ., "I shall not withhold my approval
from any Brethren so recommended , unless for weighty reasons , which I shall be prepared to state and justify . ' 'This is fair and honourable , and such a condition as no reasonable body of men can object to . His Lordship then alluded to a proposed reduction of the colonial fees , a matter we regard as of very secondary importance , and stated that he had already provided for the issue of blank
certificates to the Pro v . Gr . Ms ; in the colonies , which would prevent any complaints relative to the delay of their transmission from England . On the proposal to allow the Prov . Gr . Ms . to issue warrants for new Lodges , the G-. M . has very properly determined that the power must continue with himself , though he says that an equivalent prerogative has always been exercised by the Prov . Grand Masters of Colonial . Lodges , "for they have granted
dispensations for holding new Lodges , the warrants for which are never withheld . " The & , M . farther promises to subdivide the Colonies as much as possible , so that every Lodge may be brought within a convenient distance of its Prov . Grand Lodge . "We believe that this communication will prove satisfactory to the great majority of our Canadian Brethren , and it gives us sincere pleasure to see ^ the conciliatory spirit manifested by Grand Lodge , a spirit exemplified in the kindest manner by the Grand Master , who consented that
a petition from Canada Vest , on the subject of what we trust we may henceforth consider as past grievances , should be referred to the Colonial Committee , in conjunction with himself
The Eight Of Reporting In Grand Lodge.
THE EIGHT OF BEPOftTING IN GRAND LODGE .
The Emperor of the French reserves to himself the right of giving notice to the proprietors of newspapers and literary publications , when they do not exactly accord with his own ideas of government ; the third notice being sufficient to destroy the property of the luckless proprietor . It would appear that the G . M ., or rather , we are inclined to believe , those advisers who have so often led him into
dilficulties , is desirous , by a too literal construction of the Look of Constitutions , of possessing the same power ; and accordingly the Freemasons' Magazine lias received the first notice , and should the second and third come , we shall hail them as most fortunate , since the eifect is likely to be just the reverse to what would happen , were we publishing in E ranee instead of England . The Grand Master has reminded us that only one Brother is allowed to take notes in
Grrand Lodge ; that no tiling is to be published which has not been approved by the Gr . Sec . or GKM . ; and expressed a hope that the practice of taking note 3 may be discontinued for 'the future , the