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Notice.
* ' A . "—The By-laws having received the sanction of the Prov . Grand Master , the Lodge can legally act upon them ; but we are of opinion with the late Grand Registrar , that thte By daw in question is a very improper one , the mode of proceeding indicated by the " Book of Constitutions "being quite sufficient . Our esteemed correspondent at the Cape of Good Hope is assured that Bro . Muggridge is not asleep . If we have not had many reports of the Lion and Lamb Lodge lately , we suppose it is because the Brethren have not considered the proceedings of sufficient importance to communicate to us .
"W . H .- —693 .- The innovation you allude to is impossible , and correspondence , upon it therefore , would be only productive of harm . ¦'¦>^ ¦ - ' " '¦ ¦ ' . ; l :: V ^ ^ ~ 1 . —" May a Lodge give a Brother , leaving it , a ^ certificate of his having passed the Warden ' s chair ? "—Yes .
2 . — - " May a Past Warden wear a collar and the jewel of his late office *?"—No . 3 .- — " May a Past Officer of a private Lodge wear the jewel of his late office suspended by a ribbon , and if so , by what coloured ribbon ? " - —The immediate Past Master should do so , none other . The collar must of course be blue , unless the Brother isjxy rank authorized to wear the red or purple . 6 ¦ J . P . C" writes : — e { A . Brother who has been initiated , passed , and raised , in an English Lodge , under charter from the Grand Lodge of England , goes to Scotland or Ireland and is exalted to the Royal Arch ( this ceremony includes the Mark Master ' s degree , also the installation into or passing the chair ) , is the Brother so exalted allowed to rank as a Past Master , wear the Past Master ' s jewel and
levels on the apron in an English Lodge of Craft Masons , and be present at installations of Masters to the chair , and in all other respects rank as a Past Master ?"— -To this we reply most certainly not . The ceremony of the Past Master ' s degree in Ireland or Scotland is only a preliminary to the taking of the Royal Arch Degree , and confers no rank whatever upon the Brother receiving it .
"A Master Mason . "—We are not aware of any fund for assisting Brethren with advances of money by way of loan . If such a fund existed , we have no doubt there would be plenty of applicants , and we fear persons might be led to enter our Order with a view of availing themselves of it . We are requested to correct one or two errors in our account of the Aggregate
Banquet at Devonport , which was kindly supplied us by a local correspondent . It was not the Chairman , but the Provincial Chaplain , the Rev . W . E . Hadow , who said grace ; and it was Bro . Horace A . Lloyd , W . M . of ISTo . 46 , Exeter , and not Bro . Southwood , who acknowledged the toast of the Worshipful Masters of local Lodges .
" H . V . B . " shall be attended to next month . ° " C . J . C" writes— "I should feel greatly obliged if you would inform us what is the customary mode of electing the W . Master of a Lodge ? Our plan is to propose and second some deserving Brother , and then , at the next meeting , to send the ballot-box round . As we have never had more than one Brother nominated , the elections have always been unanimous ; but being informed that this is not the proper mode , we are anxious to follow the course generally practised . I
ought , in explanation , to add , that although numbering seventy members , our Lodge is but thirteen years old . "—You adopt the course of Grand Lodge ; but in private Lodges , the usual , and , we should rule , the most regular plan is , on the night of election to read the names of all the Brothers eligible for the Office , and then take a ballot , the members writing the name of-the Brother for whom they wish to vote . This course gets rid of the invxdiousness of placing up one Brother ijj opposition to another .
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Notice.
* ' A . "—The By-laws having received the sanction of the Prov . Grand Master , the Lodge can legally act upon them ; but we are of opinion with the late Grand Registrar , that thte By daw in question is a very improper one , the mode of proceeding indicated by the " Book of Constitutions "being quite sufficient . Our esteemed correspondent at the Cape of Good Hope is assured that Bro . Muggridge is not asleep . If we have not had many reports of the Lion and Lamb Lodge lately , we suppose it is because the Brethren have not considered the proceedings of sufficient importance to communicate to us .
"W . H .- —693 .- The innovation you allude to is impossible , and correspondence , upon it therefore , would be only productive of harm . ¦'¦>^ ¦ - ' " '¦ ¦ ' . ; l :: V ^ ^ ~ 1 . —" May a Lodge give a Brother , leaving it , a ^ certificate of his having passed the Warden ' s chair ? "—Yes .
2 . — - " May a Past Warden wear a collar and the jewel of his late office *?"—No . 3 .- — " May a Past Officer of a private Lodge wear the jewel of his late office suspended by a ribbon , and if so , by what coloured ribbon ? " - —The immediate Past Master should do so , none other . The collar must of course be blue , unless the Brother isjxy rank authorized to wear the red or purple . 6 ¦ J . P . C" writes : — e { A . Brother who has been initiated , passed , and raised , in an English Lodge , under charter from the Grand Lodge of England , goes to Scotland or Ireland and is exalted to the Royal Arch ( this ceremony includes the Mark Master ' s degree , also the installation into or passing the chair ) , is the Brother so exalted allowed to rank as a Past Master , wear the Past Master ' s jewel and
levels on the apron in an English Lodge of Craft Masons , and be present at installations of Masters to the chair , and in all other respects rank as a Past Master ?"— -To this we reply most certainly not . The ceremony of the Past Master ' s degree in Ireland or Scotland is only a preliminary to the taking of the Royal Arch Degree , and confers no rank whatever upon the Brother receiving it .
"A Master Mason . "—We are not aware of any fund for assisting Brethren with advances of money by way of loan . If such a fund existed , we have no doubt there would be plenty of applicants , and we fear persons might be led to enter our Order with a view of availing themselves of it . We are requested to correct one or two errors in our account of the Aggregate
Banquet at Devonport , which was kindly supplied us by a local correspondent . It was not the Chairman , but the Provincial Chaplain , the Rev . W . E . Hadow , who said grace ; and it was Bro . Horace A . Lloyd , W . M . of ISTo . 46 , Exeter , and not Bro . Southwood , who acknowledged the toast of the Worshipful Masters of local Lodges .
" H . V . B . " shall be attended to next month . ° " C . J . C" writes— "I should feel greatly obliged if you would inform us what is the customary mode of electing the W . Master of a Lodge ? Our plan is to propose and second some deserving Brother , and then , at the next meeting , to send the ballot-box round . As we have never had more than one Brother nominated , the elections have always been unanimous ; but being informed that this is not the proper mode , we are anxious to follow the course generally practised . I
ought , in explanation , to add , that although numbering seventy members , our Lodge is but thirteen years old . "—You adopt the course of Grand Lodge ; but in private Lodges , the usual , and , we should rule , the most regular plan is , on the night of election to read the names of all the Brothers eligible for the Office , and then take a ballot , the members writing the name of-the Brother for whom they wish to vote . This course gets rid of the invxdiousness of placing up one Brother ijj opposition to another .