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Colonial.
Clarke , the Prov . G . M . of Victoria , with various Masonic emblems and devices , and portraits of celebrated Freemasons . A superb canopy of blue and white damask , with cornice of white enamel , gold , and crimson , is placed over the Master ' s chair , and the windows are tastefullydraped ¦ ¦ with the same material .
The Master ' s and Wardens' chairs are upwards of six feet high , in oak , a combination of the Elizabethan and Renaissance styles . They are enriched with ornamentation , in relief , on the backs , sides , arms , and legs , with gilt emblems at the backs , of the rank of the respective occupants , and upholstered with crimson damask . Three magnificent columns , of the Doric , Ionic , and Corinthian orders of architecture , upwards of six feet high , each comprising pedestal , shaft ,
capital , and entablature , adapted from the best examples of Palladio and Scaniozzi , and every part being in true architectural proportion , are placed respectively near the Master ' s and Wardens' chairs . The shafts were formed from graduated conchoid diameters , from elaborate drawings to full size . These columns are richly gilt in water gildings mat and burnished , and are placed on triple plinths , in mosaic .
Three pedestals , of the Doric , Ionic , arid Corinthian orders of architecture , are placed respectively before the Master ' s and Warden ' s chairs , and are in the same strict architectural proportion as the columns . These pedestals are . of cedar , finished in white enamel , with gilt Masonic emblems in front of each . -Upon each of the pedestals is a gavel , in oak , enriched with ornamentation in relief , of the Corinthian order , and partiallv gilt , with Masonic emblems thereon of the
respective Officers for whose use they are designed . Upon the Ionic and Corinthian pedestals are to be placed small columns of these orders , in white and gold . On the Master ' s pedestal is a crimson velvet cushion , on which is placed an illustrated quarto Bible , elegantly bound and tooled , with gilt metalled edges , and massive gilt clasps . The name of the Lodge is in gilt letters on the cover and on the first page , in illuminated ornamental letters , in the style of the illuminated missals of the middle ages , executed by an accomplished scribe .
An upholstered oak stool , of mediaeval pattern , with floral embellishments in relievo , is placed near the entrance , where is a sword , whose blade , hilt and guard are of beautiful workmanship . An antique winch , lever , and ashlar , tools of the various degrees , rough ashlar , jewels chastely engraved with the rose , shamrock , and thistle , & c , will complete the paraphernalia of this elegantly furnished Lodge .
The Combermere Lodge was opened in due form at four o ' clock on February 10 th , there being a strong attendance of Masons , among whom were the R . W . Prov . G . M . Capt . Clarhe ; theR . W . Prov . G . M ., under the Irish Constitution , the Mayor of Melbourne , Prov . Grand Officers , Worshipful Masters , and other wellknown Brethren . Bro . J . J . Moody , P . Prov . J . G . W . for Cheshire , was formally installed as W . M . of the Combermere Lodge .
After the ceremony of inauguration was completed , the Brethren withdrew from the Lodge room in which the installation banquet was then laid , About seventy Brethren sat down to table , presided over by the W . M . of the Combermere Lodge , Bro . Moody ; the S . W . of the Lodge , Bro . M ' .. Hull , acting as croupier . To the right and left of the chair respectively sat Capt . Clarke and the Mayor of Melbourne . The cloth having been removed , and thanksgiving sung , the usual toasts were drunk and responded to .
The toast of " Our Brethren ot , and the Army in India" was received with Masonic honours . Bro . Clarke , R . W . Prov . G . M . for Victoria , responded in a feeling speech , in which he called upon the Brethren to be true to the principles of their Order , and show charity on an occasion when it was more than ordinarily demanded .
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Colonial.
Clarke , the Prov . G . M . of Victoria , with various Masonic emblems and devices , and portraits of celebrated Freemasons . A superb canopy of blue and white damask , with cornice of white enamel , gold , and crimson , is placed over the Master ' s chair , and the windows are tastefullydraped ¦ ¦ with the same material .
The Master ' s and Wardens' chairs are upwards of six feet high , in oak , a combination of the Elizabethan and Renaissance styles . They are enriched with ornamentation , in relief , on the backs , sides , arms , and legs , with gilt emblems at the backs , of the rank of the respective occupants , and upholstered with crimson damask . Three magnificent columns , of the Doric , Ionic , and Corinthian orders of architecture , upwards of six feet high , each comprising pedestal , shaft ,
capital , and entablature , adapted from the best examples of Palladio and Scaniozzi , and every part being in true architectural proportion , are placed respectively near the Master ' s and Wardens' chairs . The shafts were formed from graduated conchoid diameters , from elaborate drawings to full size . These columns are richly gilt in water gildings mat and burnished , and are placed on triple plinths , in mosaic .
Three pedestals , of the Doric , Ionic , arid Corinthian orders of architecture , are placed respectively before the Master ' s and Warden ' s chairs , and are in the same strict architectural proportion as the columns . These pedestals are . of cedar , finished in white enamel , with gilt Masonic emblems in front of each . -Upon each of the pedestals is a gavel , in oak , enriched with ornamentation in relief , of the Corinthian order , and partiallv gilt , with Masonic emblems thereon of the
respective Officers for whose use they are designed . Upon the Ionic and Corinthian pedestals are to be placed small columns of these orders , in white and gold . On the Master ' s pedestal is a crimson velvet cushion , on which is placed an illustrated quarto Bible , elegantly bound and tooled , with gilt metalled edges , and massive gilt clasps . The name of the Lodge is in gilt letters on the cover and on the first page , in illuminated ornamental letters , in the style of the illuminated missals of the middle ages , executed by an accomplished scribe .
An upholstered oak stool , of mediaeval pattern , with floral embellishments in relievo , is placed near the entrance , where is a sword , whose blade , hilt and guard are of beautiful workmanship . An antique winch , lever , and ashlar , tools of the various degrees , rough ashlar , jewels chastely engraved with the rose , shamrock , and thistle , & c , will complete the paraphernalia of this elegantly furnished Lodge .
The Combermere Lodge was opened in due form at four o ' clock on February 10 th , there being a strong attendance of Masons , among whom were the R . W . Prov . G . M . Capt . Clarhe ; theR . W . Prov . G . M ., under the Irish Constitution , the Mayor of Melbourne , Prov . Grand Officers , Worshipful Masters , and other wellknown Brethren . Bro . J . J . Moody , P . Prov . J . G . W . for Cheshire , was formally installed as W . M . of the Combermere Lodge .
After the ceremony of inauguration was completed , the Brethren withdrew from the Lodge room in which the installation banquet was then laid , About seventy Brethren sat down to table , presided over by the W . M . of the Combermere Lodge , Bro . Moody ; the S . W . of the Lodge , Bro . M ' .. Hull , acting as croupier . To the right and left of the chair respectively sat Capt . Clarke and the Mayor of Melbourne . The cloth having been removed , and thanksgiving sung , the usual toasts were drunk and responded to .
The toast of " Our Brethren ot , and the Army in India" was received with Masonic honours . Bro . Clarke , R . W . Prov . G . M . for Victoria , responded in a feeling speech , in which he called upon the Brethren to be true to the principles of their Order , and show charity on an occasion when it was more than ordinarily demanded .