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Brethren from the suburbs and interior , at the whilst conveying ^ marked ^ Gompliment to Bro . J . j . Moody , the M Prov . Grand Officer for Lincolnshire and Cheshire , affords also a striking proof of the rapid progress of our noble art in this maguificent country . To enable our readers to understand the position of East Collingwood , a name , perhaps , never heard before by many , it may be requisite to state that the P ^ G . M ,, the Hon . Captain Clarke , was successful in the late legislative council in
obtaining- an act by which 150 persons—not less than thirty-six residing in a square mile—may petition the governor to form their locality into a municipality not exceeding an area of nine square miles , and no one part being at a greater distance . from any other than six miles . And if such petition be not opposed by a counter one containing a greater number of signatures , the inhabitants meet and elect three , five , or seven ( the latter being the nuinber uniformly to the present time ) cpuncillprs , who form a munieipal council , three of whose members retire
annually but are eligible to be re-elected , and appoint a town clerk , surveyor , collector , inspector , & c , and employ a valuator to value the rateable property of the municipality , and impose a rate on such property ( the maximum being two shillings in the pound ) , subject in every case to the approval of the governor . There are about twenty such municipalities in Victoria ; and the city of Melbourne , which contains about 80 , 000 inhabitants , is bounded by such municipalities- ^ -namely , East Collingwood , Richmond , Prahran , St . Kilday Emerald Hill , and Brunswick ^
East Collingwood comprises an area of about 1 , 100 acres , contains 11 , 000 inhabitants , and lias twenty-five miles of streets laid out , a la metalled . It has the river Yarra Yarra ; for about two and a half milesj as one of its boundaries , within which two bridges—one at a cost of ig 30 , 000—have been recently built over that river . Some of its streets are lighted with gas , and it will shortly have mains laid for the reception of water now brought through eighteen miles of mains to Melbourne from the Yan Yean reservoir , which is fifteen feet deep , and comprises a surface of 1 , 500 acres .
A numerous assemblage of visiting Brethren was congregated , amongst whom were the R . W . Prov . G . M . ; R . W . D . Prov . G . M . ; V . W . Prov . G . S . W . ; V . W . Prov . G . Chaplain , Bro . the Rev . 0 . P . M . Bardin , M . A . ; V . W . Prov . G . Secretary ; W . Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; Prov . G . Organist ; Bro . W . Baker , Prov . G Steward , & c . ( English Constitution . ) The R . W . Prov . G . M . ; V . W . Prov . S . W . ; V . W . Prov . G . Sec . ; Bro . J . W . Terry ; W . Prqy . G . S , Deacon , Bro . H . L . Drew , & c . ( Irish Constitution . ) The following Masters and Past Masters were also present ; English—Bros . H . Nathan , W . M . Australia Felix Lodge ; H .
Brotherton , W . M . Australasia Lodge ; Sidney James W . M . St . Kilda Lodge ; J , McDermott , W . M . Meridian Lodge ; Joseph Lewis ( Proy . G . Steward ) , W . M . Collingwood Lodge ; R . S . Anderson , J , P ., W . M . Yarra Yarra Lodge ; Rev . C . P . M . Bardin , W . M . Mariners Lodge ; Robert Levick ( P . M . ) , W . M . Lodge of Instruction ; Edward Grafton , P . M . ; J . G . Golding Fill , P . M . Golden Lodge of Bendigo ( 120 miles from Melbourne ) , & c . Irish—Bros . Myers , Lodge of Hiram ; B . Wheelock , Washington Lodge ; Wall worth , Victoria Lodge . " Scottish —Bro . J . H . Thomas , W . M . Australasia Kilwinning Lodge . Bro . Reginald Scarfe , W , M . of the Boroondara Lodge was unable , from illness , to attend .
At the invitation of the W . M . elect , Brother H . W . Lowry , V . W . Prov . G . S . W . for Victoria , performed the duties of installing Master , which were most efficiently discharged . Bro . Lowry , having taken the chair , appointed the W . M . of the Australia Felix Lodge his S . W ., and the W . M . of the St . Kilda Lodge his J . W ., pro tern . ; Bro . E . Grafton ( Prov . G . Steward ) , I . G ., and other brethren , The Lodge was then opened in the 1 st Degree , when the two Prov . G . Ms , and
their Prov . G . Officers were marshalled into the Lodge to solemn music by the Dir . of Cers ., Deacons and Stewards , and took their appointed places . The grand honours were respectively given to the two Prov . G . Ms . when the V . W . Prov . G . M . the ; Hon . Capt . Clarke took the chair . An ode in honour of Masonry was sung , and the ceremony then proceeded in ancient constitutional form , as follows , so far as we are permitted to disclose it .
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Colonial.
Brethren from the suburbs and interior , at the whilst conveying ^ marked ^ Gompliment to Bro . J . j . Moody , the M Prov . Grand Officer for Lincolnshire and Cheshire , affords also a striking proof of the rapid progress of our noble art in this maguificent country . To enable our readers to understand the position of East Collingwood , a name , perhaps , never heard before by many , it may be requisite to state that the P ^ G . M ,, the Hon . Captain Clarke , was successful in the late legislative council in
obtaining- an act by which 150 persons—not less than thirty-six residing in a square mile—may petition the governor to form their locality into a municipality not exceeding an area of nine square miles , and no one part being at a greater distance . from any other than six miles . And if such petition be not opposed by a counter one containing a greater number of signatures , the inhabitants meet and elect three , five , or seven ( the latter being the nuinber uniformly to the present time ) cpuncillprs , who form a munieipal council , three of whose members retire
annually but are eligible to be re-elected , and appoint a town clerk , surveyor , collector , inspector , & c , and employ a valuator to value the rateable property of the municipality , and impose a rate on such property ( the maximum being two shillings in the pound ) , subject in every case to the approval of the governor . There are about twenty such municipalities in Victoria ; and the city of Melbourne , which contains about 80 , 000 inhabitants , is bounded by such municipalities- ^ -namely , East Collingwood , Richmond , Prahran , St . Kilday Emerald Hill , and Brunswick ^
East Collingwood comprises an area of about 1 , 100 acres , contains 11 , 000 inhabitants , and lias twenty-five miles of streets laid out , a la metalled . It has the river Yarra Yarra ; for about two and a half milesj as one of its boundaries , within which two bridges—one at a cost of ig 30 , 000—have been recently built over that river . Some of its streets are lighted with gas , and it will shortly have mains laid for the reception of water now brought through eighteen miles of mains to Melbourne from the Yan Yean reservoir , which is fifteen feet deep , and comprises a surface of 1 , 500 acres .
A numerous assemblage of visiting Brethren was congregated , amongst whom were the R . W . Prov . G . M . ; R . W . D . Prov . G . M . ; V . W . Prov . G . S . W . ; V . W . Prov . G . Chaplain , Bro . the Rev . 0 . P . M . Bardin , M . A . ; V . W . Prov . G . Secretary ; W . Prov . G . Dir . of Cers . ; Prov . G . Organist ; Bro . W . Baker , Prov . G Steward , & c . ( English Constitution . ) The R . W . Prov . G . M . ; V . W . Prov . S . W . ; V . W . Prov . G . Sec . ; Bro . J . W . Terry ; W . Prqy . G . S , Deacon , Bro . H . L . Drew , & c . ( Irish Constitution . ) The following Masters and Past Masters were also present ; English—Bros . H . Nathan , W . M . Australia Felix Lodge ; H .
Brotherton , W . M . Australasia Lodge ; Sidney James W . M . St . Kilda Lodge ; J , McDermott , W . M . Meridian Lodge ; Joseph Lewis ( Proy . G . Steward ) , W . M . Collingwood Lodge ; R . S . Anderson , J , P ., W . M . Yarra Yarra Lodge ; Rev . C . P . M . Bardin , W . M . Mariners Lodge ; Robert Levick ( P . M . ) , W . M . Lodge of Instruction ; Edward Grafton , P . M . ; J . G . Golding Fill , P . M . Golden Lodge of Bendigo ( 120 miles from Melbourne ) , & c . Irish—Bros . Myers , Lodge of Hiram ; B . Wheelock , Washington Lodge ; Wall worth , Victoria Lodge . " Scottish —Bro . J . H . Thomas , W . M . Australasia Kilwinning Lodge . Bro . Reginald Scarfe , W , M . of the Boroondara Lodge was unable , from illness , to attend .
At the invitation of the W . M . elect , Brother H . W . Lowry , V . W . Prov . G . S . W . for Victoria , performed the duties of installing Master , which were most efficiently discharged . Bro . Lowry , having taken the chair , appointed the W . M . of the Australia Felix Lodge his S . W ., and the W . M . of the St . Kilda Lodge his J . W ., pro tern . ; Bro . E . Grafton ( Prov . G . Steward ) , I . G ., and other brethren , The Lodge was then opened in the 1 st Degree , when the two Prov . G . Ms , and
their Prov . G . Officers were marshalled into the Lodge to solemn music by the Dir . of Cers ., Deacons and Stewards , and took their appointed places . The grand honours were respectively given to the two Prov . G . Ms . when the V . W . Prov . G . M . the ; Hon . Capt . Clarke took the chair . An ode in honour of Masonry was sung , and the ceremony then proceeded in ancient constitutional form , as follows , so far as we are permitted to disclose it .