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Knights Templar
EHIGHTS TEMPLAE-
Stomhoxj ^ E .- —Loyal JB > nArodno . » cX ;' J &^ cwi ? y ^ e »^ -. ^ r ^ A . t-- "tHe : usual quarterly meeting of this Encampment , held at St . George ' s Hall , Stonehouse , Plymouth , 24 th September , 1858 , the following Royal Arch Companions were duly installed Knights of the Holy Temple , viz . —Lord Graves and Richard R . Rodd , of Chapter Sincerity ( No . 224 ) , and John Merrineld , of Bedford Chapter ( No . 351 ) . This Encampment , we are happy to be able to state , is advancing favourably . Since
DEVONSHIRE
its revival , on the 1 st September , 1857 , ( after an abeyance of seven yearsV , under its present eminent commander , Sir Xnight R . Dowse , M . D ., he , during ( his year of offlce , has had the pleaM ^ the Order , and throu ^ his exertmns s ^ have joined , so that the Encatnpm ^ nt now nuhiD ^ rs sixteen Oh the present election of officers for the eitsuing par , Sir Eni ^ t l ) owse was again unanimously elected Eminent Commahder . and Sir Ithight E ^
Scotland
SCOTLA JO
COMING- THE FIRST SOD OF THE SYMINGTON , BIGGAR , AND BROUGHTON RAILWAY , WITH MASONIC HONOURS . This cutting of the first sod of this railway took place with Masonic honours on Thursday , in a field about half a mile to the west of the town of Biggar . Greab inconvenience has been felt ,, especially within the last few years , by the inhabitants of Biggar and the neighbourhood , in consequence of the distance ( 3 h , miles ) of the nearest railway station ( Symington ) , and of the limited and expensive
means of transit for wood—a commodity of which a large quantity grows in this district—and other produce ^ to market towns . The . new line will be seven miles in length , and will branch off from the Caledonian about half a mile north of Symington station , and thence run along the valley to Biggar and Broughton . This part of the country abounds neither in the picturesque nor beautiful , and the proprietors of this line will have to trust , therefore , to goods and regular passengers and not to tourists , as in the case of some of our west country railways .
Thursday was a great day for Biggar and its neighbourhood . Flags and floral decorations adorned the town , at the west entrance of which a triumphal arch was erected . About half-past four in the afternoon a procession—consisting of the magistrates and council of Biggar , the Brethren of Biggar St . John Lodge , the directors , and a vast concourse of people , numbering about three thousand , headed
by three brass bands—started from the centre of the town , and marched to the field in which the ceremony was to be performed . On arriving at the ground , on which a small platform was erected , and where the directors took their stand , the ceremony of cutting the first sod was at once proceeded with , and three cheers given for the success of the new line . Upon silence being restored ,
Mr . Laillie Cochrane , who was on the platform , said—It is now some year since we were assembled together , not many miles distant from this scene , to raise the first sod of an undertaking which , I will venture to say , is second to none in the advantages which it has conferred on a vast extent of country . I well remember when the Caledonian Railway was first started , the doubts and anxieties entertained by many persons in its ultimate success might well have depressed the energies of men who possessed less confidence in their resolution and energy than the promoters of that line ; but , in spite of obstacles of every description , the
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Knights Templar
EHIGHTS TEMPLAE-
Stomhoxj ^ E .- —Loyal JB > nArodno . » cX ;' J &^ cwi ? y ^ e »^ -. ^ r ^ A . t-- "tHe : usual quarterly meeting of this Encampment , held at St . George ' s Hall , Stonehouse , Plymouth , 24 th September , 1858 , the following Royal Arch Companions were duly installed Knights of the Holy Temple , viz . —Lord Graves and Richard R . Rodd , of Chapter Sincerity ( No . 224 ) , and John Merrineld , of Bedford Chapter ( No . 351 ) . This Encampment , we are happy to be able to state , is advancing favourably . Since
DEVONSHIRE
its revival , on the 1 st September , 1857 , ( after an abeyance of seven yearsV , under its present eminent commander , Sir Xnight R . Dowse , M . D ., he , during ( his year of offlce , has had the pleaM ^ the Order , and throu ^ his exertmns s ^ have joined , so that the Encatnpm ^ nt now nuhiD ^ rs sixteen Oh the present election of officers for the eitsuing par , Sir Eni ^ t l ) owse was again unanimously elected Eminent Commahder . and Sir Ithight E ^
Scotland
SCOTLA JO
COMING- THE FIRST SOD OF THE SYMINGTON , BIGGAR , AND BROUGHTON RAILWAY , WITH MASONIC HONOURS . This cutting of the first sod of this railway took place with Masonic honours on Thursday , in a field about half a mile to the west of the town of Biggar . Greab inconvenience has been felt ,, especially within the last few years , by the inhabitants of Biggar and the neighbourhood , in consequence of the distance ( 3 h , miles ) of the nearest railway station ( Symington ) , and of the limited and expensive
means of transit for wood—a commodity of which a large quantity grows in this district—and other produce ^ to market towns . The . new line will be seven miles in length , and will branch off from the Caledonian about half a mile north of Symington station , and thence run along the valley to Biggar and Broughton . This part of the country abounds neither in the picturesque nor beautiful , and the proprietors of this line will have to trust , therefore , to goods and regular passengers and not to tourists , as in the case of some of our west country railways .
Thursday was a great day for Biggar and its neighbourhood . Flags and floral decorations adorned the town , at the west entrance of which a triumphal arch was erected . About half-past four in the afternoon a procession—consisting of the magistrates and council of Biggar , the Brethren of Biggar St . John Lodge , the directors , and a vast concourse of people , numbering about three thousand , headed
by three brass bands—started from the centre of the town , and marched to the field in which the ceremony was to be performed . On arriving at the ground , on which a small platform was erected , and where the directors took their stand , the ceremony of cutting the first sod was at once proceeded with , and three cheers given for the success of the new line . Upon silence being restored ,
Mr . Laillie Cochrane , who was on the platform , said—It is now some year since we were assembled together , not many miles distant from this scene , to raise the first sod of an undertaking which , I will venture to say , is second to none in the advantages which it has conferred on a vast extent of country . I well remember when the Caledonian Railway was first started , the doubts and anxieties entertained by many persons in its ultimate success might well have depressed the energies of men who possessed less confidence in their resolution and energy than the promoters of that line ; but , in spite of obstacles of every description , the