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Our Architectural Chaptee.
undeniable evidence , what is the expression of the Masonic mind . Indeed it is a question , whether Grand Lodge need go through the form of ascertaining the sentiments of the provincial Brethren on the question of the central temple . It may be desirable to take the opinion of the metropolitan Brethren ; but the provincial and colonial Brethren have not only by words , but by deeds , shown what are their feelings as Masons . As true Masons , they are raising temples throughout the world for the seemly performance of our rites , and have already given
their votes on the question of tavern or temple . It is this progress of Masonic opinion which has been the true groundwork of the present movement in London . The consecration of the Freemasons' Hall , at Newport in Monmouthshire , has been already , sufficiently described in our columns ; but still it is not unworthy of comment that a town so new should
have possessed itself of a special temple . - In . the colonies we recorded the ceremony of laying the t foundation stone of a Masonic hall in -North Adelaide , a suburb of the city of Adelaide in South Australia . The building , it will be observed , is from the design of an architect of the Craft , Bro . Edmund W . Wright . It is ultimately intended to construct a hall 80 feet by 40 , and 24
feet high ; and in the mean time , the building includes sufficient Lodge rooms . We trust Bro . Wright will have the opportunity of carrying out his designs to completion . We do not know whether our professional readers noticed two facts recorded in . an . interesting contribution to our columns under the title of a The Journey of a Freemason from Meerut to Singapore . " He relates that , in the new seaport of Kurrachee , which is rising to importance as the maritime entrepot of the great valley of the Indus , but which is as yet but on a small scale and of limited
rescources , be found there that the Lodge of Hope had its own building , which is of stone , neat , commodious , and well adapted for the purposes of the Craft . It has been only erected within the last two or three years , by the Masons themselves . It is to be observed , that in India , on account of the low price of labour and materials , a Lodge can be set up cheaply . A hundred or two hundred pounds
will effect this ; and wc have known a church built for a hundred pounds , or even forty , but not of such a substantial character as is required for a Lodge . At Singapore our traveller found that the Lodge Zetland in the East , No . 748 , tlio Lodge of Fidelity mid . the Dalhousie Chapter , assemble in a Masonic hall , a handsome edifice , constructed by their
own means , at a cost of .- £ 2 , 000 . Singapore is a dearer place than India , We are not surprised , with such evidence at hand , to find a Prov . G . Chaplain writing to us in sympathy , and urging that Lodges should always be held in proper placea He dwells with earnestness on the desirability of architecture and science in general again taking their place in Masonic meetings . Such is the growing conviction oi
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Our Architectural Chaptee.
undeniable evidence , what is the expression of the Masonic mind . Indeed it is a question , whether Grand Lodge need go through the form of ascertaining the sentiments of the provincial Brethren on the question of the central temple . It may be desirable to take the opinion of the metropolitan Brethren ; but the provincial and colonial Brethren have not only by words , but by deeds , shown what are their feelings as Masons . As true Masons , they are raising temples throughout the world for the seemly performance of our rites , and have already given
their votes on the question of tavern or temple . It is this progress of Masonic opinion which has been the true groundwork of the present movement in London . The consecration of the Freemasons' Hall , at Newport in Monmouthshire , has been already , sufficiently described in our columns ; but still it is not unworthy of comment that a town so new should
have possessed itself of a special temple . - In . the colonies we recorded the ceremony of laying the t foundation stone of a Masonic hall in -North Adelaide , a suburb of the city of Adelaide in South Australia . The building , it will be observed , is from the design of an architect of the Craft , Bro . Edmund W . Wright . It is ultimately intended to construct a hall 80 feet by 40 , and 24
feet high ; and in the mean time , the building includes sufficient Lodge rooms . We trust Bro . Wright will have the opportunity of carrying out his designs to completion . We do not know whether our professional readers noticed two facts recorded in . an . interesting contribution to our columns under the title of a The Journey of a Freemason from Meerut to Singapore . " He relates that , in the new seaport of Kurrachee , which is rising to importance as the maritime entrepot of the great valley of the Indus , but which is as yet but on a small scale and of limited
rescources , be found there that the Lodge of Hope had its own building , which is of stone , neat , commodious , and well adapted for the purposes of the Craft . It has been only erected within the last two or three years , by the Masons themselves . It is to be observed , that in India , on account of the low price of labour and materials , a Lodge can be set up cheaply . A hundred or two hundred pounds
will effect this ; and wc have known a church built for a hundred pounds , or even forty , but not of such a substantial character as is required for a Lodge . At Singapore our traveller found that the Lodge Zetland in the East , No . 748 , tlio Lodge of Fidelity mid . the Dalhousie Chapter , assemble in a Masonic hall , a handsome edifice , constructed by their
own means , at a cost of .- £ 2 , 000 . Singapore is a dearer place than India , We are not surprised , with such evidence at hand , to find a Prov . G . Chaplain writing to us in sympathy , and urging that Lodges should always be held in proper placea He dwells with earnestness on the desirability of architecture and science in general again taking their place in Masonic meetings . Such is the growing conviction oi