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Bro . W . D . LEE trusted the gallant Colonel would send a pile from one of the pahs in New Zealand as a trophy . Several good songs and speeches followed , from Bros . Grindrod , Hamley , Lee , Bailey , Nicholls , O'Brien , and Macartney , who called upon their AV . M . He instantly acceded ancl gave " the pint-pot , quart-pot , gallon , butt , tun , pond , river , sea , ocean \ " which excited great laughter .
Bro . LEE gave that admirable national song " The Death of Nelson" with good effect , and was much applauded . Colonel Hamley was encored in " Life like a river is flowing , I care not how fast it runs on , hoys" ; the ahsence of all exertion and the soft smoothness in the rendering of this spirited Irish melody elicited much applause . Subsequently the gallant Colonel gave a parody on " The groves of Blarney" sparkling with wit in
, every line , which created much amusement . Bro . BAILEY gave " The Cameron Men . " We had also another Scotch song , "Hurrah for the Highlands "—but Irish songs seemed to carry the evening . One English song , however , deserves particular mention— -admirably rendered hy Bro . Nicolls—we mean the one commencing ,
" Tho I mingle m the throng . Bro . LOEESZ , having spoken to another toast , proposed " The Health of Bro . Colonel Maydwell , our own AA . M ., " which was received with full Masonic honours . The AV . MASTEE , in returning thanks , delicately declined all the honour attributed to him for the position of the Sphinx Lodge , and said it should he remembered that to Bro . Thompson , P . M . —whose task when in office was so much more difficult ,
and where be had to contend with so much—belonged the credit for the existence of the lodge at all . He then proposed " The Health of Bro . Thompson . " Bro . THOMPSON , P . M ., said that , notwithstanding the modest disclaimer of the W . M ., to him belonged the chief credit for their present position , which exceeded his ( Bro . Thompson ' s ) fondest hope when he left the chair . It was through the hard work of the AA . M- their numbers had been almost trebled . Bro .
Thompson concluded by expressing his deep sense of the kindness of the brethren in receiving his name so cordially . Bro . Colonel Sim ' s health was then drunk with the usual enthusiasm . He said , in returning thanks , that his promotion ( long on the way ) , if it did not confer greater place , pay , or patronage , it at least had the effect of passing him over the heads of about 500 majors and many more captains ; but what was more pleasing still , it afforded an opportunity for their
friendly congratulations , which he always valued . "The Officers of the Loclge" was then drunk , and suitably acknowledged by Bro . Grindrod , S . AV . "Major Hook and the Ceylon Rifles " was afterwards given in an amusing speech , by Bro . levers , which excited a good deal of merriment , and was promptly responded to by the gallant Major . Bro . Staples next was called upon for a song , which was a given with his usual drollness . Altogether the evening was voted a great successthe brethren not
, separating until early morning . As this little sketch was hurriedly jotted down , entirely from memory , this very morning , it may doubtless omit many little interesting incidents , however it probably includes all the essentials for the purpose of conveying to the non-Masonic reader ( who is not always so privileged ) the advantage of fraternal feelings and that the tie which exists between the brethren of
of the Order , and which makes them known to each other throughout the world without the necessity of a previous introduction or social intercourse in common , combines to produce with wholesome effect one of the finest of old social elementsmutual consideration . The feeling is suitably embodied in these simple Masonic lines , a feeling amply existing on the occasion under notice . " Happy to meet Sorry to part Happy to meet again . "
MAURITIUS . LODGE OP HAEMONY ( NO . 841 ) . —An emergency meeting of this lodge was held in the city of Port Louis at the Lodge Rooms of the R . \ L . ' . La Triple Esperance , on Thursday , the 24 th September last , for the purpose of celebrating a funeral service in memory of its late P . M ., Bro . J : C . C . Millward , who died * in England on the 16 th of May last . The lodge was
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duly opened at the appointed tune by Bro . Ambrose Porah Ambrose , AV . M . ; Bros . A . H . Jack , J . AV ., S . AA . pro tern . ; H . J . . Tourdain , P . AI ., J . W . pro tern . ; James Brodie , Treas . ; A . G . Rickwood , Sec ; AV . Harrison , S . D . ; H . R . Bell , J . D . ; AV . Besant , I . G . ; J . Ambrose , Steward ; — Freshlet , acting as Tyler ; and the following members : —Bros . W . Hazlett , A . Lancaster , F . T . Rickwood , J . J . Standley , A . R . Barrant , H . AVilson , F . Hartig , A . Scott , A . C . AViehe , and AV . D . . Botten .
Several distinguished brethren belonging to the sister lodges honoured the meeting with their presence , viz ., —Bros . J . C . de Lissa , AV . M . of the British Lodge ( No . 736 ); P . James Canonville , W . M . of the R .- . L . . La Triple Esperance ; P . Bavheavt . and J . 0 . Laval , P . M . 's of the R . \ L . - . La Paix ( G . 0 . F . ); with tbe following members of their respective lodges : —Bros . H . Byrnes and T . O'Toole , British Lodge ; E . Legoff , E . Lemaire , L . Lemaire , H . Descroizelles , V . Remino , Triple Esperance ; J .
de Luca , F . Latouche , AV . Allan , L . Figeot , La Paix ; John Cruikshank , M . M . Keith Lodge ( No . 56 ) . R . L . Castray , W . M . of the Military Lodge ( No . 235 ) , & c , being on the eve of his departure , could not attend , but the following brethren were present : —Bros . S . Roch , S . AA . ; A . G . Martins , J . M . Read , J . J . Adam . Bro . G . Snelling , their Organist , kindly placed his services at the disposal of the harmony . After the anthem , the AV . M ., aided by the brethren in attendance , performed the funeral service in the three degrees , and delivered an oration
suited to the sad occasion . He began by thanking the W . M . and brethren of the sister lodges for their kindness in joining with tbe members of tlie " Harmony " in paying a last token of respect to the memory of their late P . M . and founder of their lodge , and after briefly enumerating the services rendered by Bro . Millward to his lodge , he forcibly reminded them that , during the eighteen months he had held the gavel authority , how he had ruled his lodge in love , peace , ancl harmony . The
AV . M . further added , that had thoir late brother and P . M . no other claim upon tho members of the " Harmony , " still that one quality , that one virtue he might call it , would entitle his memory to the respect which , he was glad to say , all had joined with him in wishing to testify as soon as the news of his untimely end had reached Mauritius . The AV . M . concluded by urging on the members of his lodge how desirable ib was to regulate their actions in lodge ancl out of it , so as to conduce
to tho preservation of that harmony which had never ceased to reign among them since the foundation of their lodge , and to maintain the best feelings of brotherly love and friendship with the members of the sister lodges , affording thereby to the uninitiated world around them a practical illustration of the beautiful words of the Psalmist , " Behold how good and pleasant a thing it is to see brethren dwell together in unity . " The charity box was then passed , and the lodge closed in peace , love , and harmony .
Australia.
AUSTRALIA .
( From the Melbourne Masonic Journal . ) BENDIGO . — Golden Lodge of Bendigo ( No . 924 ) . —The members of this loclge held their usual monthly meeting in the Masonic Hall , on Tuesday , the 28 th July . The minutes of the former meeting having been read and confirmed , the following gentlemen were balloted for , and unanimously accepted : —Messrs . SouttarJ . B . PoundsG . E . TolhurstG . J . BignellIsaac
, , , , Irving , and Rev . C . J . Martin . Messrs . Souttar , Tolhurst , Bignell , Irving , and Martin , being in attendance , were duly initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry . MELBoanNE . —Meridian Lodge ( No . 1031 ) . —The regular meeting of the Meridian Lodge was held at their lodge-room , St . Patrick's Hall , on Monday evening , 3 rd August , Bro . Thos . Hamlet Taylor , AV . M . Bro . AA . C . D . Anderson , having served
his full time as an entered apprentice , and having made progress in the royal art , was passed to the F . C . degree . Bro . AV . A . D . Pitt was elected a joining member , ancl Bro . Martyr was proposed as a joining member . The lodge closed at an early hour iu peace , love , ancl harmony . Washington Lodge ( No . 368 ) . —The monthly meeting of the AVashington Lodge was held at the lodge-room , Ulster Hotel , Spring-street , on Monday , 3 rd August . Lodge was opened at a quarter to eight o'clock , Bro . Edwards , AV . M ., in the chair . Four gentlemen were balloted for ancl accepted . Messrs . James
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Bro . W . D . LEE trusted the gallant Colonel would send a pile from one of the pahs in New Zealand as a trophy . Several good songs and speeches followed , from Bros . Grindrod , Hamley , Lee , Bailey , Nicholls , O'Brien , and Macartney , who called upon their AV . M . He instantly acceded ancl gave " the pint-pot , quart-pot , gallon , butt , tun , pond , river , sea , ocean \ " which excited great laughter .
Bro . LEE gave that admirable national song " The Death of Nelson" with good effect , and was much applauded . Colonel Hamley was encored in " Life like a river is flowing , I care not how fast it runs on , hoys" ; the ahsence of all exertion and the soft smoothness in the rendering of this spirited Irish melody elicited much applause . Subsequently the gallant Colonel gave a parody on " The groves of Blarney" sparkling with wit in
, every line , which created much amusement . Bro . BAILEY gave " The Cameron Men . " We had also another Scotch song , "Hurrah for the Highlands "—but Irish songs seemed to carry the evening . One English song , however , deserves particular mention— -admirably rendered hy Bro . Nicolls—we mean the one commencing ,
" Tho I mingle m the throng . Bro . LOEESZ , having spoken to another toast , proposed " The Health of Bro . Colonel Maydwell , our own AA . M ., " which was received with full Masonic honours . The AV . MASTEE , in returning thanks , delicately declined all the honour attributed to him for the position of the Sphinx Lodge , and said it should he remembered that to Bro . Thompson , P . M . —whose task when in office was so much more difficult ,
and where be had to contend with so much—belonged the credit for the existence of the lodge at all . He then proposed " The Health of Bro . Thompson . " Bro . THOMPSON , P . M ., said that , notwithstanding the modest disclaimer of the W . M ., to him belonged the chief credit for their present position , which exceeded his ( Bro . Thompson ' s ) fondest hope when he left the chair . It was through the hard work of the AA . M- their numbers had been almost trebled . Bro .
Thompson concluded by expressing his deep sense of the kindness of the brethren in receiving his name so cordially . Bro . Colonel Sim ' s health was then drunk with the usual enthusiasm . He said , in returning thanks , that his promotion ( long on the way ) , if it did not confer greater place , pay , or patronage , it at least had the effect of passing him over the heads of about 500 majors and many more captains ; but what was more pleasing still , it afforded an opportunity for their
friendly congratulations , which he always valued . "The Officers of the Loclge" was then drunk , and suitably acknowledged by Bro . Grindrod , S . AV . "Major Hook and the Ceylon Rifles " was afterwards given in an amusing speech , by Bro . levers , which excited a good deal of merriment , and was promptly responded to by the gallant Major . Bro . Staples next was called upon for a song , which was a given with his usual drollness . Altogether the evening was voted a great successthe brethren not
, separating until early morning . As this little sketch was hurriedly jotted down , entirely from memory , this very morning , it may doubtless omit many little interesting incidents , however it probably includes all the essentials for the purpose of conveying to the non-Masonic reader ( who is not always so privileged ) the advantage of fraternal feelings and that the tie which exists between the brethren of
of the Order , and which makes them known to each other throughout the world without the necessity of a previous introduction or social intercourse in common , combines to produce with wholesome effect one of the finest of old social elementsmutual consideration . The feeling is suitably embodied in these simple Masonic lines , a feeling amply existing on the occasion under notice . " Happy to meet Sorry to part Happy to meet again . "
MAURITIUS . LODGE OP HAEMONY ( NO . 841 ) . —An emergency meeting of this lodge was held in the city of Port Louis at the Lodge Rooms of the R . \ L . ' . La Triple Esperance , on Thursday , the 24 th September last , for the purpose of celebrating a funeral service in memory of its late P . M ., Bro . J : C . C . Millward , who died * in England on the 16 th of May last . The lodge was
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duly opened at the appointed tune by Bro . Ambrose Porah Ambrose , AV . M . ; Bros . A . H . Jack , J . AV ., S . AA . pro tern . ; H . J . . Tourdain , P . AI ., J . W . pro tern . ; James Brodie , Treas . ; A . G . Rickwood , Sec ; AV . Harrison , S . D . ; H . R . Bell , J . D . ; AV . Besant , I . G . ; J . Ambrose , Steward ; — Freshlet , acting as Tyler ; and the following members : —Bros . W . Hazlett , A . Lancaster , F . T . Rickwood , J . J . Standley , A . R . Barrant , H . AVilson , F . Hartig , A . Scott , A . C . AViehe , and AV . D . . Botten .
Several distinguished brethren belonging to the sister lodges honoured the meeting with their presence , viz ., —Bros . J . C . de Lissa , AV . M . of the British Lodge ( No . 736 ); P . James Canonville , W . M . of the R .- . L . . La Triple Esperance ; P . Bavheavt . and J . 0 . Laval , P . M . 's of the R . \ L . - . La Paix ( G . 0 . F . ); with tbe following members of their respective lodges : —Bros . H . Byrnes and T . O'Toole , British Lodge ; E . Legoff , E . Lemaire , L . Lemaire , H . Descroizelles , V . Remino , Triple Esperance ; J .
de Luca , F . Latouche , AV . Allan , L . Figeot , La Paix ; John Cruikshank , M . M . Keith Lodge ( No . 56 ) . R . L . Castray , W . M . of the Military Lodge ( No . 235 ) , & c , being on the eve of his departure , could not attend , but the following brethren were present : —Bros . S . Roch , S . AA . ; A . G . Martins , J . M . Read , J . J . Adam . Bro . G . Snelling , their Organist , kindly placed his services at the disposal of the harmony . After the anthem , the AV . M ., aided by the brethren in attendance , performed the funeral service in the three degrees , and delivered an oration
suited to the sad occasion . He began by thanking the W . M . and brethren of the sister lodges for their kindness in joining with tbe members of tlie " Harmony " in paying a last token of respect to the memory of their late P . M . and founder of their lodge , and after briefly enumerating the services rendered by Bro . Millward to his lodge , he forcibly reminded them that , during the eighteen months he had held the gavel authority , how he had ruled his lodge in love , peace , ancl harmony . The
AV . M . further added , that had thoir late brother and P . M . no other claim upon tho members of the " Harmony , " still that one quality , that one virtue he might call it , would entitle his memory to the respect which , he was glad to say , all had joined with him in wishing to testify as soon as the news of his untimely end had reached Mauritius . The AV . M . concluded by urging on the members of his lodge how desirable ib was to regulate their actions in lodge ancl out of it , so as to conduce
to tho preservation of that harmony which had never ceased to reign among them since the foundation of their lodge , and to maintain the best feelings of brotherly love and friendship with the members of the sister lodges , affording thereby to the uninitiated world around them a practical illustration of the beautiful words of the Psalmist , " Behold how good and pleasant a thing it is to see brethren dwell together in unity . " The charity box was then passed , and the lodge closed in peace , love , and harmony .
Australia.
AUSTRALIA .
( From the Melbourne Masonic Journal . ) BENDIGO . — Golden Lodge of Bendigo ( No . 924 ) . —The members of this loclge held their usual monthly meeting in the Masonic Hall , on Tuesday , the 28 th July . The minutes of the former meeting having been read and confirmed , the following gentlemen were balloted for , and unanimously accepted : —Messrs . SouttarJ . B . PoundsG . E . TolhurstG . J . BignellIsaac
, , , , Irving , and Rev . C . J . Martin . Messrs . Souttar , Tolhurst , Bignell , Irving , and Martin , being in attendance , were duly initiated into the mysteries of Freemasonry . MELBoanNE . —Meridian Lodge ( No . 1031 ) . —The regular meeting of the Meridian Lodge was held at their lodge-room , St . Patrick's Hall , on Monday evening , 3 rd August , Bro . Thos . Hamlet Taylor , AV . M . Bro . AA . C . D . Anderson , having served
his full time as an entered apprentice , and having made progress in the royal art , was passed to the F . C . degree . Bro . AV . A . D . Pitt was elected a joining member , ancl Bro . Martyr was proposed as a joining member . The lodge closed at an early hour iu peace , love , ancl harmony . Washington Lodge ( No . 368 ) . —The monthly meeting of the AVashington Lodge was held at the lodge-room , Ulster Hotel , Spring-street , on Monday , 3 rd August . Lodge was opened at a quarter to eight o'clock , Bro . Edwards , AV . M ., in the chair . Four gentlemen were balloted for ancl accepted . Messrs . James