Masonic Mems.

Daug hter Lodges under the Scottish Constitution to co-operate with the committee , appointed by Grand Lodge to carry out this object , and to do their utmost in collecting donations either in money or materials for the various stalls . I would suggest that a committee of your Lodge should be appointed for the purpose of working your

special district and friends . It must be kept in view that it is only by personal effort and energetic action the required sum can be raised , and all Masons who are desirous of seeing such a laudable scheme as the Annuity Fund prosper will , I am sure , without further appeal , do everything in their power to make the bazaar an

undoubted financial success . There is no doubt that contributions in " kind " from the Scottish Holding Lodges in India , the Colonies , and foreign parts will be highly valued by the committee , as from the favour in which such goods are held in this country they will tend to very materially increase the revenue of the bazaar .

* * * The Right Hon . Lord Egerton of Tatton , Provincial Grand Master of Cheshire , has summoned the Officers and Brethren of the Province to the annual meeting of the Provincial Grand Lodge , to be held at Hyde , on the iSth of this month . There will be the

usual investiture of Officers for the ensuing year , and there will be a motion to grant 50 guineas to the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys in London .

* * * The Brethren of St . Andrews' Lodge , Falkirk , met on Saturday , the 4 th ult ., and presented Past Master James Neilson with a Masonic apron and jewel in appreciation of his services to the Lodge and to Masonry generally . Bro . Rev . Alexander Falconer ,

Chaplain of the Lodge , made the presentation , and , in doing so , delivered an impressive address on the principles of the Craft , in the course of which he said their ritual any church in Christendom might accept ; and the Brother they met to honor could go through it with unfaltering tongue . Their Order recognised no social ,

political , or religious distinctions ; and , therefore , a humble miner , if a good Mason , was as noble in their eyes as a prince of the proudest realm on earth . The form of recognition the services of their worthy Brother had assumed embraced the territorial boundaries of their system , extending from the Apron of the Apprentice to the Golden Star of the Right Worshipful Master in the Lodge . In

conventional common parlance , the Mason ' s Apron simply signified the lambskin of innocence ; but , in more accurate significance , it meant protection from the dust and the defilement of the daily drudgery of life ; and that their brother had kept his garments all undefiled and unspotted from the world . They therefore rose to a climax in doing him honor , and only regretted that they had no

higher or more substantial honors to bestow on one who was worthy of reaching , were it attainable , the proud position of being the Right Worshipful Grand Master of the ancient kingdom of Caledonia ( loud applause ) . Brother Neilson acknowledged the badges of distinction conferred upon him by his Lodge , stating that he had

never been able to reach the standard he had chalked out for himself as a brother Mason , but in expressing the hope that he might in time to come serve them in a manner not unworthy of the handsome gifts wherewith they had recognised his humble services in the past . * * *

The members of the Union Band Lodge ( 556 ) , Moneyrea , have met and presented Bro . W . Gibson , P . M ., with a gold chronometer , and his wife with a valuable diamond brooch , as a mark of the affection in which they are held by the brethren of the Lodge . * * *

We regret to hear that Bro . Gerard Ford , Deputy Provincial Grand Master of Sussex , who , some weeks ago , was ordered to Switzerland for the benefit of his health , has met with a most unfortunate accident while staying at Berne . He and Mrs . Ford were walking one afternoon in the Spitalgasse , one of the galleried streets

when a heavy thunder-shower began . There was a rush of roughs for the shelter of the colonnade , one of whom pushed violently against Bro . Ford , who slipped on the wet pavement , and fell heavily to the ground , breaking his arm just below the shoulder . The shock to his system is very great , more especially as he was

just recovering from a recent illness . He is attended by a very skilful surgeon , and will , it is hoped , soon be able to begin a journey , by slow stages , to England . This accident is the more regrettable , as the 27 th of next month has been fixed as the date of Bro . Ford ' s installation as Prov . Grand Master of Mark Masons for Sussex ,

in succession to Lord Arthur Hill , who resigns his office . It is hoped he will be able to go through the ceremony , though , of course , debarred from taking any active part in Masonry until quite recovered from the results of this unfortunate accident .

* * * Captain W . B . Williamson has been elected W . M . of the Metropolitan Council of Masons . * * * The annual Glasgow bowling-match which decides the holders

of the Pearce and Jubilee cups for the next twelve months has been held . There were fourteen Lodges competing , represented by nineteen rinks . Play began at 4 . 30 at eleven different greens , and as the scores were made the returns were sent to Brother David Reid , Provincial Grand Secretary , who was in waiting at St . Mark " s Hall ,

Buchar . an-street . Brother Charles Wilson ( 102 ) , president of the Bowling Committee , was not able to announce the result till a little before ten o ' clock . Before handing over the prizes , Brother Wilson hoped that next year bowlers would send in their results earlier . As this was the first meeting of bowlers since the death of Sir William Pearce , he could not let the occasion pass without making

reference to their loss . He was glad that this year there had been an increase in the number competing for the cups , and he hoped that next year would show a still larger increase . He might remark that it was a strange thing that Glasgow was so far behind Edinburgh in bowling facilities . In Edinburgh there were ten public greens , while Glasgow could not boast of one . He hoped the

Glasgow Council would see their way to take up the matter soon . The prizes were then presented as follows : —1 st prize , " Pearce " Cup and jQ 6 . Won by Lodge Clydesdale , No . 556 , with an average of fifteen shots . 2 nd prize , £ 3 . Won by Lodge Maryhill , No . 510 ,. with an average of twelve and a half shots . 3 rd prize , fyi . Won

by Lodge Athole , No . 413 , with an average of eleven shots . The " Jubilee " Cup , which goes to the highest-up rink , also goes to the Lodge Clydesdale , Bro . George C . H . M'Naught being twenty-three up . Three cheers were given for Bros . Wilson , Reid , and Halket in acknowledgment of their labors in connection with the competition .

* * * At the last examination for the Degree of Doctor of Science at the University of London only one candidate passed in Mixed Mathematics , Mr . Richard Bryant , an old pupil of the Royal Masonic Institution for Boys , who is the only man in England

who has taken the D . Sc . in this branch of the Doctorate . On leaving the Institution Mr . Bryant was placed by Dr . Morris under a " Wrangler " for two years . At the end of this time he gained an exhibition at Sidney Sussex College , Cambridge . But the funds at Dr . Morris ' s disposal were exhausted , and the youthful aspirant for

mathematical honours at Cambridge had to give up the idea of a University career and take to private teaching . In 1881 he matriculated at the London University , and two or three years afterwards graduated as B . A ., B . Sc . In June , 188 9 , he took the Degree of D . Sc , and sent in as his thesis a work on the " Orbit of

the Comet Sappho . " Dr . Bryant is a fellow of the Astronomical Society , and has read several valuable papers at its customary meetings .