At The Sign Of The Perfect Ashlar

At the Sign of the Perfect Ashlar

The following notice of motion , which has been placed on the business paper for Grand Lodge , on the 5 th of March by the Grand Registrar , will be read Avith considerable interest : — "To add to Rule 175 Book of Constitutions the following provision— ' 175 A . Should a member be four years in arrear , he shall therefore cease to be a member of the

Lodge , and can only become a member again by regular proposition and ballot according to Rule 18 9 . The Lodge may require payment of the arrears as a condition precedent to election . This Rule shall not prevent a Lodge proceeding against any of its members under Rule 210 for non-payment of contributions according to its bye-laAvs , for a shorter period

than four years . When a Brother ceases to be a member under this Rule , the fact shall be forthwith notified to the Grand Secretary , and , if the Lodge be within a Province or District , also to the Provincial or District Grand Lodge . The provisions of Rule 211 , , and 213 shall apply in such a case , as if the brother had been excluded by vote . ' "

o © o We believe the Fraternity Avill gladly welcome and adopt a rule which will have the effect of automatically cancelling the membership of those brethren Avho SO lightl y value their privileges as to allow their contributions to remain unpaid , in some cases for many years . It is true that the rule alread y

provides for their exclusion by vote of the lodge , but the duty is always an unpleasant one , and the executive officers will rejoice to be relieved from taking the initiative .

* <** * No special gift of prophecy is required to foretell that at the next meeting of Grand Lodge in March , His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught will be again elected Grand Master of English Freemasons , and that on the 30 th April the formal installation , personally or by proxy , will then take

place . The election to the office of Grand Treasurer is also equally placed beyond conjecture , Bro . Captain BarloAV , J . P ., being the only nominee .

Bro . Sheriff Horace Brooks Marshall , Grand Treasurer , entertained Bro . Sir Joseph Dimsdale , M . P ., the Lord Mayor , Past Grand Treasurer , at dinner , on the evening of the 19 th February , at the Reform Club , when the following Officers of Grand Lodge were also present : Bros . Viscount Templetown , Colonel John Davis , A . D . C , Sir Reginald Hanson , Robert

Grey , Alderman W . Vaughan Morgan , Sir Forest Fulton , R . C ., R . Loveland-Loveland , K . C ., Frank Richardson , J . H . Matthews , J . C . Parkinson , Sir Frank Green , Bart ., Sir Alfred Newton , P . de Lande Long , Under-Sheriff Langton , Thomas Catling , T . H . Gardiner , and Gordon Smith .

The M . W . Grand Master , H . R . H . the Duke of Connaught , Avas entertained on the 13 th February at a banquet in the Masonic Hall , Molesworth Street , Dublin , by the members of the Duke of York Lodge , No . 25 ( I . C . ) , of Avhich Sir Charles Cameron , C . B ., is Secretary . Two hundred brethren including many of the leading members of the Order in Ireland , took part in the proceedings .

" 2 « t" < g'J The business paper for the next meeting of the Grand Lodge of Mark Master Masons contains the following : — " The Board has the pleasure to announce that the installation of the Most Worshipful Grand Master , His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught and Strathearn ,

K . G ., will take place on Tuesday , 3 rd June . So soon as the arrangements are complete , particulars AVI'II be sent to every Grand Officer , Present and Past , and to the W . Master of every private lodge . "

We believe it is in contemplation to hold the meeting for the installation of His Royal Highness at the King ' s Hall , Holborn Restaurant , and the subsequent banquet at Freemasons' Tavern . There are few more ardent and enthusiastic Masons than

Bro . Baddeley , yvliose installation as W . M . of the Gladsmuir Lodge , No . 1385 , took place at Barnet on the 31 st January . His lirst introduction to Masonry was in a lodge under the Scottish Constitution in the year 1873 , while he yvas a resident in Sydney , New South Wales , and for some years

after he continued his connection with that body , joining Lodge 35 8 in 1875 , as Avell as the St . Andrew ' s Royal Arch Chapter , No . no ( S . C . ) , in the same year . On his return to England some ten years later he lost no time in affiliating himself Avith the Grand Lodge of England by joining successively the Gladsmuir Lodge , No . 1385 , in 1885 , the

Robert Burns Lodge , No . 25 , the Barnet Lodge , No . 2509 , of which he was a founder , and the Jubilee Masters' Lodge , No . 2712 . As Ave have stated , he now occupies the chair of the Gladsmuir , and was W . M . of the Robert Burns in 18 9 8 , the Barnet in 188 9 , and is at present the Senior Warden of the lubilee Masters' Lodge .

© ¦© © Bro . Baddeley has been no less active in the Royal Arch and other Degrees . In the former he has filled the chair of M . E . Z . in the Gladsmuir Chapter , No . 13 8 5 , the Robert Burns , No . 25 , the Bedford , No . 157 , and is now P . S . in the George Price Chapter , No . 2096 . Twice he has been elected

to the Master ' s chair in the Mark , viz . : the Gladsmuir , No . 3 67 , in 18 93 , and recently the Prince Frederick William , No . of 45 8 . He became a member of the Camden Rose Croix Preceptor }* in 18 95 , and was M . W . S . in 1900 , and took part in founding the Camden Preceptory of Knights

Templars , and filled the chair of E . P . in 1901 . To this record must be added membership of the Allied Masonic Degrees and of the Royal Ark Mariners . Bro . Baddeley is a

IlltO . WIM . IAM HAI ) l > l'U'Y .--- (/ "Wu Elite I ' orl ,-nil Co . ) generous contributor to our Masonic Charities , is a Vice-Patron of the Boys' and the Benevolent Institution , Vice-President of the Girls ' , and is Avithin measureable distance of becoming a Patron of all three .

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